There may be a gold seal--they used to put them in with the deeds three hundred years ago.

A charter of Edward the Fourth, I declare! Ah, the Yordases were Yorkists--halloa! what is here?
By the Touchstone of Shepherd, I was right after all! Well done, Long-headed Duncombe!" From the very bottom of the box he took a parchment comparatively fresh and new, indorsed "Appointment by Richard Yordas, Esquire, and Eleanor his wife, of lands and heredits at Scargate and elsewhere in the county of York, dated Nov.

15th, A.D.

1751." Having glanced at the signatures and seals, Mr.Jellicorse spread the document, which was of moderate compass, and soon convinced himself that his work of the morning had been wholly thrown away.

No title could be shown to Whitestone Farm, nor even to Scargate Hall itself, on the part of the present owners.
The appointment was by deed-poll, and strictly in accordance with the powers of the settlement.