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A REMEDY FOR THE AGUE, WHICH I CALL THE AROMATIC AGUE CAKE
Year: 1785

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOSEPII
SEVERNE, of the Town of Bromyard, and County of Hereford, Surgeon, send
greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third did, by
His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date the
Nineteenth day of December, in the twenty-sixth year of His reign, give and
grant unto me, the said Joseph Severne, His especial licence that I, the said
Joseph Severne, during the term of years therein expressed, should and
lawfully might use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and Town of
Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "A REMEDY FOR THE AGUE, WHICH I
CALL THE AROMATIC AGUE CAKE;" in which said Letters Patent there is con-
tained a proviso obliging me, the said Joseph Severne, under my hand and
seal, to cause a particular description of the nature of my said Invention,
and how the same is to be prepared, to be inrolled in His Majestie's High
Court of Chancery within one calendar month after the date of the said
recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same, relation being thereunto had,
may more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Joseph Severne, do hereby declare that my said Invention of a Remedy for
A MUSICAL INSTRU- MENT, UPON AN ENTIRE NEW CONSTRUCTION, WHICH I CALL THE GRAND HARMONICA, COMBINING THE POWERS OF SEVERAL OTHER INSTRUMENTS, AND HAS THE PECULIAR ADVANTAGE OF ALWAYS KEEPING IN TIME
Year: 1786

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GRIFFITH
JAMES CHEESE, of Manchester, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, Organist,
send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third did, by
His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date the
Eleventh day of March, in the Twenty-sixth year of His reign, give and grant
unto me, the said Griffith James Cheese, His especial licence that I, the said
Griffith James Cheese, during the term of years therein expressed, should
and lawfully might use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and
the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "A MUSICAL INSTRU-
MENT, UPON AN ENTIRE NEW CONSTRUCTION, WHICH I CALL THE GRAND HARMONICA,
COMBINING THE POWERS OF SEVERAL OTHER INSTRUMENTS, AND HAS THE PECULIAR
ADVANTAGE OF ALWAYS KEEPING IN TIME;" in which said Letters Patent there is
contained a proviso obliging me, the said Griffith James Cheese, under my
hand and seal, to cause a particular description of the nature of my said
Invention, and how the same is to be performed, to be inrolled in His
Majestie's High Court of Chancery within one calendar month after the date
of the said recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same, relation being
thereunto had, may more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said

page_text: Griffith James Cheese, do hereby declare that my said Invention is describe
in the above Plan and description thereof.
In witness whereof, I, the said Griffith James Cheese, have hereunto se
my hand and seal, this Tenth day of April, One thousand sever
hundred and eighty-six.
AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Eleventh day of April, in the
year of our Lord 1786, the aforesaid Griffith James Cheese came before our
said Lord the King in His Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification
aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained and specified, in form
above written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stampt according to
the tenor of the Statutes made for that purpose.
Inrolled the Eleventh day of April, in the year of our Lord One thousand
NEW-INVENTED COPPERS OR VESSELS
Year: 1786

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, greeting.
WHEREAS His present most Excellent Majesty King George the Third,
by His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at
Westminster, the Sixth day of October, in the twenty-sixth year of His
reign, did give and grant unto me, JOHN REEDER, of Jamaica, His especial
licence, full power, sole privilege and authority, that I, the said John Reeder,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, and every of us, during the term
of fourteen years therein expressed, should and lawfully might use, exercise,
and vend my "NEW-INVENTED COPPERS OR VESSELS," within that part of the King--
dom of Great Britain called England, the Dominion of Wales, and Town of
Berwick-upon-Tweed, and also in His Majestie's Colonies abroad, in such manner
as to me, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or any of us, should in our
discretion seem meet; in which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso that
if I, the said John Reeder, should not particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed,
by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal, and cause the same to be
inrolled in His Majestie's High Court of Chancery within one calendar month
next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent, that then
the same Letters Patent, and all liberties and advantages whatsoever thereby
granted, should utterly cease, determine, and become void, as in and by the
said Letters Patent, referrence being thereunto had, will more fully and at
large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Reeder, in pursuance of and in
compliance with the said proviso, and the purport and true intent and meaning

page_text: of the said Letters Patent, and of His Majestie's said most gracious intention,
do, by this present Instrument in writing under my hand and seal, duly
executed, declare that my said New-invented Vessels or Coppers for clarifying
cane juice and granulating sugar, is described in the Plan or Drawing hereunto
annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Reeder, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-fifth day of October, in the twenty-sixth year
of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third, by the grace
God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland King, Defender of the
Faith, and so forth, and in the year of our Lord One thousand seven
hundred and eighty-six
A SPUR UPON AN ENTIRE NEW PRINCIPAL, WHICH WILL BE MORE ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE PUBLICK THAN ANY HITHERTO USED OR INVENTED
Year: 1786

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOSEPH
ANTLEY, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Spur Maker in general,
send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third did, by
His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date the
Twenty-seventh day of March, in the twenty-sixth year of His reign, give
and grant unto me, the said Joseph Antley, His special licence that I, the
said Joseph Antley, during the term of years therein expressed, should and
lawfully might use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and Town of
Berwick-upon-Tweed, and also in all His Majestie's Colonies and Plantations
abroad, my Invention of "A SPUR UPON AN ENTIRE NEW PRINCIPAL, WHICH WILL
BE MORE ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE PUBLICK THAN ANY HITHERTO USED OR INVENTED;"
in which said Letters Patent there is contained a provisoe obliging me, the
said Joseph Antley, under my hand and seal, to cause a particular description
of the nature of my said Invention, and how the same is to be performed,
to be inrolled in His Majestie's High Court of Chancery within one calendar
month after the date of the said recited Letters Patent, as in and by the
same, relation being thereunto had, may more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said provisoe, I, the said
Joseph Antley, do hereby declare that my said Invention of the said spur

page_text: is described in the manner above stated, and by the Drawing thereof set
forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joseph Antley, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Third day of April, One thousand seven hundred
and eighty-six.
MAIN WARING, MARS
Signed and sealed in the presence of
JOHN CH. MARINDIN.
JAMES DOLPHIN, Sen".
AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Third day of April, in the year
of our Lord 1786, the aforesaid Joseph Antley came before our said Lord
the King in His Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification aforesaid,
and all and every thing therein contained and specified, in form above
written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stampt according to the
tenor of the Statutes made for that purpose.
A BUCKLE CHAPE OR FASTENING FOR MEN AND WOMEN'S SHOES, WITH A NEW-CONSTRUCTED STRING-JOINTED PLATE ON WHICH MAY BE FIXED ANY KIND OF RIM, ORNAMENT, OR DEVICE
Year: 1786

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
DUDLEY, of the Parish of Saint James, Westminster, and County of Middle-
sex, Whitesmith, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third did, by
His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date the
Fifth day of August, in the twenty-sixth year of His reign, give and grant
unto me, the said William Dudley, His especial licence that I, the said
William Dudley, during the term of years therein expressed, should and law-
fully might use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and Town of
Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "A BUCKLE CHAPE OR FASTENING FOR
MEN AND WOMEN'S SHOES, WITH A NEW-CONSTRUCTED STRING-JOINTED PLATE ON
WHICH MAY BE FIXED ANY KIND OF RIM, ORNAMENT, OR DEVICE;" in which said
Letters Patent there is contained a proviso obliging me, the said William
Dudley, under my hand and seal, to cause a particular description of the
nature of my said Invention, and how the same is to be performed, to be
inrolled in His Majestie's High Court of Chancery within one calendar month
after the date of the said recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same,
relation being thereunto had, may more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
William Dudley, do hereby declare that my said Invention is descriped in
the above Plan and description thereof.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Dudley, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this First day of September, One thousand seven hun-
dred and eighty-six.
WM DUDLEY. (L.S.)

page_text: AND BE IT REMBERED, that on the First day of September, in the
year of our Lord 1786, the aforesaid William Dudley came before our said
Lord the King in His Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification afore-
said, and all and every thing therein contained and specified, in form above
written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stampt according to the
tenure of the Statutes made for that purpose.
Inrolled the First day of September, in the year of our Lord One
thousand seven hundred and eighty-six.
BRIDLE BITTS, SNAPLES, AND BRADOONS, FOR HORSES AND OTHER CATTLE, UPON AN ENTIRE NEW CONSTRUCTION
Year: 1786

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
ROBATHAN, of Walsall, in the County of Stafford, Bridle Bit Maker, send
greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third did, by.
His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date the
Twenty-fifth day of August, in the twenty-sixth year of His reign, give and
grant unto me, the said Thomas Robathan, His especial licence, that I, the
said Thomas Robathan, during the term of years therein expressed, should
and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales,
and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "BRIDLE BITTS,
SNAPLES, AND BRADOONS, FOR HORSES AND OTHER CATTLE, UPON AN ENTIRE NEW
CONSTRUCTION;" in which said Letters Patent there is contained a proviso
obliging me, the said Thomas Robathan, under my hand and seal, to cause
a particular description of the nature of my said Invention, and how the
same is to be performed, to be inrolled in His Majesty's High Court of
Chancery within one calendar month after the date of the said recited Letters.
Patent, as in and by the same (relation being thereunto had) may more fully
and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Thomas Robathan, do hereby declare that my said Invention of Bridle Bitts,
Snafles, and Bradoons is described in the under-written description thereof.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Robathan, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Sixteenth day of September, One thousand
seven hundred and eighty-six.

page_text: I, the above-named Thomas Robathan, do hereby declare that my Inven-
tion of making bridle bitts, snaffles, and bradoons, for horses and other cattle,
is with buckles, loops with tongs, hooks, springs, and hooks with springs,
links, rings, and chains, made in iron and steel, iron and steel polished, plated
with metal, silver and gold, and silvered, gilt, and tinned over metal, and
metal plated with silver and gold, and silvered, gilt, and tinned over in
manner following (that is to say):-
The buckles are made, annexed, and affixed to the bitts, snaffles, and
bradoons, and the bitts, snaffles, and bradoons are made, annexed, and affixed
to buckles by screwing, rivetting, dufftailing, jointing, hooking, welding, solder-
ing, and brazing. And the buckles and loops with tongs are made, wrought,
or worked in and are part of the solid sides or cheeks of the bits, snaffles,
and bradoons, and the hooks are made, wrought, or worked in and are part
of the solid sides or cheeks of the bits, snaffles, and bradoons; and the hooks
are also made, wrought, or worked in and are part of the solid sides or cheeks
of the bits, snaffles, and bradoons, with springs fixed to the sides or cheeks so
as to lie close to the hooks; and the buckles and hooks with springs are also
affixed and annexed to the. bits, snaffles, and bradoons with links, rings, and
chains, for the use, purpose, convenience, and advantage of putting to, and
taking heads and reins, and other work therefrom.
AN UMBRELLA WITH JOINTS, FLAT SPRINGS AND STOPS, WORM SPRINGS AND BOLTS, SLIP BOLTS, SCREWS, SLIP RIVET AND CROSS STOP AND SQUARE SLIPS
Year: 1786

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
BEALE, of the City Road, in the County of Middlesex, Umbrella Maker,
send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third, by His
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date the
Sixth day of October, in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred
and eighty-six, did give unto me, the said John Beale, His special licence
that I, the said John Beale, during the term of years therein expressed,
should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales,
and Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "AN UMBRELLA WITH
JOINTS, FLAT SPRINGS AND STOPS, WORM SPRINGS AND BOLTS, SLIP BOLTS, SCREWS,
SLIP RIVET AND CROSS STOP AND SQUARE SLIPS;" in which said Letters Patent
is contained a proviso obliging me, the said John Beale, under my hand and
seal, to cause a particular description of the nature of my said Invention, and
how the same is to be performed, to be inrolled in His Majestie's High Court
of Chancery within one month next after the date of the said recited Letters
Patent, as in and by the same, relation being thereunto had, may more fully
and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
John Beale, do hereby declare that my Invention of an Umbrella with Joints,
Flat Springs and Stops, Worm Springs and Bolts, Slip Bolts, Screws, Slip
Rivet and Cross Stop and Square Slips, and the manner in which the same
are performed, is particularly described in the several Plans, Figures, or

page_text: Inrolled the Third day of November, in the year of our Lord One
thousand seven hundred and eighty-six.
AN INTIRE NEW IMPROVEMENT UPON THE MUSICAL INSTRU- MENTS CALLED THE PIANOFORTE AND HARPSICHORD, BY WHICH THE SAME WILL BECOME PERFECT AND COMPLEAT INSTRUMENTS OF THEIR KIND, WHICH HATH NEVER BEFORE BEEN DISCOVERED, AND BY WHICH THE SAME CAN BE MORE EASILY TUNED AND PLAYED UPON, AND WHICH IMPROVEMENT EXTENDS TO EACH OF SUCH INSTRUMENTS EQUALLY ALIKE
Year: 1786

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN GEIB,
late of the Old Bailey, in the City of London, but now of Tottenham Court
Road, in the Parish of Saint Pancras, in the County of Middlesex, Musical
Instrument Maker, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third, by His
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date the
Ninth day of November last, did give and grant unto me. the said John Geib,
my exors, admors, and assigns,. His especial licence, full power, sole priviledge
and authority, that I, the said John Geib, my exors, admors, and assigns,
and every of them, during the term of years therein expressed, should and
lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within that part of Great Britain
called England, the Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed,
my Invention of "AN INTIRE NEW IMPROVEMENT UPON THE MUSICAL INSTRU-
MENTS CALLED THE PIANOFORTE AND HARPSICHORD, BY WHICH THE SAME WILL BECOME
PERFECT AND COMPLEAT INSTRUMENTS OF THEIR KIND, WHICH HATH NEVER BEFORE
BEEN DISCOVERED, AND BY WHICH THE SAME CAN BE MORE EASILY TUNED AND
PLAYED UPON, AND WHICH IMPROVEMENT EXTENDS TO EACH OF SUCH INSTRUMENTS
EQUALLY ALIKE," to have, hold, exercise, and enjoy the same unto me, the said
John Geib, my exors, admors, and assigns, for and during and unto the full
end and term of fourteen years from the date of the said Letters Patent; in
which said Letters Patent is contained a provisoe obliging me, the said John
Geib, by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal, to cause a parti-
cular description of the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be inrolled in His Majestie's High Court of

page_text: Chancery within one calendar month next after the date of the said Letters
Patent, as in and by the said recited Letters Patent, relation being thereunto
had, may more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
John Geib, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, is particularly described in the
several descriptions and Plans thereof hereunder and hereon written, drawn,
and indorsed. .
In witness whereof, I, the said John Geib, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Seventh day of December, in the year of our Lord
One thousand seven hundred and eighty-six..
CERTAIN CONSIDERABLE THEY ARE FREED IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTIONS OF SPURS, WHEREBY FROM THE INCONVENIENCES GENERALLY COMPLAINED OF
Year: 1786

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, RICHARD
IRELAND THURGOOD, of the Parish of Allhallows, Lombard Street, in the
City of London, Cutler, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third did, by
His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date the
Eleventh day of March, in the twenty-sixth year of His reign, give and grant
unto me, the said Richard Ireland Thurgood, His especial licence, that I, the
said Richard Ireland Thurgood, during the term of years therein expressed,
should and lawfully might use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and
the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "CERTAIN CONSIDERABLE
THEY ARE FREED
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTIONS OF SPURS, WHEREBY
FROM THE INCONVENIENCES GENERALLY COMPLAINED OF;" in which said Letters
Patent there is contained a proviso obliging me, the said Richard Ireland
Thurgood, under my hand and seal, to cause a particular description of the
nature of my said Invention, and how the same is to be performed, to be
inrolled in His Majestie's High Court of Chancery within one calendar month
after the date of the said recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same,
relation being thereunto had, may more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Richard Ireland Thurgood, do hereby declare that my said Invention is
described in the above Plan and description thereof.
In witness whereof, I, the said Richard Ireland Thurgood, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this First day of April, One thousand
seven hundred and eighty-six.
RICH³ I. THURGOOD. (L.s.)

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the First day of April, in the year
of our Lord 1786, the aforesaid Richard Ireland Thurgood came before our
said Lord the King in His Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification
aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained and specified, in form
above written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stampt according to
the tenor of the Statutes made for that purpose.
Inrolled the First day of April, in the year of our Lord One thousand
seven hundred and eighty-six.
A NEW KIND OF PURIFIED SOAP, WHICH IS INFINITELY SUPERIOR TO ANY HITHERTO USED, FOR WASHING, SHAVING, AND OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1786

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WALTER
GORDON, of Beaufort Buildings, in the Parish of Saint Clement Danes, and
County of Middlesex, Gentleman, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third did, by
His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date the
Twenty-third day of January, in the twenty-sixth year of His reign, give and
grant unto me, the said Walter Gordon, His especial licence, that I, the said
Walter Gordon, during the term of years therein expressed, should and
lawfully might use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town
of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "A NEW KIND OF PURIFIED SOAP,
WHICH IS INFINITELY SUPERIOR TO ANY HITHERTO USED, FOR WASHING, SHAVING, AND
OTHER PURPOSES;" in which said Letters Patent there is contained a proviso
obliging me, the said Walter Gordon, under my hand and seal, to cause a
particular description of the nature of my said Invention, and how the same
is to be prepared, to be inrolled in His Majestie's High Court of Chancery
within one calendar month after the date of the said recited Letters Patent,
as in and by the same, relation being thereunto had, may more fully and at
large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Walter Gordon, do hereby declare that my said Invention is described in
manner following, that is to say:―
MACHINE OR MILL FOR THROWING AND WINDING OF SILK, AND FOR SPINNING OF COTTON, WOOL, HEMP, AND FLAX
Year: 1786

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Nicholas Gordelier, of the Parish of Saint Mathew,
Bethnal Green, Weaver, of his new invented "MACHINE OR MILL FOR THROWING
AND WINDING OF SILK, AND FOR SPINNING OF COTTON, WOOL, HEMP, AND FLAX;" to
hold to him, his executors, adminstrators, and assigns, within England,
Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, for the term of Fourteen Years;
with a clause to inroll the same within one calendar month from the date
hereof. W. H. M. at Westminster, the Twenty-eighth day of January, in the
year above.
By writ, &c.
MAKING PLATES AND DISHES, SUBSTITUTES FOR WATER PLATES, AND PLATES FOR WARMING BEDS, UPON A NEW AND IMPROVED PRINCIPLE
Year: 1787

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ISAAC
WHITEHOUSE, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third, by His
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at
Westminster, the Twenty-third day of January, One thousand seven hundred
and eighty-seventh year of His reign, did give and grant unto me, the said Isaac
Whitehouse, my executors, administrators, and assigns, His especial licence
that I, the said Isaac Whitehouse, my executors, administrators,' and assigns,
during the term of fourteen years therein expressed, should and lawfully
might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and Town of Ber-
wick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "MAKING PLATES AND DISHES, SUBSTITUTES
FOR WATER PLATES, AND PLATES FOR WARMING BEDS, UPON A NEW AND IMPROVED
PRINCIPLE;" in which said Letters Patent there is contained a proviso
obliging me, the said Isaac Whitehouse, under my hand and seal, to cause a
particular description of the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner
the same are to be performed, to be inrolled in His Majesty's High Court of
Chancery within one calendar month next and immediately after the date of the
said recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same, relation being thereunto
had, may more fully and at large
[*].
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said provisoe, I, the said
Isaac Whitehouse, do hereby declare that my said Inventions of Making
Plates and Dishes, Substitutes for Water Plates, and Plates for Warming Beds,
upon a New and Improved Principle, is in the following manner; to wit:-
The plates, dishes, substitutes for water plates, and plates for warming beds,
are composed of the metal called iron, either of the species called pig iron,

page_text: wrought iron, cast iron, sow metal, or iron of such other quality or description
as best answers the purpose, reduced into a liquid state; then run or cast in
stocks or moulds of different forms; and afterwards covered with tin.
In witness whereof, I, the said Isaac Whitehouse, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twelfth day of February, in the year of our
Lord One thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven.
CERTAIN NEW IMPROVE- MENTS ON THE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT CALLED THE PIANOFORTE AND OTHER INSTRU- MENTS
Year: 1787

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HUM-
PHREY WALTON, of the Parish of Saint Pancras, in the County of Middlesex,
Musical Instrument Maker, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third did, by
His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date the
Twenty-fifth day of May, in the twenty-seventh year of His reign, give and
grant unto me, the said Humphrey Walton, His especial licence that I, the
said Humphrey Walton, during the term of years therein expressed, should
and lawfully might use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the
Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "CERTAIN NEW IMPROVE-
MENTS ON THE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT CALLED THE PIANOFORTE AND OTHER INSTRU-
MENTS;" in which said Letters Patent there is contained a proviso obliging
me, the said Humphrey Walton, under my hand and seal, to cause a par-
ticular description of the nature of my said Invention, and how the same
is to be performed, to be inrolled in His Majestie's High Court of Chancery
within one calendar month after the date of the said recited Letters Patent,
as in and by the same, relation being thereunto had, may more fully and at
large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Humphrey Walton, do hereby declare that my said Invention is described
in the Plan and description now hereunto annexed, and which Plan and

page_text: description are intended, after acknowledgment thereof, to be inrolled in His
Majestie's High Court of Chancery, in pursuance of such proviso.
In witness whereof, I, the said Humphrey Walton, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Fifteenth day of June, One thousand seven
hundred and eighty-seven.
NEW-INVENTED COMPOSITION TO BE USED AS YEAST
Year: 1787

page_text: BLUNT'S SPECIFICATION.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, RICHARD
TILLYER BLUNT, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the 3d, on the
Thirtieth day of October, in 'the 'twenty-eighth year of His said Majesty's
reign, did give and grant unto me, the said Richard Tillyer Blunt, His
special licence, free power, sole privilege and authority, 'that I, the said
Richard Tillyer Blunt, my executors, 'administrators, and assigns, should
and lawfully might, during the term of years therein expressed, usè,
sexercise, and vend, within that part of His Majesty's Kingdom of Great
Britain called England, the Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick-
upon-Tweed, my "NEW-INVENTED COMPOSITION TO BE USED AS YEAST;" in
which said recited Letters Patent is contained a provisoe oblidging me, the
said Richard Tillyer Blunt, by writing under my hand and seal, to cause
a particular description of the nature of the said Invention, to be inrolled
in His Majesty's High Court of Chancery within one calendar month
after the date of the said recited Letters Patent, as in and by the Statute,
relation being thereunto had, may at large appear.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said provisoe, I, the said
Richard Tillyer Blunt, do hereby declare that my said new Invention is
composed and made in manner following, that is to say:-
To make a yeast gallon of the above composition, to be used as yeast, such
yeast gallon containing and to contain eight beer quarts: Boil in common
water eight pounds of potatoes as for eating, bruise them perfectly smooth, and
mix with them, whilst warm two ounces of honey, or any other sweet, and one
beer quart (being the eighth part of a gallon of yeast) of common yeast; and
for making bread, mix three beer pints of the above composition with a bushell
of flower, using warm water in the making the bread. The water to be
warmer in winter than in summer, and the composition to be used in a few
hours after it is made; and as soon as the spunge (the mixture of the com-
position with the flower) begins to fall the first time, the bread should be
made and put in the oven.
In witness whereof, I, the said Richard Tillyer Blunt, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-seventh day of November, in the year
of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven.
RICH TILLYER (L.s.) BLUNT.
Sealed and delivered in the presence of,
CHA JAMES.
WILL ABBOTT.
W ORTS
EDW MONTAGU.
CHA JAMES.
WILL ABBOTT.
W ORTS
AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Twenty-eighth day of Novem-
ber instant, the said Richard Tillyer Blunt came before our said Lord the
King in His Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification aforesaid, and all
and every thing therein contained and specified, in form last above mentioned.
And also the Specification aforesaid was duly stampt according to the tenor
of the Statute in that case made and provided.
Inrolled the Twenty-eighth day of November, in the year last above
written.
ADDITIONAL CLOATHING OR WEARING APPAREL, TO BE OCCASIONALLY WORN BY MEN, WHICH FORMS A PROTECTION TO THE BREECHES AND (IF THE WEARER SHALL PLEASE) TO THE UPPER PART OF THE STOCKINGS AGAINST RAINS, DAMPS, AND WET, AND PARTICULARLY USEFUL TO ALL PERSONS TRAVELLING ON HORSEBACK, AND TENDING TO PRESERVE THE WEARER FROM CATCHING COLD
Year: 1787

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Baster, of Great Suffolk Street, Charing Cross,
in the County of Middlesex, Breeches Maker, of his new invented "ADDITIONAL
CLOATHING OR WEARING APPAREL, TO BE OCCASIONALLY WORN BY MEN, WHICH FORMS
A PROTECTION TO THE BREECHES AND (IF THE WEARER SHALL PLEASE) TO THE UPPER
PART OF THE STOCKINGS AGAINST RAINS, DAMPS, AND WET, AND PARTICULARLY USEFUL
TO ALL PERSONS TRAVELLING ON HORSEBACK, AND TENDING TO PRESERVE THE WEARER
FROM CATCHING COLD;" to hold to him, his executors, administrators, and assigns,
within England, Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, for the term of
Fourteen Years pursuant to the Statute; with a clause to inroll the same
within one calendar month from the date hereof. W. H. M. at West-
minster, the Eighth day of May, in the year above.
By writ, &c.
Dated 8th May 1787.
(No Specification enrolled.)
A POWDER TO BE USED ON ALL OCCASIONS WHERE THE MIXTURE OF OIL OR OILY SUBSTANCES WITH ACETOUS OR WATERY LIQUORS IS REQUIRED
Year: 1787

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
WYATT, of Essex Street, in the Parish of Saint Clement Danes, and County
of Middlesex, Gentleman, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third did, by
His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date the
Fifth day of June, in the twenty-seventh year of His reign, give and grant
unto me, the said John Wyatt, His especial licence that I, the said John
Wyatt, during the term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully might
use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-
upon-Tweed, my Invention of "A POWDER TO BE USED ON ALL OCCASIONS
WHERE THE MIXTURE OF OIL OR OILY SUBSTANCES WITH ACETOUS OR WATERY
LIQUORS IS REQUIRED;" in which said Letters Patent there is contained a pro-
viso obliging me, the said John Wyatt, under my hand and seal, to cause a
particular description of the nature of my said Invention, and how the same
is to be performed, to be inrolled in His Majesty's High Court of Chancery
within one calendar month after the date of the said recited Letters Patent,
as in and by the same (relation being thereunto had) may more fully and at
large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
John Wyatt, do hereby declare that my said Invention of a Powder to be
used on all Occasions where the Mixture of Oil or Oily Substsances with
Acetous or Water Liquors is required, is described in manner following (that
is to say):

page_text: Take of the yolks of new-laid eggs three parts; of isinglass or gum arabic,
or gum tragacanth, or gum seneca, or any other substance the properties of
which are sufficiently mucilaginous, glutinous, or viscous for the purpose, one
part by weight. Macerate them in water for two or three days till they are
perfectly dissolved; then digest them in a gentle heat, evaporate to dryness,
and reduce the residuum to powder. Although I have generally used the
ingredients in the above proportions, they may be varied at pleasure without
causing any very material alteration in the effects of the composition.
IMPROVING THE OIL OF WHALES
Year: 1787

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Barber Bryant, of Great Yarmouth, in the
County of Norfolk, and of Dunbar, in the County of East Lothian, in Scotland,
Sail Cloth and Rope Maker, of his new invention of "IMPROVING THE OIL OF
WHALES;" to hold to him, his executors, administrators, and assigns, within
England, Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, for the term of Fourteen
Years; with a clause to inroll the same within one calendar month from the
date hereof. W. H. M. at Westminster, the Twentieth day of December, in
the year above.
By writ.
A CERTAIN MACHINE POR DRAWING AND RAISING OF WATER OUT OF MINES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1787

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, JAMES STOREY,
of the Lowlights; in the Parish of Tynemouth, in the County of Northumber-
land, Esquire, sends greeting.
WHEREAS the King's most Excellent Majesty, by Letters Patent under
the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at Westminster, the Tenth
day of May, in the twenty-seventh year of the reign of His present Majesty
King George the Third, gave and granted to the said James Storey, his
exors, adñññors, and assigns, His Majesty's special licence, full power, sole
privilege and authority, for the said James Storey, His exors, adñiors, and
assigns, and every of them, by himself and themselves, or by his or their
deputy or deputies, servants or agents, or such others as he, the said James
Storey, His exors, aduiors, or assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times thereafter, to make, use, exercise,
and vend, "A CERTAIN MACHINE POR DRAWING AND RAISING OF WATER OUT OF
MINES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," within that part of Great Britain called
England, Dominion of Wales, and Berwick-upon-Tweed, and all profit, benefit,
and advantage thereof; to hold, exercise, and enjoy the said licence, powers,
privileges, and advantages to the said James Storey, bis exors, admors, and
assigns, for the term of fourteen years from the date of the said Letters Patent
next and immediately ensuing, and fully to be compleat and ended, according
to the Statute in that case made and provided; in which said Letters Patent
is contained a proviso, that if the said James Storey should not particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of his Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, by an instrument in writing under his band and seal

page_text: and cause the same to be inrolled in the High Court of Chancery within one
month next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent, that
then the said Letters Patent, and all liberties and advantages whatsoever
thereby granted, should utterly cease, determine, and become void, as by the
said Letters Patent more fully appears.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said James Storey, in pursuance of the said
proviso in the said Letters Patent contained, do. hereby declare that the
nature of the said Invention, and the manner in which the same is performed,
appears and is described and ascertained in the Schedules or Drawings here-
unto annexed or prefixed.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Storey, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, the Twenty-sixth day of May, in the twenty-seventh
year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third, by the
grace of God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland King, Defender
of the Faith, and so forth, and in the year of our Lord One thousand
seven hundred and eighty-seven.

page_text: A.The great indented moving Wheel.
B. The principals for the Friction Wheels.
The Beam for lifting the water.
D. The Pumps &c.&c.
. The Balance for the Water.
PREPARING STEEL AND ORNAMENTING THE SAME, IN THE SEVERAL ARTICLES OF STEEL BUTTONS, BUCKLES, SWORD HILTS, TOYS, AND OTHER STEEL WORK
Year: 1787

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Rose, of Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Button Maker, of his new method of "PREPARING STEEL AND
ORNAMENTING THE SAME, IN THE SEVERAL ARTICLES OF STEEL BUTTONS, BUCKLES,
SWORD HILTS, TOYS, AND OTHER STEEL WORK;" to hold to him, his executors,
administrators, and assigns, within England, Wales, and Town of Berwick-
upon-Tweed, for the term of Fourteen Years pursuant to the Statute; with a
clause to inroll the same within one calendar month from the date hereof.
W. H. M. at Westminster, the Seventeenth day of September, in the year
above.
By writ. &c.
Dated 17th September 1787.
(No Specification enrolled.)
A DRILL PLOUGH OF AN ENTIRE NEW CONSTRUCTION, CALCULATED FOR THE PURPOSE OF SOWING ALL KINDS OF PULSE, GRAIN, AND SEEDS, IN SUCH A MANNER AS WILL SAVE EXPENCE IN THE CULTIVATION OF LAND, AND AT THE SAME TIME IN THE MANURING THEREOF
Year: 1787

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN.
WRIGHT, of Thurnstod, in the County of York, Farmer, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third, by His
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at West-
minster, the Third day of July, in the twenty-seventh year of His reign, did
give and grant unto me, the said John Wright, His especial licence that I,
the said John Wright, during the term of fourteen years therein expressed;
should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England;
Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "A DRILL
PLOUGH OF AN ENTIRE NEW CONSTRUCTION, CALCULATED FOR THE PURPOSE OF
SOWING ALL KINDS OF PULSE, GRAIN, AND SEEDS, IN SUCH A MANNER AS WILL
SAVE EXPENCE IN THE CULTIVATION OF LAND, AND AT THE SAME TIME IN THE
MANURING THEREOF;" in which said Letters Patent there is contained a proviso
obliging me, the said John Wright, by an Instrument in writing, under my
hand and seal, to cause a particular description of the nature of my said
Invention, and how the same is to be performed, to be inrolled in His
Majesty's High Court of Chancery within one calendar month next and im-
mediately after the date of the said recited Letters Patent, as in and by the
same (relation being thereunto had) may more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
John Wright, do hereby declare that my said Invention of a Drill Plough of
an entire New Construction, calculated for the Purpose of Sowing all kinds of
Pulse, Grain, and Seeds, in such a Manner as will save Expence in the Culti-
A NEW SPECIES OF BED TICKING MADE OF MATERIALS NEVER BEFORE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE
Year: 1788

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, EDMUND
HARVEY, of Islington, in the County of Middlesex, Bed Tick Manufacturer,
send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third did,
by His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing
date the Nineteenth day of January, in the twenty-eighth year of His
reign, give and grant unto me, the said Edmund Harvey, His especial
licence, that I, the said Edmund Harvey, during the term of years therein
expressed, should and lawfully might use, exercise, and vend, within
England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of
"A NEW SPECIES OF BED TICKING MADE OF MATERIALS NEVER BEFORE USED FOR
THAT PURPOSE;" in which said Letters Patent there is contained a proviso
obliging me, the said Edmund Harvey, under my hand and seal, to cause
a particular description of the nature of my said Invention, and how the
same is to be performed, to be inrolled in His Majesty's High Court
of Chancery within one calendar month after the date of the said recited
Letters Patent, as in and by the same, relation being thereunto had, may
more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said provisoe, I, the
said Edmund Harvey, do hereby declare that my said Invention is described
in manner following, that is to say :-
The chain or warp to be made of thread spun of flax, the shoot to be
made of two thread spun of cotton, twisted or thrown together, to be wove

page_text: with three, four, five, and six treddles to be made from three quarters
wide to two yards wide. Or thus the chain or warp to be made of two
threads spun of cotton twisted or thrown together, and the shoot to be made
of thread spun of flax, to be wove with three, four, five, and six treddles
to be made from three quarters wide to two yards wide. Or thus: the chain
or warp to be made of two threads spun of flax twisted or thrown together,
and the shoot to be made of two threads spun of cotton twisted or thrown
together. Or thus the chain or warp to be made of thread spun of flax
twisted together with one thread of spun cotton to be wove with three, four,
five, and six treddles, to be made from three quarters to two yards wide. Or
thus the chain to be made of thread spun of cotton and thread spun of flax,
and every other thread to be of thread spun with cotton; the shoot to be made
of two threads twisted or thrown together, the one thread spun of cotton, the
other flax.
In witness whereof, I, the said Edmund Harvey, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Fifteenth day of February, One thousand seven
hundred and eighty-eight.
AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that the said Edmund Harvey came into
the Court of our said Lord the King in His Chancery, and acknowledged
the Specification aforesaid, and every matter and thing therein contained
and specified, and that the Specification aforesaid was stampt according to the
tenor of the Statute in that case made and provided.
Inrolled the Nineteenth day of February, in the year above mentioned.
A NEW MACHINE FOR MAKING MARBLES FOR CHILDREN FROM VARIOUS SORTS OF MARBLE AND OTHER SUBSTANCES
Year: 1788

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
GEORGE HOHMANN, of Rotherham, in the County of York, Statuary, send
greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third, by His
Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date
at Westminster, the Fifteenth day of January, in the twenty-eighth year of
His reign, did give and grant unto me, the said John George Hohmann, His
especial licence that I, the said John George Hohmann, during the term of
fourteen years therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exer-
cise, and vend, within that part of the Kingdom of Great Britain called
England, the Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my
Invention of "A NEW MACHINE FOR MAKING MARBLES FOR CHILDREN FROM
VARIOUS SORTS OF MARBLE AND OTHER SUBSTANCES;" in which said Letters
Patent there is contained a proviso obliging me, the said John George
Hohmann, under my hand and seal, to cause a particular description of the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be inrolled in His Majestie's High Court of Chancery within one
calendar month next and immediately after the date of the said in part.
recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same, relation being thereunto had,
may more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
John George Hohmann, do hereby declare that my said Invention is described
in and by the annexed Drawings, and by the referrences thereunto hereunder
written (that is to say):-

page_text: Section 1st. There are stones broke to an inch and an half square or two
inches square, to be put into concentric circles, of which the bottom part is
stone and the top part wood, which may be alternately changed, so that either the
top or bottom part may perform the revolution. The forming of the marbles
is done by percursion, and not turned upon the centre, as billiard balls or
fossills turned into small globes, &c.
Section 2d acts upon the same principle as Sec" 1st; but instead of the
top, as in the former, the bottom part performs the revolution.
ELEVATION OF THE MACHINE.
A, the reservoir of water; B, water pipes; C, part of the machines in
which the marbles are formed. Those parts of the machine which are marked
with a Roman A, run in gears or straps. Every necessary part of the machine
is fully shewn in the ground plan thereof.
In witness whereof, I, the said John George Hohmann, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, the Twenty-second day of January, One
thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight.
Inrolled the Twenty-second day of January, in the year of our Lord One
thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight.
A BUCKLE CHAPE OR FASTENING FOR MEN AND WOMEN'S SHOES
Year: 1788

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN.
STEDMAN, of the Parish of Saint Anns, Soho, in the County of Middlesex,
Jeweller, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third did,
by His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date
at Westminster, the Thirtieth day of June, in the twenty-eighth year of
His reign, give and grant unto me, the said John Stedman, His especial
licence that I, the said John Stedman, during the term of years therein
expressed, should and lawfully might use, exercise, and vend, within England,
Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "A BUCKLE
CHAPE OR FASTENING FOR MEN AND WOMEN'S SHOES;" in which said Letters
Patent there is contained a provisoe obliging me, the said John Stedman,
under my hand and seal, to cause a particular description of the nature of
my said Invention, and how the same is to be performed, to be inrolled in
His Majesty's High Court of Chancery within one calendar month after the
date of the said recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same (relation
being thereunto had) may more fully and at large appear.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said provisoe, I, the said
John Stedman, do hereby declare that my said Invention is described in the
Plan and description thereof hereunto annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Stedman, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Sixteenth day of July, One thousand seven hundred
and eighty-eight.
JOHN STEDMAN. (L.S.)