[1] Herevpon William Brewer one of the kings councell,The answer of William Brewer to the archbi|shops de|mand. hearing the archbishop so earnest in these matters, told him, that sith these liberties were pro|cured & extorted rather by force than otherwise, of the king being vnder age, they were not to be obser|ued. Wherevnto the archbishop replied, that if he lo|ued the king,Ahab accu|seth Helias. he would be loth to séeke to trouble the quiet state of the realme. The king perceiuing the archbishop to be chafed, & taking the tale himselfe, made a courteous answer, and further aduise had in the matter, sent foorth writs to the shiriffe of euerie countie, commanding them by inquirie of a suffici|ent iurie impanelled,An inquisi|tion. to make certificat within the quindene of Ester, what were the liberties in times past of his grandfather K. Henrie, vsed within the realme of England.