FOR THE TAKEING VP SHIPPS WRECKED, OVERSETT;-
Year: 1692

page_text: Psents shall come," greeting.
WHEREAS our trusty and welbeloved CAPTAINE JOHN POYNTZ hath, by his
humble peticon, represented vnto vs that he hath been for six and thirty
yeares well skilled in takeing vp anything out of the seas and rivers, &c.,
and has been very successfull therein, and of late found out severall new
Inventions relateing thereunto, which said Inventions have not been hereto-
fore knowne or practised by any of our subiects, and hath prayed vs to grant...
vnto him our Letters Patent for the sole use thereof.
KNOW YEE THEREFORE, that wee, being graciously pleased to con-
descend thereunto, and willing to encourage the inventers of such arts as may
be of publick vse and benefitt, of our especiall grace, certaine knowledge,..
and meer motion, have given and granted, and by these presents for vs,
our heires and successors, doe give and grant vnto the said Captaine John:
Poyntz, his executors, administrators, and assignes, speciall lycence, full power,
sole priviledge and authority, that he, the said Captaine John Poyntz, his
executors, administrators, and assignes, and, every of them, by themselves or bis
or their deputy or deputyes, servants or agents, or such others as the said
Captaine John Poyntz, his executors, administrators, or assignes, shall at any
time agree with, and noe others, from time to time and at all times dureing the
terme of yeares herein expressed, shall and lawfully may make, vse, exercise, and
enioy the said new Inventions "FOR THE TAKEING VP SHIPPS WRECKED, OVERSETT;-.

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SUNCK, OR FOUNDRED, OR ANY GOODS, MERCHANDIZES, OR BULLION, OUT OF THE SEAS
AND RIVERS," in any part or parts whatsoever in or belonging to our kingdome of
England, dominion of Wales, and town of Berwick-vpon-Tweed, and all and
every or any of our kingdoms and dominions whatsoever, in such manner
and according to such. reasonable and lawfull rates and lymittacons as to him,
the said Captaine John Poyntz, his executors, administrators, and assignes, or any
of them, shall in their discretions seeme meet; and that he, the said Captaine
John Poyntz, his executors, administrators, and assignes, shall and may have
and enioy the sole benefitt, profitt, comodity, and advantage from time to
time comeing: growing, and ariseing by reason of the said Inventions, for and
dureing the full terme of yeares herein inenčoned, to have, hold, exercise, and
enioy the said lycence, powers, priviledges, and advantages herein-before
granted or mentioned to be granted vnto the said Captaine John Poyntz, his
executors, administrators, and assignes, for and during and vnto the full end
and terme of fourteen yeares from the date of these psents next and ime-
diately ensueing, and fully to be complete and ended, according to the statute
in this case made and provided; and to the end that the said Captain John
Poyntz, his executors, administrators," and assignes, and every of them, may
enioy the full benefitt and the sole makeing, yse, and exercise of the said
Inventions, according to our gracious intentions herein-before declared, wee doc
by these presents, for vs, our heires and successors, require and strictly comand
all and every person and persons, bodies politick and corporate, and all other our
subicets whatsoever, of what estate, quality, or degree, name, or condicon soever
they be, within all and every our kingdomes and dominions, that neither they nor
any of them, at any time dureing the continuance of the said terme of four-
teen yeares hereby granted, either directly or indirectly doe make, vse, or put
in practise the said Inventions, or any part of them soe attained vnto by the
said Captain John Poyntz as aforesaid, nor shall in any wise counterfeit or
resemble the same, nor shall make or cause to be made any addition thereto
or substracčon from the same, whereby to pretend themselves the inventers or
devisers thereof, without the lycence, consent, or agreement of the said Cap-
taine John Poyntz, his executors, administrators, or assignes, in writeing vnder
his, their, or some of their hands and seales first had and obtained in that
behalfe, vpon such paines and penalties as can or may be inflicted iustly inflicted
on such offenders for their contempt of this our royall command, and further to be
answerable to the said Captain John Poyntz, his executors, administrators,
and assignes, according to law, for his and their damages thereby occasioned;
and, moreover, wee doe by these presents, for vs, our heires and successors,
will and comand all and singular our iustices of the peace, mayors, sherriff's,

page_text: bayliffs, constables, headboroughs, and all other officers and ministers what-
soever, of vs, our heires and successors for the time being, that they, or any of
them, doe not nor shall, at any time hereafter dureing the said terme hereby
granted, in any wise molest, trouble, or hinder the said Captaine John Poyntz;
his executors, administrators, or assignes, or any of his or their deputies,
servants, or agents, in or about the due and lawfull makeing vse or exercise
of the aforesaid Inventions, or any of them, or anything relateing thereunto:
Provided alwaies, and these our Letters Patents are and shall be vpon this
condition, that if at any time dureing the terme hereby granted it shall bo
made appeare 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 preiudiciall or
inconvenient to our subiects in generall, or that the said Inventions are not
new inventions as to the publick vse and exercise of them within this our
kingdome, and not invented and found out by the said Captaine John Poyntz,
as aforesaid, then, vpon signification and declaračon thereof to be made by
vs, our heires or successors, vnder our or their signett or privy seale, or by the
lords and others of our or their Privy Councill, or any six or more of them,
vnder their hands, these our Letters Patents shall forthwith cease, determine,
and be vtterly void to all intents and purposes, anything before herein contained
to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding: Provided alsoe, that these our
Letters Patents, or anything herein contained, shall not extend or be construed
to extend to give priviledge to the said Captain John Poyntz, his executors,
administrators, or assignes, or any of them, to vse or imitate any invention
or worke whatsoever which hath been heretofore found out or invented by any
other of our subiects whatsoever, and publickly vsed or exercised within our
said realmes and dominions, or any of them, vnto whome like Letters Patents
or priviledge have been already granted for the sole vse, exercise, and benefitt
thereof, it being our will and pleasure that the said Captaine John Poyntz,
bis executors, administrators, and assignes, and all and singular other person
and persons to whome like Letters Patents or priviledges have been already
granted, as aforesaid, shall distinctly vse and practise their severall inventions
by them invented and found out according to the true intent and meaning of
the same respective Letters Patents and of these presents. And, lastly, weo
due by these presents, for vs, our heires and successors, grant vnto the said
Captaine John Poyntz, his executors, administrators, and assignes, that these
our Letters Patents, or the inrollment thereof, shall be in and by all things
good, firme, valid, sufficient and effectuall in the law, according to the true
intent and meaning thereof, shall be in and by all things good, firme,
valid, sufficient, and effectuall in the law, according to the true intent

page_text: and meaning thereof, and shall be taken, construed and adiudged in the
most favourable and beneficiall sence for the best advantage of the said
Captaine John Poyntz, his executors, administrators, and assignes, aswell in
all courts of record as elsewhere, and by all and singular the officers and
ministers whatsoever of vs, our heires and successors, in all and singular our
realmes and dominions whatsoever, and amongst all and every the subiects of
vs, our heires and successors, whatsoever and wheresoever, notwithstanding the
not full and certa certaine describeing the nature or quality of the said Inven-
tions, or any of them, or of the matterialls thereto conduceing and belonging.
In witnesse, &c. Witnesse our selves at Westminster, the Three and