A PROFITABLE AND CONVENIENT WAY FOR THE MAKEING AND FRAMEING OF BOYLING VESSEL FOR SALT WORKES AND OTHER VSES, POTTASHES, AND OF POTT FOR THE MELTING OF GLASSE METTAL AND OTHER METTALE, AND FOR THE ORDERING AND SAVEING OF FIRE AND FEWELL IN THE SAID WORKES, IN A FARRE LESSE CHARGEABLE WAY, AND IN MANNER MORE BENEFICIALL THEN EVER HERETOFORE HATH IN THAT WAY BYNE VSED OR KNOWEN, (THAT IS TO SAY) OF CASTING,ING, ANDING THEID BELL, AND OTHER THE LIKE ARTIFICIALL CON- TRIVEANCES FOR THE MORE EASIE AND SPEEDY EVAPORATEING AND SEPERATING THE WATER FROM THE SALT, NEVER HERETOFORE VSED IN ANIE SALT WORKES, COPPERICE WORKES, ALLOME WORKES, AND OTHER SORT OF LIQUORS TO BEE EVAPORATED, CONGEALED AND CONDENCED; OFING POTT ASHES WITH TOBACCO STALKES, ANDOTHER VEGITABLES, WITH THE ART OF IOYNING AND MIXING THE VOLATILE SPIRITT WITH THE FIXED IN THE SAME; ANDLIKEWISE THE TRUE AND RIGHT WAY OF ORDERING AND MIXING THE MATERIALL FOR MAKEING OF THE SAID POTT FIRME AND LASTING FOR THE MELTING DOWNE OP GLASSE METTALL AND OTHER METTALL AND MYNERALLE
Year: 1664

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To theise
WHEREAS wee have received good informačon that SAMUELL HUTCHINSON,
of London, Merchant, hath by greate coste and charges in divers tryalle and
experiamente, found out "A PROFITABLE AND CONVENIENT WAY FOR THE MAKEING
AND FRAMEING OF BOYLING VESSEL FOR SALT WORKES AND OTHER VSES, POTTASHES,
AND OF POTT FOR THE MELTING OF GLASSE METTAL AND OTHER METTALE, AND FOR
THE ORDERING AND SAVEING OF FIRE AND FEWELL IN THE SAID WORKES, IN A FARRE
LESSE CHARGEABLE WAY, AND IN MANNER MORE BENEFICIALL THEN EVER HERETOFORE
HATH IN THAT WAY BYNE VSED OR KNOWEN, (THAT IS TO SAY) OF CASTING, MAKEING,
AND FRAMEING THE SAID BOYLING VESSELL, AND OTHER THE LIKE ARTIFICIALL CON-
TRIVEANCES FOR THE MORE EASIE AND SPEEDY EVAPORATEING AND SEPERATING THE
WATER FROM THE SALT, NEVER HERETOFORE VSED IN ANIE SALT WORKES, COPPERICE
WORKES, ALLOME WORKES, AND OTHER SORT OF LIQUORS TO BEE EVAPORATED,
CONGEALED, AND CONDENCED; AS ALSO A NEW AND UNKNOWEN WAY OF MAKEING
POTT ASHES WITH TOBACCO STALKES, AND OTHER VEGITABLES, WITH THE ART OF
IOYNING AND MIXING THE VOLATILE SPIRITT WITH THE FIXED IN THE SAME; AND
LIKEWISE THE TRUE AND RIGHT WAY OF ORDERING AND MIXING THE MATERIALL
FOR MAKEING OF THE SAID POTT FIRME AND LASTING FOR THE MELTING DOWNE OP
GLASSE METTALL AND OTHER METTALL AND MYNERALLE."
NOW KNOWE YEE, that wee, being willing to cherish and encourage all
laudable endeavoures and designes of such our subiecte as shall find out need-
full, vsefull, and profitable arts and invenčons, by granting and appropriating
to them for some terme of yeares the fruite and benefitt of theire industrie,

page_text: whereby theire labours and expences in the attainement thereof may bee
recompenced and rewarded vnto them and being willing also to encourage
and countenance as much as wee may the said Invenčon, and others of the
like nature which may bee vsefull and advantageous to all our loveing subiecte
for soe much as concerneth the vse and practise of the same within our king-
dome of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and all and everie our dominions and
territories thereunto belonging, of our especiall grace, certeyne knowledge, and
meere močon, have given and granted, and by theise presente, for vs, our
heires and successors, doe give and graunt vnto the said Samuell Hutchinson,
his agente, servante, and assignes, full and sole lycense, power, priviledge, and
authoritie, that hee, the said Samuell Hutchinson, his executors, administrators,
and assignes, by himselfe, or by his deputies, servante, factors, and workemen,
and such other as hee, the said Samuell Hutchinson, shall att anie time agree
with within our said kingdomes of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and our
dominions and territories therevnto belonging, shall and may att all and
everie time and times hereafter. dureing the terme: of, fowerteene yeares
next ensueing the date of theise presente, vse, practise, teach, or putt in
vse his said new Invenčon of makeing and frameing of boyling vesselle
for salt workes and other vses, pottashes and of potte for the makeing of
glasse mettall and other mettalle, and for the ordering and saveing of
fire and fewell in the said workes, in a farr lesse chargeable way; and in a
manner more beneficiall then ever heretofore hath in that way bene vsed or
knowen by anie before the said Samuell Hutchinson, in the way and manner
as hath bene expressed, of casting, makeing, and frameing of the said
boyling vesselle, and other artificiall. contriveances, for the more speedy and
easie evaporateing and seperating the waters from the salte, never heretofore
vsed in any salt workes, copprice workes, allome workes, and other sort of
liquors to bee evaporated, congrated, and condenced; as also a newe and
unknowen way of makeing pottashes with tobacco stalkes, beane stalkes,
and other vegetables, with the art of mixing and ioyning the volatile spiritte
with the fixed in the same; and likewise the true and right way of ordering
and mixing the materialle for the makeing of the said potte firme and lasting
for the melting downe of glasse mettall, other mettalle. and mineralle,
according to the tenor and purport of the said new way of Inventons by him,
the said Samuell Hutchinson, devised, framed, and found out as aforesaid; and
that hee, the said Samuell Hutchinson, his executors, administrators, and
assignes, shall and may have, receive, and take all sumes of money, benefitte,
advantages, and proffitte whatsoever thereby ariseing, or to bee thereof had,
made, acquired, or gotten from time to time dureing the terme hereby granted,

page_text: to have, hold, and enioy the said lyceuse, priviledge, power, and authoritie,
sume and sumes of money, advantages, proffitte, and other the premisses by
theise present granted or menčoned to bee granted to the said Samuell
Hutchinson, bis executors, administrators, and assignes, for and during the
terme of fowerteene yeares from thenceforth next ensueing and fully to bee
compleate and ended; and to the end the said Samuell Hutchinson, his
executors, administrators, and assignes, may have and take the benefitt wec
now intend by this our present graunt, of our more especiall grace, certaine
knowledge, and meere močon, wec doe, for vs, our heires and successors,
streightly charge and comaund all and everie person and persons, of what
estate, condicon, or degree soever hee, they, or any of them bee, that hee, they,
or anie of them dureing the said terme of fowerteene yeares, doe not psume to
vse or practise, directly or indirectlie, the said new Invenčon soc found out
and invented as aforesaid by the said Samuell Hutchinson, without the lycense,
consent, and agreement of the said Samuell Hutchinson, his executors, admini-
strators, and assignes, first had and obteyned in writeing vnder his or theire
hand or seales in that behalfe vpon such forfeiture, paine, and losse as by
lawe may bee had or recovered by vs, our heires and successors, of all such
engines and instrumente as anie person or persons shall presume to attempt,
contrive, or putt in practise, thereby or by meanes thereof to invade or
infringe the priviledge of the said Invenčon hereby granted, as aforesaid, or to
stopp or hinder the same in ite due proceeding, contrarie to this our royall
intenčon and declaracon, and further, that any the delinquente herein shall
bec proceeded against and punished, according to our lawes, for theire con-
tempt or neglect of our royall will and comandement herein declared; and wee
doe by theise presente for vs, our heires and successors, will and comand that all
maiors, sherriffe, iustices of the peace, baliffes, constables, headborroughes,
and other the officers and ministers of vs, our heires and successors, for the
time being to whome it shall appertaine, and everie of them, dureing the
terme aforesaid, be favouring, aiding, and assisting to the said Samuell Hut-
chinson, his executors, administrators, and assignes, in all lawful thing in
and about the accomplishment of this our present graunt and pleasure herein
declared; and for the due suppressing of all such as any waies shall endeavour
to infringe or oppose the same; and that they or anie of them did not att anie
time hinder, molest, or interrupt the said Samuell Hutchinson, his executors,
administrators, or assignes, or his or theire deputies, or anie of them, in the
due and lawfull execucon of the premisses, as they tender our displeasure, and
will answeare the contrarie att theire perille; and theise our Letters Patente,
or the inrollment of them, shall bee theire sufficient warrant in that behalfe :

page_text: Provided alwaies, and our pleasure is, that if att anie time dureing the said
terme it shall appeare vnto vs, our heires or successors, or vnto the lord or
others of our privie councell, that this our graunt shall bee inconvenient or
preiudiciall to our cōmonwealth, then vpon significačon and declaracon to bee
made by vs, our heires or successors, vnder our or theire signett or privic scale,
or by the lord and others of our privie councell, or sixe of them for the time
being in writeing vnder theire hand of such preiudice or inconvenience, theise
our Letters Pattente shall fort with ceasc, determine, and bee vtterly void, any-
thing before conteyned to the contrarie notwithstanding and wee doe hereby
graunt for vs, our heires and successors, that theise our Letters Patente, or
the inrollment thereof, shall be firme, good, and effectuall in the lawe,
according to the true meaneing of the same, although expresse mencon, &c.
In witnes, &c. Witnes our selfe att Westminster, the Twentieth day
of Luly