MAKEINGE AND FRAMEINGE OF SUGAR MILLC
Year: 1663

page_text: these psents shall come, greetinge.
WHEREAS wee haue beene informed by the humble peticon of our right
trusty and welbeloved subjecte, FRANCIS Lord WILLOUGHBY, of Pacham,
and LAWRENCE HYDE, Esq, second sonne of our right trusty & welbeloved
cosen and counsellor Edward Earle of Clarendon, our High Chauncellor,
of England, that one David de Marcato, hath by his industrie and studdie,,
with much charge and expences, attained to the perfecčon of." MAKEINGE AND
FRAMEINGE OF SUGAR MILLC," after a newe manner, and never before done
or vses in any of our dominions: And whereas the said Francis Lord
Willoughby and Lawrence Hyde have humbly besought vs, and the said
David de Mercato is willinge and desireous that wee would be graciously
pleased to graunt the sole vse and benefitt thereof vnto the said Lord
Willoughby and Lawrence Hyde for the term of one and twenty yeares.
NOW KNOW YEE, that wee, beinge willinge to giue all lawfull and
fittinge incouragement to the inventors of such arte as may bee of publique,
vse and benefitt, of our speciall grace, certayne knowledge, and meere močon,
have given and graunted, and by these psente for vs, our heires and suc-,
cessors, doe give and graunt vnto the said Francis Lord Willoughby and
Laurence Hyde, theire executors and assignes, speciall lycence, full power,
priuiledge and authority, that they, either and every of them, by themselves,.
or the said David de Mercato, or any other, theire deputy or deputies,

page_text: servant or workmen, at all times and from time to time hereafter dureinge
the terme of yeares hereafter in these psente expressed, shall and may
lawfully vse, exercise, and imploy the said new way of makeinge and frameinge
sugar mills in such manner as to them, or any of them, in theire discreccons
shall seeme meete, and that the said Francis Lord Willoughby and Lawrence
Hyde, theire executors and assignes, shall, and may have and enioy the sole
benefitt and advantage comeinge, and arriseinge by reason thereof durcinge
the terme of yeares hereby graunted. And wee doe by these psents, for vs,
our heires and successors, require and streightly cōmand all and every
person and psons, bodies politique and corporate, of what estate, qualitie,
degree, name, or condičon soever they bee, that neither they nor any of them,
dureinge the terme of yeares hereby graunted, either directly or indirectly
doe vse or putt in practice the said newe way of makeinge and frameinge
sugar mills soe by the said David de Mercato attained vnto as aforesaid, nor
shall counterfeite, imitate, or resemble the same, nor shall make any addicon
therevnto, or substraccon from the same, whereby to ptend themselves the
inventors or devisors thereof, without the licence, consent, or agreement of the
said Francis Lord Willoughby and Lawrence Hyde, theire or the survivor of
theire executors, administrators, and assignes, in writeinge vnder their, some,
or one of theire hande and seales first had and obtained on that behalfe, vpon
such paines and penalties as cann or may bee inflicted on such offenders for
theire contempte of this our comaund in that behaulfe; and further to bee
answeareable to the said Francis Lord Willoughby and Lawrence Hyde, theire
executors, administrators, and assignes, accordinge to the lawe and justice for
theire every or any of theire damages thereby susteyned, to haue and to
hold the said lycences, powers, priuiledges, and authorities hereby graunted
as aforesaid vnto them; the said Francis Lord Willoughby and Lawrence Hyde,
theire executors, administrators, and assignes, for and dureinge the terme of
one and twenty yeares from the date of these sente next ensueinge, and
fully to bee compleate and ended. And further wee doe by these psente,
for vs; our heires and successors, giue and grant vnto the said Francis Lord
Willoughby and Lawrence Hyde, theire executors, administrators, and
assignes, that they and every of them and theire deputies, servante, and
agente, with the assistance of a constable or any other lawfull officer,, att
convenient times of the day, dureinge the terme aforesaid, and in lawfull
manner, may enter and make search in any houses or other places, where
there shall be iust cause of suspicion, for discoveringe and findinge out of all
such persons as shall imitate, or cause to bee imitated, or shall vse or putt
in practice the said newe way of makeinge or frameinge of sugar mills, soc by

page_text: him, the said David de Mercato, attained vnto as aforesaid, that soe such
offenders may be pceeded against and punished accordinge to theire demeritte,
and theire workes then and there found to bee seized vpon, broken in peices,
and defaced, and the materialle thereof left in the custody of some constable
or officer, to bee disposed in such manner and forme as wee, our heires
or successors, shall from time to time direct and appoint. And further
wee doc by these sente, for vs, our heires and successors, will, authorize,
and require all and singuler justices of the peace; maiors, sheriffs, bayliffs,
constables, headboroughes, and all other officers and ministers whatsoever of
vs, our heires and successors, for the time beinge, dureinge the said terme
hereby graunted, theire respectiue places, fovouringe, aydinge, helpinge, and
assistinge vnto the said Francis Lord Willoughby and Lawrence Hyde,
their executors, administrators, and assigns, and to theire deputic and
deputies, servante and agente, in and by all thing in and about the
accomplishment of our will and pleasure herein declared, and in the excrcise
and execučon of the powers and priuiledges herein and hereby graunted or
menconed to bee graunted as aforesaid. And moreover wee will and
comaund by these psente, for vs, and our heires and successors, that our
said officers and ministers, or any of them, doe not molest, trouble, interrupt
the said Francis Lord Willoughby and Lawrence Hyde, or either of them,
theire or any of theire executors, administrators, or assignes, or theire deputie
or deputies, servante, or agent, or any of them, in or about the vse and
exercise of the aforesaid newe way of makeinge and frameinge of sugar mille.
Provided alwayes that if att any time dureinge the said terme of one and
twenty yeares, it shall bee made appeare vnto vs, our heires or successors,
that this our graunt is contrary to lawe, or Piudicial or inconvenient, and
not of publique vse or benefitt, or that the said makeinge or frameinge of
sugar mille is not a newe Invenčon of the said David de Mercato, as
to the publique vse and exercise thereof within our dominions, then vpon
significacon and declaračon thereof, to bee made by vs, our heires or
successors, these our Letters Patente shall forthwith cease, determine, and
bee utterly voyd to all intente and purposes, any thinge herein-before
menconed to the contrary notwithstandinge. Provided alsoe that these our
Lies Patents, or any thinge herein conteined, shall not extend to bee construed
to extend to giue priuiledge vnto the said Francis Lord Willoughby and
Laurence Hyde, theire executors, administrators, and assigns, or any of them,
to vse or imitate any invenĉon or worke found out or invented by any pson
or persons, and publiquely exercised within any our dominions, for the
frameinge and makeinge of sugar mille, or such like worke, vnto whome wee

page_text: haue already graunted our like Letters Patent of Priuiledge for the sole vse,
exercise, and benefitt thereof. It beinge our will and pleasure that the said
Francis Lord Willoughby and Laurence Hyde, theire executors, administrators,
and assignes, and all and singuler other person and psons to whome wee have
alreadie graunted our like Letters Patente of Priuiledge as aforesaid, shall
distinctly vse and practice theire seuerall workes and wayes, to them respectiuely
graunted, accordinge to the true intent and meaninge of the said seuerall and
respective Letters Patente, and of these psente. And lastly, wee doe by these
Psente, for vs, our heires and successors, graunt vnto the said Francis Lord
Willoughby and Laurence Hyde, theire executors, administrators, and assignes,
that these our Letters Patente, or the inrollment thereof, shall bee in and by
all thing good, valid, sufficient, and effectuall in the lawe, accordinge to the
true intent and meancinge thereof, and shall bee taken, construed, and adiudged
most favourable and beneficiall for the best benefitt and advantage of the
said Francis Lord Willoughby and Laurence Hyde, theire executors, adminis-
trators, and assignes, aswell in all our Courts of Record as elsewhere,
notwithstandinge the not full and certaine discribinge the manner and
qualitie of the said makeinge and frameinge of sugar mille, or of the vse or
benefitt thereof, and notwithstandinge any other defecte, vncertainties, or
imperfeccons in these sente conteined, or any act, statute, ordinance,
provision, proclamacon, or restraint to the contrary thereof in anywise
notwithstandinge.
In wittnes, &c. Wittnes ourselfe att Westminster, the Fowerth day of
February.
By the King.