A NEWE WAYE AND MEANES TO MAKE WHITE AND BAYE SALT OF THE SEA WATER, SEA SAND, AND OTHER MATERIALLS TO BE HAD, FOUND, TAKEN, AND VSED BETWEENE THE HIGHEST WATER MARKE AND THE LOWEST WATER MARKE, WHICH SHALBE AS GOOD AND VSEFULL BOTH FOR SALTING AND PSERVINGE, AS WELL OP FLESHE AND FISHE, OR OTHER VSES, AS ANY SALT HERETO- FORE IMPORTED FROM OTHER COUNTRIES,
Year: 1629

page_text: 'come, greetinge.
WHEREAS our welbeloved subiecte JOHN RUDSTON and FRAUNCIS CROOTE,
Gent, have by their greate travaile and industrie, and after many chardgeable
experimente, found out "A NEWE WAYE AND MEANES TO MAKE WHITE AND BAYE
SALT OF THE SEA WATER, SEA SAND, AND OTHER MATERIALLS TO BE HAD, FOUND,
TAKEN, AND VSED BETWEENE THE HIGHEST WATER MARKE AND THE LOWEST
WATER MARKE, WHICH SHALBE AS GOOD AND VSEFULL BOTH FOR SALTING AND
PSERVINGE, AS WELL OP FLESHE AND FISHE, OR OTHER VSES, AS ANY SALT HERETO-
FORE IMPORTED FROM OTHER COUNTRIES," not formerlie performed and putt in
practize in such sort and forme of working by any within our realmes or
'dominions; neither the like wayes, forme, and meanes of making salt hath
beene yet vsed within this our Realme of England, and the said John Rudston
and Frauncis Croote have informed vs that tho vse and practise of the said
waies, manner, and meanes of making of salt wilbo verie comodious and benc-
ficiall to this kingdome, for that through want of such salt, our subiecte have
beene and are inforced to bring salt from forraigne parte for their necessarie
vse, which for many vses is not soc serviceable as the salt they intend to
make, and by their humble peticon exhibited vnto vs, have desired that wee
would be graciously pleased to graunt vnto them our Lřes Patente, or licence of
priviledge for the sole making, workinge, and selling of such salt soe to be
made by them in all or any of our bayes, harbors, creekes, or other places within
or about our Kingdome of England or Principalitie of Wales, with such
materialle, liberties, licences, and authorities, as shalbe convenient to the saide

page_text: worke for the terme of yeares allowed by the statute lately published for newe
Invenčons, and have voluntarily offred vnto vs a yearely rent of twoe hundred
poundes by the yeare for the same from and after the Feast of the Nativitic of
our Lord Christ, which shalbe in the yeare of our Lord God One thowsand
sixe hundred twenty and nyne, toward the increase of our revenewe.
KNOW YEE, that wee graciously favoring and willing to cherishe such
ingenious and pfitablo Invenčons, the practise whereof tend to the publique
good of the commonwealth, have therefore, and in consideračon of the said yearely
rent hereafter in and by theis sent to vs, our heires and successors, reserved,
of our especiall grace, certaine knowledge, and meere močon, given and
graunted, and by theis sente for vs, our heires and successors, doe give and
graunt vnto the said John Rudston and Frauncis Croote, theire executors,
administrators, and assignes, full and free libertic, licence, and authoritie,
that they, the said John Rudston and Frauncis Croote, theire executors,
administrators, and assignes, or any of them by himselfe or themselves, or
his or their deputyes, agent, or factors, shall and may, at all and everic
tyme and tymes and from tyme to tyme during the terme of fouerteene
yeares, next ensuing the date hereof, at their proper cost and chardges
vse, exercise, practise, and putt in vse within this our Realme of England,
and the Domynion of Wales, or any place or places in them or either
of them, at their libertie and pleasure, the said wayes, manner and meanes of
making white and bay salt of sea water, and other the said materialls as to
them shalbe thought most fitt, not formerlie practised and putt in vse by any
other within our saide realme and domynion, and to that purpose to make and
digge such fitt and convenient pitte, cesternes, and other vtensells for the saide
worke, and to erect and sett vpp boylinge howses on the sande or land neere
adioyning to their worke, as to them or any of them shall seeme most meete
without the contradicčon or impediment of ys, our heires or successors,
or any other the person or persons haveing right in the landes or groundes,
.where the said work shalbe made, sett vpp, or erected, they being first agreed
withall, and the said white and baye salt soe made to vtter and sell in grosse or
.by retaile, or otherwise to doe away at their or any of their free will and pleasure
for theire and every of theire best comodiție, benefitt, and aduantage.
And to the end that this our will and pleasure may be the better effected,
and the said John Rudston and Frauncis Croote, their executors, adminis-
trators, and assignes may have and take the full benefitt of this our graunt,
wee doe hereby for vs, our heires and successors, straightly chardge, inhibite,
and command that noc pson or psons whatsoever, borne within our realmes
or domynions, nor any other pson or psons, denizens, or straungers of what

page_text: estate, degree, or condicon bee or they be or shalbe, (other then the said John.
Rudston and Frauncis Croote, their executors, administrators, deputics, or
assignes, or such as shalbe by them or any of them authorised, shall or may, at
any tyme or tymes during the saide terme of foureteene yeares before mencioned,
practise, exercise, or putt in vre the formes, orders, wayes, or meanes, or any
of them, which shalbe first vsed and putt in practise by the said John Rudston
and Frauncis Croote, their executors, administrators, or assignes, or any of
them to the purposes aforesaid, or any of them, or by any sinister alteracons,
addicons, or varificacons to counterfeite or vse the like, or by the example or
Psident of the said John Rudston and Frauncis Croote, theire executors,
administrators, or assignes, to make or digg any pitte or costernes, or
to eroct any boylinghouses, or doe any other matter or thinge which is or
shalbe putt in practise by them or any of them to the purposes afore-
saide, and not formerlic done or putt in practise by any other within this our
Realme of England and Dominion of Wales, or either of them, vpon paine
of forfeiture to vs, our heires and successors, of all such salt, and of all
such howses, engines, vtensills, and devises as shalbe made, erected, or vsed
contraric to the true intent and meaning of theis psente, and alsoe vpon
paine of the highe indignacon and displeasure of vs, our heires and successors,
and such further paines, penalties, punishmente, and imprisonment as by any
lawes or statute of this our realme can or may be inflicted or imposed spon
the offenders for their disobedience in contemning of our royall comaund.
And further, wee doc, by theis sente, for vs, our heires and successors, give
and graunt full power, libertie, and authoritie vnto the said John Rudston and
Frauncis Croote, theire executors, administrators, and assignes, that they, or any
of them, by himselfe or themselves, or his or their deputies, factors, servante, or
assignes, shall and may, at all tyme and tymes convenient, and from tyme to
tyme during the said terme of foureteene yeares, with the assistance of a con-
stable or other officer, goe and enter into all place and places where they or
any of them shall knowe any such pitte, cesternes, vtensells, howses or devises
to be made, erected, or vsed, or any thing done or practised contrarie to the
true intent and meaning of theis psent within this our Realme of England and
Domynion of Wales, or any part of them, or either of them, as well within
liberties as without, and finding any such, to seize the same to the vse of vs,
our heires and successors, and give informačon to vs, or our Privye Councell,
that such course may be taken for punishment of their contempt as shalbe
fitting. And if in the execučon thereof, they or any them shall finde any
resistance, that then they, or some or one of them tefie the same into the
Court of Exchequer of vs, our heires and successors, to the end the offenders

page_text: therein may
receive condigne punishment for the same their offences. Vnto
which Court of Exchequer wee doe hereby, for vs, our heires and successors,
give power and authoritie, vpon certificate of any of the contempt or offences:
aforesaide and due proofe thereof, to inflict such punishment by imprisonment
or otherwise vpon the offenders as their offences shall deserve, and to the said
Court shalbe thought meete.
And further, wee doe by theis sente, for vs, our heires, successors,
give and graunt vnto the said John Rudston and Frauncis Croote, their
executors, administrators, and assignes, full power and authoritic, by them-.
selves, their assignes, deputies, servante, laborers, or workemen, and with
horses, carte, and carriages, from tyme to tyme and at all tymes con-.
venient, to enter and goe as well into any of our owne groundes, landes, or.
possessions as the lande, grounde, or possessions of any other person or
persons in, aboute, or necre vnto the sea coste within this our Realme of
England and the Domynion of Wales, betweene the highest and lowest
water work, as well within liberties as without where vsuall wayes bet
to those places, and where noe such wayes be after agreement made with
the owners of the lande which are fitt and convenient, there to make, digg,
and fitt such convenient pitte, cisternes, and other vtensille for the worke
aforesaide, and to erect boyling howses on the sande or lande neere adioyning to
the purposes aforesaide, and to have free ingresse, egresse, and regresse, to
and for the same, to have and to hould the said licences, priviledges, powers,
and authorities, and all other the misses before in and by theis psente men-
cioned to be given and graunted, and everic of them, vnto the said John Rudston
and Frauncis Croote, their executors, administrators, and assignes, for and
during the terme and vnto the full end and terme of foureteene yeares from
thence next and ymediatly ensuing and fully to be compleate and ended.
yielding and paying therefore; and the said John Rudston and Francis Croote;
for themselves, their executors, administrators, and assignes, doc covenaunt;
apmise, and graunt to and with vs, our heires and successors, to yield and paye
therefore yearclye vnto vs, our heires and successors, from and after the Feast
of the Nativitie of our Lord Christ, which shalbe in the ycare of our Lord
God One thowsand sixe hundred twentie and nyne, the yearely rent or some
of twoe hundred poundes of lawfull money of England, at the receipt of the
Exchequer of vs, our heires and successors, at Westin, at the Feast of the
Nativitic of Saint John Baptist and the Birth of our Lord God, by even and
equall porcons, to be paide during the terme aforesaide, the first payment
thereof to begyn at the Feast of the Nativitie of Saint John Baptist, which
shalbe in the yeare of our Lord God One thousand sixe hundred and thirtic

page_text: And for the better helpe and assistance of the said John Rudston and
Frauncis Croote, their executors, administrators, or assignes, in and aboute the
execucon of this our graunt, wec doe hereby for vs, our heires and suc-
cessors, will and comaund all and singuler justices of peace; mayors, sheriffe,
bayliffes, constables, headborwes, and all other officers, ministers, and subiecte
whatsoever of vs, our heires and successors, that they and everie of them be
from tyme to tymc, during the terme aforesaide, ayding, helping, and assisting
vnto the said John Rudston and Frauncis Croote, theire executors, administra-
tors, assignes, deputies, servaunte, and workemen, in all thinges in and aboute
the accomplishement of our pleasure expressed in theis our Lřes Patente, and
in the exercise and execučon of the same, or of any article, clause, or thinge
therein conteyned, and that they or any of them doe not any way hinder,
molest, interrupt, or lett the said John Rudstone and Frauncis Croote, their
executors, administrators, assignes, workemen, or servaunte, or any of them, in
any the misses, as they tender our pleasure and will avoyde the contrarie at
their perille. And theis psente or the inrollment thereof shalbe theire sufficient
warrant and dischardge in that behalfe; provided alwaies that this our psent
graunt, or any thing therein conteyned shall not extend or be construed to
extend to the Piudice of any pson or psons whatsoever in or aboute the
doing or pforming any thing by them or any of them heretofore vsed, putt in
practise, or dono for or about the making of white or bay salt, but that they
and everie of them shall and may freely and lawfully doc, pforme, execute,
and practise all such waics and meanes for that purpose in as ample manner as
hee and they heretofore have vsed, done, and performed any thinge in theis
Psent conteyned to the contrarie notwithstanding; provided likewise, that if
it shall appeare vnto vs, our heires or successors, or to the Privye Councell of
vs, our heires or successors, that the practise of this newe invenčon, way, or
meanes shalbe piudiciall or inconvenient to the commonwealth, or shall any
way annoy, incumber, or piudice any harbor, port, or creeke, or any shipp or
other vessell, great or small, whatsoever, going into or out of the same, that
then, vpon significačon by vs, our heires or successors, vnder our or their
signe manuell, signett, or privy seale, or vpon significaĉon vnder the hand of
any sixe or more of the Privie Councell of vs, our heires or successors, for the
tyme being of such piudice or incumbrance, theis sent and everie graunt,
clause, article, and thing therein conteyned shall cease, determine, and be
vtterlic voide and of none effect, any thinge likewise in theis sente conteyned
to the contrary notwithstanding. And lastly, our will and pleasure is, and wee
doc hereby, for vs, our heires and successors, graunt that theis our Lies

page_text: Patent, or the inrollment of them, shalbe in all thinges good, firme, and
availeable, according to the true intent and meaning of the same; althoughe
expresse mencon, &c.