A NEWE KIND OF BATHES, BEING OF A MIXT NATURE AND CONSISTING OF DIVERS DISTINCT HEATES, TERMED CIRCULAR BATHES OR BATHING WATERWORK FOR DIVERS VSES
Year: 1629

page_text: come greetingc.
WHEREAS wee have beene informed by the humble peticon of our trusty
and welbeloved THOMAS GRENT, Doctor of Phisick, that hee hath by his long
studies and great expences, attayned vnto a misterie of frameing "A NEWE KIND
OF BATHES, BEING OF A MIXT NATURE AND CONSISTING OF DIVERS DISTINCT HEATES,
TERMED CIRCULAR BATHES OR BATHING WATERWORK FOR DIVERS VSES," which, as
wee are informed, are like to prove verie pfitable to all our subiecte as well in
the tymes of health as sickness, which also are framed and contrived in such
manner as hath not heretofore beene practised and putt in vre within any our
realmes or dominions; and whereas wee, taking into our princely consideracon
the greate care, industrie, travaile, and expences which the inventing and
bringing to perfection of work of this nature doth requier, and finding it
convenient and agreeable to justice that the first inventors of everie laudable
and profitable Invenčou should in some measure receive a reward annswerable
to their demeritte.
KNOWE THEREFORE, that wee, for the consideračons aforesaide, and for
divers other good causes and consideračons, vs herevnto specially moving, of
our especiall grace, &taine knowledge and meere močon, have given and graunted
and by theis psente for vs, our heires and successors, doe give and graunt vnto
the said Thomas Grent, his executors, administrators, and assignes, full and.
free libertie, licence, power, priviledge, and authoritie, that hee, the said
Thomas Grent, his exccutors, administrators, and assignes, or his or their

page_text: deputies, servante, and workemen, and none other shall and may, for and
duringe the terme of yeares hereafter in theis sente menčoned, make, frame,
vse, exercise, and putt in practise within our Realme of England and Domynion
of Wales, or any of them, the circuler bathes or bathing waterworkes above
menčoned, which have beene first by him invented as aforesaid, and which
have not heretofore beene vsed or putt in practise by any other pson or psons
whatsoever within any our realmes or domynions, and alsoe to make, found,
erect, and forme, as many engins or instrumente as hee or they or any of
them shall thinke meete or necessarie for the making or vsing of the bathes
aforesaide.
And to the end the saide Thomas Grent, his executors, administrators, and
assignes, may have and enioye the full benefitt of this our present graunt,
wee doe by theis psente, for vs, our heires and successors, straightly chardge,
phibite, and comaund, that noe pson or psons whatsoever of what estate,
degree, or condicon soever other then the said Thomas Grent, his executors,
administrators, and assignes, or his or their deputies, servaunte, agente, or
workmen, shall sume, attempt, or goè aboute at any tyme or tymes whatsoever
during the terme hereafter menconed, to make, forme, frame, or erect the
bathes herein-before menconed, or any the instrument or engins soc invented,
as aforesaide, nor shall ymitate or resemble the same, or any of them, or
make any other like therevnto, or like vnto any of them, nor shall vse, exer-
cise, or imploye any such engins or instrumente to the purposes aforesaide,
without the speciall licence, warrant, authority, or consent of the said Thomas
Grent, his executors, administrators, or assignes, first had and obteyned in
writinge, vnder his, their, or some of their hand and seale, or hand and seales,
vpon paine of forfeiture of all and everie such engins and instrumente soc
made, framed, and vsed, as aforesaide, contrarie to the true intent and meaning
of theis sente, and vpon such further paynes, penalties, and imprisonment
as by the lawes and statute of this our Realme of England, or by our proga-
tive royall can or may be inflicted vpon the offenders for theire contempt and
disobedience of our royall pleasure and comaundement in this behalfe. And
further, wee doe by theis psente, for vs, our heires, and successors, give and.
graunt vnto the said Thomas Grent, his executors, administrators, deputies,
servante, and assignes, and everie of them, full and free libertie, licence, power,
and authoritic, that they or any of them shall and may from tyme to tyme,
and at all tymes convenient during the terme of yeares hereafter in and by
theis sente graunted, by any lawfull waies or meanes whatsoever, search for.
and finde out within our said. realmes or dominions, or any of them, as well
within liberties as without, where hec or they shall bave iust or pbable cause

page_text: to suspect all and all manner of abuses which shalbe done or intended to be
done, committed, or vsed by any pson or psons whatsoever, contrarie to the true
meaning of theis our psent Lřes Patente. And if it shall happen that any
pson or psons shalbe found faultie in those or any the like offences, that they or
some of them doe certifie the same into the Court of Exchequer of vs, our
heires and successors, vnder their or some of their handes in writinge, to the
end the offenders therein may receive condigne punishment for their said
offences and contempt in that behalfe. Vnto which Court of Exchequer wee
doc hereby for vs, our heires and successors, give full power and authoritie
vpon such certificate, as aforesaide, and due proofe thereof made, from tyme to
tyme, to inflict such punishment by fyne, imprisonment, or otherwise, ypon the
offendors as their offences shall deserve, and in such sort and manner as to the
said Court shalbe thought most meete. And further, of our more especiall
grace, certaine knowledge, and meere močon, wee doe by theis psente, for vs,
our heires and successors, give and graunt vnto the said Thomas Grent, his
executors, administrators, and assignes, and everie of them by him or them-
selves, or by his or their deputies, factors, or servaunte, full, free, and absolute
licence, power, priviledge, and authoritie to take, receive, collect, and gather, per-
ceive, hould, and enioye to his and their owne proper vse and behoofe all and
all manner of profitte, benefitt, and advantage whatsoever, wch by any
waies or meanes whatsoever shall arise, accrue, or growe due, or be had, made,
or gotten by reason or meanes of the inventon aforesaide soe by him, the said
Thomas Grent, invented, as aforesaide, without lett, denyall, contradicton,
or impediment whatsoever, or without rendring or delivering anie accompt or
accompte, payment, or other thinge for the same, to vs, our heires or successors,
other then the yearely rent hereafter in and by theis psente reserved, to have
and to hould, vse, exercise, enioy, and receive, perceive, practise, and pforme
all and everie or any the licences, powers, priviledges, authorities, pfitte,
commodities and addvantages, and all and singuler other the pmisses whatsoever
by theis sente given and graunted or menconed, or intended to be given and
graunted, as aforesaid, and everie of them, vnto the said Thomas Grent, his
executors, administrators, and assignes, and everie of them, from the making
of theis our psent Lřes Patente, for and duringe and vnto the full end and
terme of fourteene yeares from thence next ensuinge, and fully to be compleat
and ended, yeilding and paying therefore yearely.
And the said Thomas Grent, for himselfe, his executors, administrators, and
assignes, doth by theis pente covenant, pmise, and graunt to and with vs, our
heires and successors, to yeild and paye vnto vs, our heires and successors,
the yearely rent or some of twentie shillinges of lawful money of England

page_text: at the receipt of the Exchequer of vs, our heires and successors, at the twoe
vsuall feast or termes of the yeare, that is to say, the Añunciacon of the
Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Michaell Tharchangell, by even and equall
porčons to be paide, the first payment thereof to begyn and be made at the
Feast of Thañunciacon of the Blessed Virgin Mary next ensuing the date of
theis sente. And wee doe by theis psente, for vs, our heires and successors,
give power and authoritie vnto, and will and comaund all and singuler mayors,
sheriffe, justices of the peace, bayliffes, constables, headborroughes, and all
other officers, ministers, and subiect of vs, our heires or successors, that they
and every of them be from tyme to tyme ayding, helpinge, and assisting to the
said Thomas Grent, his executors, administrators, and assignes, in all thinges
in and aboute the accomplishment of our will and pleasure in theis our Lřes
Patent expressed, and in the exercise and execucon of the same, and not any
wayes to hinder, molest, interrupt, or lett him, them, or any of them in the
due exccučon thereof, as they tender our pleasure, and will avoyde the contraric
at their vttermost perill.
And, lastly, wee doe by theis psente, for vs, our heires and successors,
graunt vnto the said Thomas Grent, his executors, administrators, and
assignes, and everie of them, that theis our Lies Patente shalbe and shalbe
construed, adiudged, and deemed to be good and effectuall in the lawe,
according to the true intent and meaning of the same; notwithstanding the
not reciting or describing the way, meanes, or materialls by which the said
circular bathes or bathinge waterworkes be made or vsed; and notwith-
standing any misprison, defect, or incertaintie in theis psente conteyned, and
any other matter or cause whatsoever to the contraric in anywise notwith-
standing; although expresse mencon, &c.
In witnes whereof, &c. Witnes our selfe at Westmynster the Twoe-
and-twentieth day of June.