To DRAWE AS MUCH MORE AQUA VITE OR THEREABOUT OUT OF THE SAME PORCON OF LIQUOR AS ANY HITHERTO HATH DONE, AND LIKEWISE TO EXTRACT OUT OF EVERY QUARTER OF MALT EIGHT GALLONS OF STRONG WATER, AND YET MAKE AS MUCH AND AS GOOD BEERE AS ANY BREWER CAN DOE (HALPE A BARREL EXCEPTED
Year: 1636

page_text: CHARLES, by the grace of God King of England, Scotland, Fraunce, and
Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c., to all to whome theis presente shall come,
greeting.
WHEREAS our welbeloved subiect and servant Sir William Brouncker,
Knight, by his humble peticon to vs exhibited, hath informed vs, that whereas
he, the said Sir William Brouncker; by his great labour and cost, hath found
out an Invention "To DRAWE AS MUCH MORE AQUA VITE OR THEREABOUT OUT
OF THE SAME PORCON OF LIQUOR AS ANY HITHERTO HATH DONE, AND LIKEWISE TO
EXTRACT OUT OF EVERY QUARTER OF MALT EIGHT GALLONS OF STRONG WATER, AND
YET MAKE AS MUCH AND AS GOOD BEERE AS ANY BREWER CAN DOE (HALPE A BARREL
EXCEPTED)," which Invenčon cannot be soe secretly vsed, but the same will be
comunicated and made knowne to such whose service must necessarily be vsed
thereabout; and hath therefore humblie besought vs to grant vnto him our
Lřes Patente of priviledg for the sole practice of the said Invention.
KNOWE YEE, that wee graciously favouring and willing to incourage our
subiecte in all lawfull artes and newe invenčons which may be vsefull and
beneficial to our people without Piudice to others, of our especiall grace,
certaine knowledge and meere močon, haue given and graunted, and by theis
presente, for vs, our heires and successors, doe give and graunt vnto the said
Sir William Brouncker, his executors, administrators, and assignes, full and
sole licence, libty, power, priviledg and authority, that he, the said Sir William
Brouncker, his executors, administrators, and assignes, by him or themselves,
or by his and their deputies, servante, or workemen, at all tymes and from

page_text: tyme to tyme hereafter, for and during the terme of fowerteene yeares by
theis presente hereafter graunted, shall and may lawfullie vse, exercise, and
put in practice the said Invenčon of drawing of aqua vite, and extracting of
strong water as aforesaid, according to the said newe way and manner by him
the said Sir William Brounker, soe devised, invented, and found out as afore-
said; and the same aqua vite and strong waters by him and them soe drawne,
extracted, and made as aforesaid, to vtter, sell, and dispose at moderate rates
and prices to any such of our subiecte as shall be desirous to haue the same:
and to the end the said Sir William Brounker, his executors, administrators,
and assignes, maie the better receave and take the sole benefitt and comoditie of
the same Invenčon, by him soe devised as aforesaid, our will and pleasure is
and by theis presente, of our more especiall grace, certen knowledg and meere
močon, wee doe for vs, our heires and successors, straightlie charge and inhibit
all and every pson and psons of what trade, misterie, or condičon soever he
or they be, that none of them, other then the said Sir William Brounker, his
executors, administrators, or assignes, or his or their deputies, servante, or
workemen therein, doe or shall during the said terme of fowerteene yeares,
vse, or put in practice, directlie or indirectlie, the said newe Invenĉon herein
before menčoned, within this our realme of. England and domynion of
Wales, nor shall countfeit, imitate, or resemble the same, nor make any
addičon thereto or substracčon from the same Invenčon, whereby to ptend
themselves inventors thereof without the licence, consent, or agreement of the
said Sir William Brounker, his executors, administrators, or assignes, first had
and obtayned in that behalfe, vpon paine of the losse and forfeiture to vs, our
heires and successors, as well of all and every such aqua vite and strong
waters as shalbe drawne, extracted, or made, contrarie to the true intent and
meaning of these Presents, as alsoe of all such stille, limbecke, and instrumente
as shall be made, ymployed, or vsed in ymitačon or resemblance of the same
newe Invenčon: And vpon such further paines and penalties as by the-lawes
or statutes of this realme, or otherwise can or maie be inflicted vpon such
offender or offenders for their contempt of our royall pleasure and comaund
in this behalfe, to haue and to hould the said licences, powers, priviledges;
profitte, and authorities, by theis psente graunted or menconed to be graunted
vnto the said Sir William Brouncker, his executors, administrators, and
assignes, for and during the terme of fowerteene yeres from the making
hereof, to be compleat and ended, yeilding and paying therefore yerelie; and the
said Sir William Brouncker, for him, his executors, administrators, and
assignes, doeth hereby coveñnt, pmise, and graunt to and with vs, our heires
and successors, that he and they and every of them, for and during the said

page_text: terme hereby graunted as aforesaid, shall and will yerely well and truely yeild
and pay to vs, our heires and successors, the yerely rent or some of five
pound of lawfull money of England into the receipt of our Exchequer at
West at the Feast of Saint Michaell the Archangel yerelie, and every yeare
during the said terme of yeres hereby graunted as aforesaid: And wee doe
by theis presente, for vs, our heires and successors, further alsoe give and
graunt vnto the said Sir William Brouncker, his executors, administrators,
and assignes, and to his and their deputies, servante, and agente, full power
and authoritie, with the assistaunce of a constable or any other lawfull officer,
at any convenient tyme and tymes, and in lawful manner, to enter into and
make search in all or any house, houses, or other place and places within
this our realme of England and domynion of Wales aforesaid, where any
iust cause of suspicion shalbe for the discoverie and finding out of any such
as shall have put in practise or vse, or attempt to practice or vse the same
newe Invenčon contrarie to the true intent and meanyng of theis present(,
to the end that the delinquente being discovered maie receave condigne punish-
ment, according to their demeritte: And we doe by theis Presente, for vs, our
heires and successors, will and require the lord treasurer, chancellor, under-
treasurer and barons of our Court of Exchequer, and all and singuler maiors,
sheriffe, justices of peace, bailiffe, constables, headboroughes, and other officers,
ministers, and subiect of vs, our heires and successors, for the tyme being,
that they and every of them, vpon request to be made in that behalf, shalbe
from tyme to tyme during the terme aforesaid, ayding, helping, and assisting
vnto the said Sir William Brouncker, his executors, administrators, and
assignes, and to his and their deputies, servante and agente, in and by all
lawful meanes for and about the due accomplishment of our pleasure herein
declared, without any further or other warrant to be from vs, our heires or
successors, had or obtayned in that behalfe; and that neither they nor any
of them shall at any tyme disturbe, hinder, molest, or interrupt the said Sir
William Brouncker, his executors or administrators, or any of them, or any of
his or their deputies or assignes, in the lawfull exercising and practicing of the
said Invenčon as aforesaid, as they tender our royall pleasure, and will avoyd the
contrary at their pille, and theis our Lřes Patente,. or the inrollment thereof,
shalbe their sufficient warrant in that behalfe: Provided alwaies, that
said yerelie rent or some hereby reserved, or any parte thereof, shalbe behind
and vnpaid by the space of thirtie daies next after the said feast daie where-
vpon the same is lymited to be yerely paied as aforesaid, that then and in such
case the said Sir William Brounker, his executors, administrators, and
assignes, shall forfeit and paie to vs, our heires and successors, tenne shillinge
the

page_text: in the name of a peualtie for every such thirtie dáies defaulte of payment of
all or of any parte of the same rent or sōme of money contrarie to the true;
intent and meanyng of theis presente, or yf the said Sir William Brouncker,
his executors, administrators, and assignes, or some of them, shall not inroll
or cause to be inrolled this our present graunt before the Clerke of the Pipe
for the tyme being, within sixe monethes after the date hereof, that then the
said Sir William Brouncker, his executors, administrators, and assignes, shall
alsoe forfeite and pay to vs, our heires and successors, fortie shillinges in name
of a penaltie for the same default of inrollment, and soe for every sixe
monethes after the like some of fortie shillinge vntill the said Lřes Patente
shalbe soe inrolled as aforesaid: Provided alsoe, and our will and pleasure is,
that yf at any time during the said terme of fowerteene yeres it shall appear
vnto vs, our heires and successors, or vnto the lorde and others of the Privie
Councell, of vs, our heires and successors, that this our graunt is contrarie to
our lawes, or in any sorte mischeivous or inconvenient to the state of this our
realme, that then vpon significačon and declaraton thereof, to be made by
vs, our heires and successors, vnder our signett or privie seale, or by any sixe
or more of our Privie Councell, for the tyme being, theis our Lřes Patente
shall forthwith cease, determyne, and be vtterlie void to all intent and pur-
poses, anything herein contayned to the contrarie notwithstanding. And wee
'doe hereby graunt for vs, our heires and successors, vnto the said Sir William
Brouncker, his executors, administrators, and assignes, that theis our Lřes
Patent of Priviledg, or the inrollment thereof, shalbe firme, good, and
effectuall in the lawe, according to the true intent and meanyng thereof,
notwithstanding the not expressing or menconyng the waie or meanes by
which the said Invenčon is to be vsed or practiced, or the not nameing or
not certaine namyng or describing the certaine formes or fashions of the
stille, lymbecke, distillatories, furnaces, or instrument to be used in or about
the misses or any other defect, incertaintie, or ympfeccon in theis Present
contayned, or any acte, statute, lawe, ordinance, proclamačon, pvision or re-
stricton, to the contrarie thereof in anywise notwithstanding, although expresse
mencon, &c.
In witnes, &c. Witnes our selfe at Westin the Sixe and twentith daie
of March