A NEWE INVENCON FOR THE MAKING AND PPARING OF CTAINE STUFF AND SKYNNS TO HOULD OUT WETT AND RAYNE
Year: 1624

page_text: WHEREAS wee have beene informed by the humble peticon of our wel-
beloved servaunte, JOHN JASPER WOLFEN, that hee hath by his industric and
great chardge of lato obtéined to the knowledge and founde out "A NEWE
INVENCON FOR THE MAKING AND PPARING OF CTAINE STUFF AND SKYNNS TO HOULD
OUT WETT AND RAYNE," a commoditye which as hec affirmeth is very likely to bd
of verie good vso and benefitt to the commonwealth; and whereas wee are
desirous by all good incouragemente to further all good Invencons, especially
such as tend any way to the benefitt of our subiecte and the furtherance of
trade and commerce within our domynions.
KNOWE YEE, THEREFORE, that wee, for and in consideracon of tho
good and acceptable Suice heretofore done vnto vs by the saide John Jasper
Wolfen, and for his incouragement and the good example of others to peced
in such good endeavours, have given and graunted, and by theise psentes for
vs, our heires and successors, doe give and graunte vinto the saide John Jasper
Wolfen, his executors, administrators, and assignes, full and free libertye,
lycence, power, priuiledge, and authoritye, that the saidė John Jasper Wolfen,
his executors, administrators, and assignes, and his and theire deputies, ser-
vauntes, factors, and workemen, and none others, shall and may at all and
everie tyme and tymes, and from tyme to tyme during the terme of yeres
hereafter in theise psentes graunted, vse or excise, practize or putt in vro
within our Realmes of England and Irelande, and Domynion of Wales, or any
of them, or any parte of them or any of them, all, every, or any such wayes

page_text: or meanes, and to make, frame, sett vpp, or vse, all such engynes, instrumentes,
and deuises, as hee, the said John Jasper Wolfen, his executors, administrators,
deputyes, or assignes, shall thinke most meet, and which have been or shalbe,
by him, thom, or any of them found out and invented, and not heretofore
practized, putt in vse, or pfected, within the said realmes or domynions, or any
of them, by any other for the making and Pparing of the stuffes or skins afore-
sayde. And to the intente the said John Jasper Wolfen, his executors, adminis-
trators, and assignes, and his and theire deputyes and factors shall and may
have, take, and enioy such benefitt and pflitt as shall or may arise or come
by putting in vse or practize the saide way, meanes, or Invencon, of making
and paring the stuff aforesaide, and of the engynes and deuises aforesaide,
and by working or vseing the saide engyns and deuises to the pposes
aforesaide during the terme aforesaide, our will and pleasure is, and wee doe by
theise sentes, for vs, our heires and successors, of our certaine knowledge and
meere močon, and of our supreame authoritye and power, straightly phibite,
chardge, and coaunde all and singuler pson and psons of what estate,
degree, or condicon soever, they or any of them be or shalbe, that none of
them other then the saide John Jasper Wolsen, his executors, administra-
tors, deputies, factors, and assignes, or some of them shall, during the tyme
.hereby graunted, psume or goe aboute directly or indirectly within our
saide realmes or domynions, or any of them, to vse, practize, or put in
vre the saide newe way, Inventon, meanes, or course of makeing or Pparing
the saide stuffe, or the pposes aforesaide, as are or shalbe first invented,
practized, or broughte to pfecčon by the saide John Jasper Wolfen, or,
to vtter, or putt the same to sale, or to frame, erect, or vse any the saide
engynes, instrumentes or deuises, or the like, by the example of the saide
John Jasper Wolfen, to the pposes aforesaide or any of them, or any
wayes to counterfeite the said waies or meanes or any of them not formerly
put in practize within our saide Realnie or Domynion, or any of them as
aforesaide, vpon payne of forfeyture of all such stuffes, deuises, engynes, and
instrumentes as shalbe soe framed, made pared, erected, or vsed contrarie to
the true meaneing of theise psentes, and vpon such further paynes, penaltyes,
and ymprisonmentes as by the lawes and statutes of this our Realme of
Englande, or by our prerogative royall, may or can be inflicted againste the
offendors in that behalfe.
And wee doe further by theise psentes for vs, our heires and successors,
give and graunte vnto the saide John Jasper Wolfen, his executors, ad-
ministrators, deputyes, servauntes, and assignes, and everie of them full
and free libertye and authority, that they or anye of them shall and

page_text: may, & from tymne to tyme and at all conveniente tymes, during the terme
hereafter menconed with a constable or other officer, enter into any house or
houses and other places within our saide realme or domynion, or any of them,
or any parte of them or any of them, as well within libtyes as without, where
hee or they or any of them shall knowe or have iust cause to suspecte any
such engynes, instrumentes, stuffes or devises to be made, framed, or vsed, or
any of the wayes or meanes aforesaide, or other thing done contrarye to the
true meaneing of theis psentes, and there to trye and search by all faire and
lawull meanes for all such engines, instrumentes and devises, and other thinges
soe made, framed, erected, vsed or done contrarie to the tenor hereof, and
fynding any such to seize the same as forfeited to the vse of vs, our heires and
successors, and to deface and pull downe the saide engynes, instrumentes
and devises soe made, erected, and devised or vsed; the one moyety whereof, soe
farre forth as in vs resteth, wee doe by theise psentes for vs, our heires and
successors, give and grannte vnto the saide John Jasper Wolfen, his executors,
administrators, and assignes, and the other moietye thereof wee will bo
reserved to the vse of vs, our heires and successors; and yf in the exccucon
hereof they or any of them shall fynde any opposicon or resistanco, that they
or some or one of them doc Etifye the same into the Courte of Exchequer of
vs, our heires and successors, vnder their or some or one of theire handes in
writing, to the ende the offendors therein may receive condigne punyshmente for
theire saide offences. Vnto which Courte of Exchequer, wee doe hereby for vs,
our heires and successors, give full power and authoritye vpon such certificate
as aforesaide, and due proofe thereof made, to inflicte such punyshmente by
fyne or ymprisonmente, or otherwise vpon the offendors as theire offences shall
deserve, and to the said Courte shalbe be thought most meete; to have and
to hould the saide lycences, priuiledges, powers, authorities, and all other the
Pmisses before in and by theise psentes menconed to be given and graunted,
and everye parte and parcell of them vnto the saide John Jasper Wolfen,
his executors, administrators, and assignes from the day of the date of theise
Psentes, vnto the full ende and terme and for and during the terme of
fourteene yeres from thence nexte ensueing, fully to be compleat and
ended, yealding and paying therefore; and the saide John Jasper Wolfen,
for himselfe, his executors administrators, and assignes, doeth covenaunte,
pmise, and graunte to and with vs, our heires, and successors, to yeald and pay
yerely to vs, our heires and successors, the yerely rente of five poundes of
Jawfull money of Englande, at the receipte of the Exchequer of vs, our heires
and successors, at Westminster, at the Feastes of Saunte Michaell the Arch-
angell, and the Annunciacon of the Blessed Virgin Marye, by even and equall

page_text: porcons to be paied, the firste paymento thereof to be paide at the Feast of
Saunte Michaell the Archangell, nowe nexte comeing after the date of theisc
Psents. And wec doc by theise psentes for vs, our heires and successors,
give power and authoritic vnto, and will, and comaundo all the singuler
mayors, sheriffe, justices of peace, bailiffes, constables, headboroughes, and
other officers, ministers, and subiectes of vs, our heires and successors, that
they and everye of them be, from tyme to tyme, ayding, helping, and assisting,
to the saide John Jasper Wolfen, his executors, administrators, and assignes,
deputies, servauntes, and workemen, in all thinges in or aboute the accomplish-
mente of our will and pleasure, in theise our Lřes Patentes éxpressed, and in
the excise and exccuton of the same, and not any way to hinder, molest,
intrupte, or lett them, or any of them, in any thing coneneing the misses, as
they tender our pleasure, and will avoyde the contrarie at theiro pills; and
theise psentes or thinrollmente of them shalbe theire sufficient warrante and
dischardge in that behalfe. And, lastly, our will and pleasure is, and wee doc
by theise psente, for vs, our heires and successors, graunt that theise our Lies
Patentes, or thinrollmente theroof, shalbe in all thinges firme, good, and avail-
able in the lawe, according to the true and playne meaneing of the same,
although the pticular waies and meanes, and the formes of the engynes,
instrumentes, and deuises to be vsed, made, sett vpp, and wrought with by
the saide John Jasper Wolfen, his executors, administrators, and assignes,
deputies, servantes, and factors, be not herein pticulerly expressed, named,
menconed, or discribed; and notwithstanding any defecto in theise psentes in
not recyting or menconyng of any other matter whatsoever necessarie herein
to be expressed.
In witnes whereof, &c. Witnes our selle at Westin, the Eighth day of
In witnes whereof, &c. Witnes our selle at Westii, the Eighth day of
December.
Pbře do priuat sigillo.