A NEW WAY OF FLUXING, SEPERATING, AND REDUCEING BLACK TIN INTO GOOD MERCHANTABLE WHITE TIN, BY MEANES OF SOME PECULIAR ALCALIOUS OR SALINE MIXTURES, EXCEEDING ALL OTHER WAYS HITHERTO FOUND OUT
Year: 1716

page_text: GEORGE, by the grace of God, &c., to all to whom these Presents shall
come greeting.
WHEREAS FRANCIS MOULT, of our City of London, Esquiro, hath by his
peticon humbly represented vnto vs that he hath for several yeares dealt in
the smelting and refineing of tin, and by his long study and experience and
at his very great expence found out and brought to perfection "A NEW WAY
OF FLUXING, SEPERATING, AND REDUCEING BLACK TIN INTO GOOD MERCHANTABLE
WHITE TIN, BY MEANES OF SOME PECULIAR ALCALIOUS OR SALINE MIXTURES,
EXCEEDING ALL OTHER WAYS HITHERTO FOUND OUT," whereby not only great cost
and labour in stamping and water dressing the said metall is spared, but also
great part of the tin saved, which by the accustomed methode is wasted and
washed away, which new Invention will not only cause a great produco
of good merchantable white tin out of the black tin or oar, but with much
less charge than vsuall, to the great benefit of the publick and to the encreasing
the coynage duty payable vpon the said metall; and the petičoner, being the
first and sole Inventor thereof, having humbly prayed vs, respect to his great
industry and expence in inventing and perfecting the said way of fluxing,
seperating, or reduceing black tin into white tin, and the advantage that by
meanes thereof will accrue to the publick, to grant him our Royal Letters
Patents for the sole vse and benefit of the said Invention for the term of
fourteen yeares.
KNOW YEE, that wee, being willing to give encouragement to all arts and
Inventions which may be of publick vse and benefit, of our especial grace;

page_text: certain knowledge, and meer močon, have given and granted, and by those
Presents, for vs, our heires and successors, do give and grant vnto the said
Francis Moult, his executors, administrators, and assignes, especial lycence,
full power, sole priviledge and authority, that he, the said Francis Moult, bis
executors, administrators, and assignes, and every of them, by himselfe and
themselves, or by his or their deputy or deputies, servants, or agents, or such
others as he, the said Francis Moult, his exccutors, administrators, or assignes,
shall at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times
during the term of years heroin expressed, shall and lawfully may exercise,
work, vse, and enioy, within that part of our Kingdom of Great Britain called
England, our Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick-vpon-Tweed, the said
new Invention of fluxing, seperateing, or reduceing of black tin into white tin
in manner as aforesaid; and that he, the said Francis Moult, his executors,
administrators, and assignes, shall and may have and enioy the whole profit,
benefit, comodity, and advantage from time to time coming, growing,
accruing, and ariscing by reason of the said Invenčon for and during tho
full term of years hercin menconed, to have, hold, exercise, and eniny
the said lycence, powers, priviledges, and advantages herein-before granted
or menconed to be granted vnto the said Francis Moult, his executors,
administrators, and assignes, for and during the full end and term of fourteen
yeares from the date of these Presents next and immediately ensuing, and fully
to be compleat and ended according to the Statute in such case made and
provided. And to the end that the said Francis Moult, his executors, adminis-
trators, and assignes, and every of them, may have and enioy the full benefit,
and the sole vse and exercise of the said Invention, according to our gratious
intention herein-before declared, wee do by these Presents, for vs, our heiros
and successors, require and strictly command all and every person and persons,
bodies politick and corporate, and all other our subiects whatsoever, of what
estate, quality or degree, name or condicon soever they be, within that part of
our said Kingdom of Great Britain called England, our Dominion of Wales,
and Town of Berwick-vpon-Tweed aforesaid, that neither they or any of them
at any time during the continuance of the said term of fourteen yeares hereby
granted, either directly or indirectly, do make, vse, or put in practice the said
Inventon, or any part of the same so attained vnto by the said Francis Moult
as aforesaid, nor shall in any wise counterfeit, imitate, or resemble the same,
nor shall make or cause to be made any addition thereunto or substracĉon from
the same, whereby to pretend himselfe or themselves the inventor or inventors,
devisor or devisors the: eof, without the lycence, consent, or agreement of the
said Francis Moult, bis executors, administrators, or assignes, in writing vuder

page_text: his or their hand and seales first had and obtained in that behalfe, vpon such
paines and penalties as can or may be iustly inflicted on such offenders for
their contempt of this our royall command, and further to be answerable to the
said Francis Moult, his executors, administrators, and assignes, according to
law for his and their damages thereby occasioned. And moreover, wee do by
these Presents, for vs, our heires and successors, will and command all and
singular our justices of the peace, mayors, sheriffs, bayliffs, constables, constables;
headboroughs, and all other officers and ministers whatsoever of vs, our heires
and successors for the time being, that they or any of them do not, nor shall at
any time hereafter during the said term hereby granted, in any wise molest,
trouble, or hinder the said Francis Moult, bis executors, administrators, or
assignes, or any of them, or his or their deputies, servants, or agente, in or
about the due and lawfull makeing, vse, or exercise of the aforesaid Invencon,
or any thing relateing thereto : Provided always, and these our Letters Patents
are and shall be vpon this condičon, that if at any time during the said term
hereby granted it shall be made appear to vs, our heires or successors, or any
six or more of our or their Privy Councill, that this our grant is contrary to
law, or preiudicial or inconvenient to our subiects in generall, or that the
said Invention is not a new invention as to the publick vse and exercise
thereof within that part of our said Kingdom of Great, Britain called
England, our Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick-vpon-Tweed afore-
said, or not invented and found out by the said Francis Moult as afore-
said, then, vpon signification and declaračon thereof, to be made by vs, our
heires or successors, vnder our or their signet or privy seal, or by the
Lorde and others of our or their Privy Councill, or any six or more of
them, vnder their hande, these our Letters Patente shall forthwith cease,
determine, and be vtterly void to all intent and purposes, anything herein-
before contained to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding: Provided
also, that these our Letters Patents, or any thing herein contained, shall not
extend or be construed to extend to give priviledge vnto the said Francis
Moult, his executors, administrators, or assignes, or any of them, to vse or
imitate any inventon or work whatsoever which hath heretofore been
found out or invented by any other of our subiects whatsoever, and pub-
lickly vsed or exercised within that part of our Kingdom of Great Britain
called England, our Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick-vpon-Tweed
aforesaid, vnto whom like Letters Patents or priviledges have been already
granted for the sole vse, exercise, and benefit thereof, it being our will and
pleasure that the said Francis Moult, his executors, administrators, and
assignes, and all and every other person and persons to whom like Letters

page_text: Patents or priviledges have been already granted as aforesaid, shall distinctly
vse and practice their several Invenčons by them invented and found out,
according to the true intent and meaning of the same respective Letters
Patent and of these Presents. And lastly, wee do by these Presente, for vs,
our heires and successors, grant vnto the said Francis Moult, his executors
administrators, and assignes, that these our Letters Patents, or the inrollment
or exemplification thereof, shall be in and by all thing good, firm, valid,
sufficient, and effectual in the law, according to the true intent and meaning
hereof, and shall be taken, construed, and adiudged in the most favourable and
beneficial sense for the best advantage of the said Francis Moult, his executors,
administrators, and assignes, as well in all Courts of Record as elsewhere, and
by all and singular the officers and ministers whatsoever of vs, our heires and
successors, within that part of our Kingdom of Great Britain called England,
our Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick-vpon-Tweed aforesaid, and
amongst all and every the subiect of vs, our heires and successors whatsoever
and wheresoever, notwithstanding the not full and certain describing the
nature or quality of the said Invenčon, or of the materialls thereto conducing
and belonging.
In witnesse &
Witnesse ourselfe at Westminster the Thirtieth dov