Two SEVERALL MILL OR ENGINES (NEVER KNOWNE TILL NOW IN THESE OUR DOMINIONS), FOR THE BETTER, SPEEDIER, AND MORE COMODIOUS MAKEING OF CYDER AND PERRY THEN EVER HERETOFORE HATH BEEN KNOWNE OR EXPIMENTED, THE MODELLE OF WHICH SAID ENGINES WEE HAVE ALREADY SEEN, TO OUR GREAT SATISFACCON
Year: 1677

page_text: these psem SEATT
WHEREAS LENNARD BOSVILE, Esquire, bath, by his humble peticon,
repsented vnto vs that hee hath, with great labour, charge, and industry,
invented and found out "Two SEVERALL MILL OR ENGINES (NEVER KNOWNE TILL
NOW IN THESE OUR DOMINIONS), FOR THE BETTER, SPEEDIER, AND MORE COMODIOUS
MAKEING OF CYDER AND PERRY THEN EVER HERETOFORE HATH BEEN KNOWNE OR
EXPIMENTED, THE MODELLE OF WHICH SAID ENGINES WEE HAVE ALREADY SEEN,
TO OUR GREAT SATISFACCON;" and the said Lennard Bosvile by his said peticon
having humbly besought vs to grant vnto him our Lřes Patente for the solo
vse, benefitt, and advantage ariseing by the said Invencons, for the terme of
foureteen yeares, according to the Statute in this case pvided, and wee being
credibly informed and verely beleiveing that the said Invenčons may be of
publick vse and advantage to our loveing subiecte in generall, and not
Piudiciall to any pticular interest ;
KNOWE YEE, THEREFORE, that wee, being willing to encourage and
pmote all ingenious arte and invenčons, and that the said Lennard Bosvile
may receive some satisfaccon for his paines and expences in the pmisses, of
our especiall grace, certaine knowledg, and meer močon, have given and
granted, and by these sente, for vs, our heires and successors, doe give and
grant, vnto the said Lennard Bosvile, his executors, administrators, and assignes,
speciall licence, full power, sole liberty and authority, that he and they, by
him and themselves, or by his or their deputies, servante, and agente, or
such other psons as he or they shall agree with, and noc other, from time to
time and at all times dureinge the terme bereafter menčoned, shall and
lawfully may vse, exercise, and enioy the said severall Invenčons before
pticularly described, within any place or places whatsoever in our Kingdomo

page_text: of England, Dominion of Wales, and Towne of Berwick-vpon-Tweed, in such
manner, and according to such rates and limitaĉons, as to him, the said
Lennard Bosvile, his executors, administrators, or assignes, in his or their
discreccons shall seem.most. meet, and that he, the said Lennard Bosvile, his
executors, administrators, and assignes, shall and may have, possesse, and
enioy the sole benefitt, pffitt, coniodity, and advantage from time to time
comeing, groweing, and ariseing by reason of the said Invenčons or either of
them, to have, hold, exercise, and enioy the said licence, powers, pffitte,
priviledges, and advantages before menčoned vnto him, the said Lennard
Bosvile, his executors, anministrators, and assignes, for and durcinge and vnto
the full end and terme of foureteene yeares from the day of the date of these
Psente next and imediately ensucing and fully to be compleate and ended,
according to the Statute in this case made and pvided, and to the end that
the said Lennard Bosvile, his executors, administrators, and assignes, may
enioy the full benefitt and the sole vse and exercize of the said .Invenčons,
according to our gracious intencons above specified, wee doe by these psente,
for vs, our heires and successors, require and streightly carge and comand all
and every pson and psons, bodyes corporate and politiq, and: all rother our
subiect whatsoever, of what estate, quality, degree, name, or condicon soever
they be, that they nor any of them, at any time dureing the said .terme of
fouretcene yeares hereby granted, either directly or indirectly, doc. vse or putt
in practice the said Invenĉons or any part thereof, soe attained vnto by the
said Lennard Bosvile as aforesaid, nor shall make or cause to be made any
instrument or other materialle whatsoever touchinge or relateing to the said
Invenčons or either of them, nor shall convert or cause to be converted from
or out of any former shape or fashion any matter or thing whasoever. whereby
the Inventons aforesaid or any part thereof may be putt in practice, contrary
to the true meaneing of these psente, nor shall in any wise counterfeite or
resemble the said Invenčons or either of them, or any part thereof, nor shall
make or cause to be made any addičon thereto or substracčon from the same,
whereby to tend themselves the inventors or devisors thereof, without the
licence, consent, or agreement of the said Lennard Bosvile, his executors,
administrators, or assignes, in writing vnder his or their hande and seales,
first had and obteyned in that behalfe, vpon such paines and penalties as can
or may be inflicted on such offenders for their contempt of this our royall
comand, and further to be answerable to the said Lennard Bosvile, his
executors, administrators, and assignes, according to the vtmost rigour of the
law, for his and theire damages thereby susteyned; and. wee doc, of our
further especiall grace, certaine knoweledge, and meere mocon, for vs, our

page_text: heires and successors, grant vinto the said Lennard Bosvile, his exccutors,
administrators, and assignes, by these psente, that hee and they, and his and
their deputies, servante, and agente, haveing first obteined a warrant from the
Lord Cheife Justice of our Court of Kinge Bench at Westñi for the time
being, and with the assistance of a constable or any other lawfull officer, at
convenient times of the day dureing the terme hereby granted, and in lawfull
manner, may enter into and make search in any houses, tenemente, or other
places whatsoever within our said- Kingdome of England, Dominion of Wales,
and Towne of Berwicke-vpon-Tweed, where there shall be just cause of
suspicon, for and in order to the discovery and finding out of all and every
such pson and psons as shall imitate or cause to be imitated, or shall vse or
putt in practice, the said Invenčons or either of them, or any part thereof, soc
attained vnto as aforesaid, that soe, such offender or offenders may be pceeded
against and punished according to his or their demeritte, and his and their
Ptended invenčons and work then and there found may be seized vpon,
broken in peices, and defaced, and the matialle thereof left in the hand of
some constable or other officer, to be disposed in such manner and forme as
wee, our heires and successors, shall from time to time direct and appoint; and
further, wee doe, by these our Letters Patente, for vs, our heires and successors,
will, authorize, and comand all and singular justices of the peace, mayors, she
riffes, baylifles, constables, headboroughes, and all other officers and minister
whatsoever of vs, our heires and successors, now and for the time being, that
they and every of them respectively be, from time to time dureing the terme
hereby granted, in their respective offices and accordinge to their and every of
their best skill and indeavours, favouring, aydeing, helping, and assisting vnto
the said Leonard Bosvile, his executors, administrators, and assignes, deputies,
agente, and servante, in and by all thing in and aboute the accomplishment
of our royall will and pleasure herein-before declared, and in the executon of
the severall powers and priviledges hereby granted as aforesaid; and, more-
over, wee doc by these psente, for vs, our heires and successors, will and
comand that our said respective officers and ministers before menčoned, or any
of them, doe not nor shall at any time hereafter durcing the said terme hereby
granted, in anywise molest, trouble, hinder, or interrupt the said Lennard
Bosvile, his executors, administrators, or assignes, or his or their deputyes,
servant, or agente, in or aboute the vse or exercise of the aforesaid
Inventons or either of them, or any thing relateing thereto. Provided alwayes,
and these our Letters Patente are and shall be vpon this condičon, that if at
any time dureing the said terme of foureteene yeares hereby granted, itt shall
be made appeare to vs, our heires or successors, or to any sixe or more of
our or their privy councell, that this our grant is contrary to law, or piudiciall

page_text: or inconvenient to our subiecte in generall, or that the Invencons before
mentioned are not new Invenčons as to the publiq, vse and exercise thereof,
and not invented and found out by the said Lennard Bosvile as aforesaid, then,
vpon significacon and declaračon thereof to be made by vs, our heires or suc-
cessors, vnder our or their signett or privy seale, or by the lorde and others
of our or their privy councell, or any six or more of them, vnder their hande,
of such Piudice or inconvenience, these our Letters Patente shall forthwith
cease, determine, and be vtterly voide, to all intent and purposes, anything
herein-before conteined to the contrary notwithstanding. Provided alsoc,
that these our Letters Patente, or any thing therein conteine, shall not
extend or be construed to extend to give priviledge vnto the said Lennard
Bosvile, his executors, administrators, or assignes, to imitate any inventon or
worke whatsoever, which hath been heretofore found out or invented by any
other of our subiect or subiecte whatsoever, and publiquely exercized within
our said Kingdome of England, Dominion of Wales, or Towne of Berwicke-
vpon-Tweed aforesaid, vnto whome wee have already granted our like Letters
Patent of Priviledge for the sole vse, exercize, and benefitt thereof, itt being
our will and pleasure that the said Lennard Bosvile, his executors, adminis-
trators, and assignes, and all and singular other pson and psons to whome
.wee have already granted our like Letters Patent of Priviledge, shall
distincty vse and practice their severall invenčons by thom invented and
found out, according to the true intent and meaneing of the same respective
Letters Patent and of these psente. And, lastly, wee doc hereby, for vs, our
heires and successors, grant vnto the said Lennard Bosvile, his executors,
administrators, and assignes, that these our Letters Patente, or the inroll-
ment thereof, shall be and continue in and by all thing a firme, valid,
and effectuall grant in the lawe of the licence, powers, and priviledges hereby
granted, notwithstanding the not describeing or ill describing the said Inventon
or Invenĉons, or any part thereof, or of any the instrumente, materialle,
or other matters or thing thereto belonging, or any defect, impfeccon, or
incertainety in these psente, or any act, statute, provision, proclamacon,
or restriccon, or any other matter, cause, or thing whatsoever, to the contrary
in anywise notwithstanding.
In witnesse, &c. Witnesse the King att Westñi, the Eight and
twentieth day of January