OF CASTING AND SPREADING OF LIGHT BY A NEW AND VNUSUALL FIGURE OF FOILED GLASSE, POLISHED WITHOUT GRINDING, WITH PIPES OF GLASSE TO HOLD CANDLES OR LAMPES
Year: 1675

page_text: WHEREAS our trusty and welbeloved subiect RICHARD REEVES, Gent.,
hath, with long study and greate expence, invented and brought to perfeccon
the "ARTE OF CASTING AND SPREADING OF LIGHT BY A NEW AND VNUSUALL
FIGURE OF FOILED GLASSE, POLISHED WITHOUT GRINDING, WITH PIPES OF GLASSE
TO HOLD CANDLES OR LAMPES," Some evident demonstracons whereof wee have
seene to our satisfaccon, and doe believe the same may in severall respect(
prove very vsefull and beneficiall to our subiecte in generall, and as wee are
informed was never before vsed or knowne in any of our dominions, and will
not bec preiudiciall to any perticuler interest; and accordingly bee hath, by
his humble peticon, besought vs to grant him our licence for the sole vse
and benefitt of the said Inventon for the space of fowerteene yeares, according
to the Statute in such cases niade and provided.
KNOWE YEE, THEREFORE, that wee, being willing that the said Richard
Reeves may reape some reasonable recompence and compensacon for his
great paines and expences in and about the premisses, of our special! grace,
certaine knowledge, and meer močon, have given and granted, and by these
presente, for vs, our heires and successours, doe give and grant vnto the said
Richard Reeves, his executours, administratours, and assignes, speciall licence,
full power, sole priviledge and authority, that bee, the said Richard Reeves,
his executours, administratours, and assignes, and every of them, by themselves,
or theire deputy and deputies, servant, or agente, and such others as the
said Richard Reeves, his executors, admirs, or assignes, shall, att any tyme
agree with, from tyme to tyine and att all tymes hereafter, during the tearme

page_text: of yeares hereafter in these presente expressed, shall and lawfully may vse, exer-
cise, and enjoy the said Invenčon before perticulerly menconed and described
within any parte or partes, place or places whatsoever, of, in, or belonging
to our kingdome of England, dominion of Wales, and towné of Berwick-
vppon-Tweed, in such manner and according to such rates, allotment, and
limitacons as to him, the said Richard Reeves, his executours, adñiistrators, and
assignes, or any of them, shall in their, discrecons seeme most meete, and that
hee, the said Richard Reeves, his exccutours, admistratours, and assignes, shall
and may have and enjoy the sole benefitt, proffitt, comoditie, and advantage
from tyme to tyme coming, growing, and ariseing by reason of the said
Inventon for and during the full tyme and tearme of yeares hereafter in
these present menconed, to have, hold, exercise, and enioy the said licence,
powers, priviledges, and advantages herein-before granted or menconed to bec
granted vnto him, the said Richard Reeves, his executors, admistrators, &
assignes, for and during and vnto the full end and tearme of fowerteene
yeares from the date of these presente next and immediately ensueing, and fully
to bee compleat and ended according to the Statute in this case made and
provided. And to the end that the said Richard Reeves, his executors,
admistratours, and assignes, and every of them, may enioy the full and whole
benefitt, and the sole vse and exercise of the said Invenĉon according to
our gratious intencons herein-before declared and expressed, wee doc by
these presente, for vs, our heires and successours, require and strictly comand
all and every person and persons, bodies politique and corporate, and all
other our subiecte whatsoever, of what estate, quality, degree, name, or
condicon soever they bee, that neither they nor any of them, att any tymo
or tymes during the said tearme of fowertcene yeares herein-before granted or
menčoned to bee granted, either directly or indirectly, doe vse or putt in
practice the said Invencon, or any parte thereof, soe attained vnto by the
said Richard Reeves as aforesaid, nor shall make or cause to bec made
any manner of instrument or other matterialle touching or relating to the
said Invenčon, nor shall convert or cause to bee converted any matter or
thing whatsoever whereby or by meanes whereof the said Invenĉon or any
thing relating thereto may bee put in practice, contrary to the truc
meaning of these presente, nor shall in any wise counterfeit or resemble the
said Invencon or any parte thereof, nor shall make or cause to bee made any
addičon thereto or substracčon from the same whereby to pretend themselves
the inventours or devisors thereof, without the licence, consent, or agreement
of the said Richard Reeves, his executours, admistrators, or assignes, in
writing vnder his, theire, or some of their hande and scales, first had and

page_text: obteined in that behalfe, vppon such paines and penalties as can or may bee
inflicted on such offenders for their contempt of this our royall comand, and
further to bee answearable to the said Richard Reeves, bis exccutours,
admistratours, & assignes, according to the vtmost rigor of the law, for his and
their damages thereby occasioned to bee susteined. And wee doc, of our further
special grace, certaine knowledge and meer močon, for vs, our heires and suc-
cessours, grant vnto the said Richard Reeves, his executours, adñiistratours, and
assignes, by these present, that hee, they, and every of them, and his, their,
and every of their deputyes, servante, and agente, having first obteined a law-
full warrant from the Lord Cheife Justice of our Court of King Bench, att
Westminster, for the tyme being, and with the assistance of a constable or any
other lawfull officer, att convenient tymes in the day during the tearme granted,
and in lawful manner, may enter into and make search in any houses, tenement (,
or other places whatsoever within our said kingdome of England, dominion of
Wales, and towne of Berwick-vppon-Tweed, or any the territories of the
same, where there shall be iust caust of suspicon for and in order to the dis-
covery and finding out of all and every such person and persons as shall imitate
or cause to bee imitated, or shall vse or putt in practice the said Inventon, or
any parte thereof, soe atteined vnto by the said Richard Reeves as aforesaid,
or shall make or counterfeit any instrumente, materialle, or other matters or
thing to the same belonging or in anywise appertaining, that soc such
offender or offenders may bee pceeded against and punished according to his
and their demeritte; and his and their pretended invenčons and workes then
and there found to bee seized vppon, broken in peices, and defaced, and the
mafialle thereof left in the band or custody of some constable or other officer,
to bee disposed in such manner and forme as wee, our heires or successors,
shall from tyme to tyme direct and appoint. And further, wee doe by these our
Letters Pattente, for vs, our heires and successours, will, authorise, and comand,
all and singuler iustices of the peace, mayors, sheriffes, bayliffes, constables,
headboroughes, and all other officers and ministers whatsoever of vs, our
heires and successours, for the tyme being, within our said kingdome of Eng-
land, dominion of Wales, and towne of Berwick-vppon-Tweed, that they and
every of them respectively bee from tyme to tyme during the saide tearme
hereby granted, in their respective offices and according to theire and every
of their best skille and endeavors, favouring, ayding, helping, and assisting vnto
the said Richard Reeves, his executours, admistratours, and assignes, and to his
and their deputy and deputies, servante, and agente, in and by all thing in and
about the accomplishment of our royall will and pleasure herein-before delared,
and in the exercise and execucon of the powers and privileges herein granted

page_text: or menconed to bee granted as aforesaid. And moreover, wee doe by these
presente, for vs, our heires and successours, will and comand that our said
respective officers and ministers before menconed, or any of them, doc not
and shall not att any tyme hereafter during the said tearme hereby granted
in anywise molest, trouble, or hinder the said Richard Reeves, his executours,
adirs, or assignes, or any of them, or his or theire deputy or deputies,
servant, or agente, or any of them, in or about the vse or exercise of the
aforesaid Inventon, or any parte thereof, or any thing relating thereto.
Provided alwayes, and these our Letters Patente are and shall bee vppon this
condiĉon, that if att any tyme during the said tearme of fowertecne yeares
hereby granted, itt shall bec made appear to vs, our heires or successours, or
any
six or more of our or their Privy Councell, that this our grant is contrary
to law, or prejudiciall or inconvenient to our subiecte in generall, or that the
said Invenčon is not a new Invenĉon as to the publique vse and exercise thereof,
and not invented and found out by the said Richard Reeves as aforesaid,
then, vppon significacon and declaraton thereof to bee made by vs, our heires
or successours, vnder our or their signett or privy seale, or by the lorde and
others of our or their Privy Counsell, or any sixe or more of them, vnder their
hande, of such preiudice or inconvenience, these our Letters Patente shall
forthwith cease, determine, and bee vtterly voyd, to all intent and purposes,
any thing herein-before menconed to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding:
Provided alsoe, that these our Letters Patente, or any thing therein conteined,
shall not extend or bee construed to extend to give priviledge vnto the said
Richard Reeves, his executours, adñiistratours, or assignes, or any of them,
to vse or imitate any invenčon or worke whatsoever which hath beene hereto-
fore found out or invented by any other of our subiect or subiecte whatsoever,
and publicky exercise within our said kingdome of England, dominion of
Wales, and towne of Berwick, or any of them, vnto whom wee have already
granted our like Letters Patente of Privilege for the sole vse, exercise, and
benefitt thereof; it being our will and pleasure that the said Richard Reeves,
his executours, adiiistratours, and assignes, and all and singuler other person
and persons to whom wee have already granted our like Letters Patent or
priviledges as aforesaid, shall distinctly vse and practice their severall Invenčons
by them invented and found out, according to the true intent and meaning
of the same respective Letters Patente and of these presente. And, lastly,
wee doe by these presente, for vs, our heires and successours, grant vnto the
said Richard Reeves, his executours, admistratours, and assignes, that these
our Letters Patente, or the inrollement thereof, shall bee in and by all thing?
good, firme, valid, and sufficient and effectuall in the lawe, according to the

page_text: true intent and meaning thereof, and shall bee taken, construed, and adiudged
in the most favourable and beneficiall sense for the best advantage of the said
Richard Reeves, his executours, adññirs, and assignes, aswell in all court of
record as elsewhere, and by all and singuler the officers and ministers what-
soever of vs, our heires and successors, notwithstanding the not full and cer-
taine describing the nature, manners, or qualities of the said Invenčon herein-
before perticularly menconed, or of the materialle thereto conducing and
belonging, or any other defecte, incertainties, or imperfecĉons in these presente
conteined, or any act, statute, ordinance, provision, proclamačon, restriccon, or
other matter, cause, or thing whatsoever to the contrary in anywise notwith-
standing.
In witnes, &c.
November.
Witnes ourselfe att West, the Eighteenth day of
P priuatum sigillum.