AN ENGINE AND PUMP TO RAISE WATER, OF HIS OWN INVENTION, AND DIFFERENT FROM ANY OTHER INVENTION OF THAT KIND, WHICH, WITH LITTLE LABOUR, AND BY MEANES OF A LEVERIDGE AND AN HORIZONTAL FLY, WITHOUT THE HELP OF FIRE, CAN RAISE A VERY GREAT QUANTITY OF WATER OUT OF MOST DEPTHS
Year: 1724

page_text: come, greeting.
grace
presents
WHEREAS our trusty and welbeloved VALENTINE FLOWER, Plumber,
hath, by his petition, humbly represented vnto vs that he hath, by great
industry, labour, and expence, brought to perfeccon "AN ENGINE AND PUMP
TO RAISE WATER, OF HIS OWN INVENTION, AND DIFFERENT FROM ANY OTHER
INVENTION OF THAT KIND, WHICH, WITH LITTLE LABOUR, AND BY MEANES OF A
LEVERIDGE AND AN HORIZONTAL FLY, WITHOUT THE HELP OF FIRE, CAN RAISE
A VERY GREAT QUANTITY OF WATER OUT OF MOST DEPTHS," which he most
humbly presumes will be of very great vse to our subiecte by the great
advantages it will be in draining of mines effectually, and being of very
little cost, and fit for any other vses in raising of water; and having
humbly prayed vs to grant vnto him, his executors, administrators, and
assigues, our Royal Letters Patents for the sole vse and benefitt of the said
Invention within England, Wales, and town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, for the
term of fourteen yeares vsually granted in such cases, wee, being willing to
give encouragement to all arte and invenčons that may be for the publick vse
and benefitt, are graciously pleased to gratify him in his request.
KNOW YEE THEREFORE, that wee, of our especiall grace, certaine
Knowledge, and meer močon, have given and granted, and by these presente,
for vs, our heires and successors, do give and grant unto the said Valentine

page_text: Flower, his executors, administrators, and assignes, especiall lycence, full
power, sole priviledge and authority, that he, the said Valentine Flower, his
executors, administrators, and assignes, and every of them, by himselfe or
themselves, or by his or their deputy and deputies, servante or agente, or such
others as he, the said Valentine Flower, his executors, administrators, or
assignes, shall at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and
at all times during the term herein expressed, shall and lawfully may
make, use, exercise and vend his said Invention of an engine and pump
which, with little labour, and by meanes of a leveridge and horizontall fly,
without the help of fire, can raise a very great quantity of water out of most
depths, as above described, within that part of our kingdom of Great Britain
called England, our dominion of Wales, and town of Berwick-vpon-Tweed,
in such manner as to him, the said Valentine Flower, his executors, admi-
nistrators, and assignes, or any of them, shall in their discrecons seem meet,
and that he, the said Valentine Flower, his executors, administrators, and
assignes, shall and lawfully may have and enjoy the whole profitt, benefitt,
comodity, and advantage from time to time comeing, growing, accrewing, and
arising by reason of the said Invenčon for and during the terme of yeares
herein menčoned, to have, hold, exercise, and enioy the said lycence, powers,
priviledges, and advantages herein-before granted or menconed to be granted
vnto the said Valentine Flower, his executors, administrators, and assignes,
for and during and vnto the full end and terme of fourteen yeares from
the date of these presents next and immediately ensuing, and fully to
be compleat and ended, according to the statute in such case made
and provided; and to the end that the said Valentine Flower, his
executors, administrators, and assignes, and every of them, may have
and enjoy the full benefitt and the sole vse and and exercise of the said
Invenčon, according to our gratious intenčon herein-before declared, wee
do, by these Psente, for vs, our heires and successors, require and strictly
command all and every person and persons, bodies politick and corporate,
and all other our subject whatsoever, of what estate, quality, degree,
name, or condition soever they be, within that said part of our kingdom of
Great Britain called England, our dominion of Wales, and town of Berwick-
vpon-Tweed aforesaid, that neither they or any of them, at any time during
the continuance of the said term of fourteen yeares hereby granted, either
directly or indirectly do make, vse, or put in practice the said Invention, or
any part of the same, so attained vnto by the said Valantine Flower as afore-
said, or anywise counterfeit, imitate, or resemble the same, nor shall make, or
cause to be made, any addition thereunto or substraction from the same,

page_text: whereby to pretend himselfe or themselves the inventor or inventors, devisor
or devisors thereof, without the lycence, consent, or agreement of the said
Valentine Flower, his executors, administrators, or assignes, in writing, vnder
his or their hand and seales, first had and obtained in that behalfe, vpon such
pains and penalties as can or may be justly inflicted on such offenders for their
contempt of this our royal comand; and, further, to be answerable to the
said Valentine Flower, his executors, administrators, and assignes, according
to law, for his and their damages thereby occasioned. And, moreover, wee do
by these presents for vs, our heires and successors, will and command all and
singular the justices of the peace, mayors, sherriffes, bayliffs, constables, head-
boroughs, and all other officers and ministers whatsoever of vs, our heires and
successors, for the time being, that they, or any of them, do not nor shall, at
any time hereafter, during the said term hereby granted, in anywise molest,
trouble, or hinder the said Valentine Flower, his executors, administrators, or
assignes, or any of them, or his or their deputies, servante, or agents, in
or about the due and lawfull vse or exercise of the aforesaid Invention, or any-
thing relating thereto: Provided always, and these our Letters Patente are
and shall be vpon this condition, that if at any time during the said term
hereby granted it shall be made appear to vs, our heires and successors, or any
six or more of our or their Privy Council, that this our grant is contrary
to law or preiudicial or inconvenient to our subiecte in generall, or that the
said Invention is not a new invention as to the publick use and exercise
thereof, in that said part of our kingdom of Great Britain called England,
our dominion of Wales, or town of Berwick-upon-Tweed aforesaid, or not
invented and found out by the said Valentine Flower as aforesaid; then,
vpon signification or declaration thereof, to be made by vs, our heires or suc-
cessors, vnder our or their signet or privy seal, or by the lorde and others of
our or their Privy Council, or any six or more of them, vnder their hande,
these our Letters Patents shall forthwith cease, determine, and be vtterly void
to all intents and purposes, anything herein-before contained to the contrary
in anywise notwithstanding: Provided also, that these our Letters Patents, or
anything herein contained, shall not extend or be construed to give priviledge
vnto the said Valentine Flower, his executors, administrators, or assignes, or
any of them, to vse or imitate any invention or work whatsoever which
hath heretofore been found out or invented by any other of our subjecte
whatsoever, and publickly vsed or exercised in that said part of our kingdom
of Great Britain called England, our dominion of Wales, or town of Berwick-
vpon-Tweed aforesaid, vnto whom like Letters Patent or priviledges have
been already granted for the sole vse, exercise, and benefitt thereof, it being

page_text: our will and pleasure that the said Valentine Flower, his executors, admi-
nistrators, and assignes, and all and every other person and persons to whom
like Letters Patente or priviledges have been already granted as aforesaid,
shall distinctly vse and practice their severall inventions by them invented and
found out, according to the true intent and meaning of the same respective
Letters Patente and of these presente: Provided likewise, nevertheless, and
those our Letters Patente are vpon this express condičon, that if the said
Valentine Flower, his executors or administrators, or any person or persons
which shall or may at any time or times hereafter, during the continuance of this
grant, have or claim any right, title, or interest in law or equity of, in, or to
the power, priviledge, and authority of the sole vse and benefit of the said
Invention hereby granted, shall make any transferr or assignment or any
pretended transferr or assignment of the said liberty and priviledge, or any
share or shares of the benefit or profit thereof, or shall declare any trust
thereof to or for any number of persons exceeding the number of five, or
shall open or cause to be opened any booke or books for publick subscripcons
to be made by any number of persons exceeding the number of five, in order
to the raising any sūme or sumes of money vnder pretence of carrying on the
said liberty or priviledge hereby granted, or shall, by him or themselves or his
or their agents or servants receive any sume or sumes of money whatsoever
of any number of persons exceeding in the whole the number of five, for such
or the like intent or purposes, or shall presume to act as a corporate body, or
shall divide the benefit of these our Letters Patents, or the liberty and
priviledges hereby by vs granted, into any number of shares exceeding the
number of five, or shall committ or do or procure to be committed or done
any act, matter, or thing whatsoever, during such time as such person or
persons shall have any right or title, either in law or equity, in or to the said
pmisses, which would be contrary to the true intent and meaning of a certain
Act of Parliament made in the sixth year of our reign, intituled (An Act for
the better securing certain powers and priviledges intended to be granted by
His Maiestie by two charters for assurance of ships and merchandizes at sea,
and for lending money vpon bottomry, and for restraining severall extravagant
and vnwarrantable practices therein menconed) if these our Letters Patente
had not been granted, or in case the said power, priviledge, or authority shall
at any time hereafter become vested in or in trust for more than the number
of five persons or their representatives at any one time (reckoning executors
or administrators as and for the single person whom they represent, as to such
interest as they are or shall intituled to in right to such their testator or
intestate); that then and in any of the said cases these our Letters Patents, and

page_text: all liberties, priviledges, and advantages whatsoever hereby granted shall vtterly
cease, determine, and become void, anything herein-before contained to the
contrary thereof in wise notwithstanding. And, lastly, wee do by these presents,
for vs, our heires and successors, grant vnto the said Valentine Flower, his
executors, administrators, or assignes, that these our Letters Patente, or the
inrollment or exemplificačon thereof, shall be in and by all things good, firm,
valid, sufficient, and effectuall in the law according to the true intent and
meaning thereof, and shall be taken, construed, and adiudged in the most
favourable and beneficial sense for the best advantage of the said Valentine
Flower, his executors, administrators, and assignes, as well in all our courts
of record as elswhere, and by all and singular the officers and ministers
whatsoever of vs, our heires and successors, in that part of our said kingdom
of Great Britain called England, our dominion of Wales, and town of
Berwick-vpon-Tweed aforesaid, and amongst all and every the subiects of vs,
our heires and successors, whatsoever and wheresoever, notwithstanding the
not full and certain describing th nature or quality of the said Invencon, or
of the materialls thereto conducing and belonging.
In witness, &c. Witness ourselfe nt. Westminster the Twentieth day of
May.
By Writt of Privy Seal.