Two NEW ENGINES BY THEM INVENTED, THE ONE OF A SMALL SIZE, FOR THE WEIGHING OR RAISING VP ANY WEIGHT FARR BEYOND WHAT CAN BE PERFORMED BY ANY CRANE OR CAPSTONE NOW VSED, BY SEA OR LAND, FOR LOADING OR VELOADING OF GOOD TO AND FROM SHIPS, KEYS, WHARFES, WAREHOUSES, LIGHTERS, &c., AND THE OTHER FOR RAISING OF WATER, A NEW AND SURPRIZING MANNER, NEVER YET MADE VSE OF, AND OF VERY GREAT SERVICE FOR THE EXTINGUISHING OF FIRE." KNOW YEE
Year: 1712

page_text: ANNE, by the grace of God, &c., to all to whom these presents shall come,
greeting.
WHEREAS our trusty and welbeloved NICHOLAS LEWIS MANDELL, Esquire,
and JOHN GREY, Carpenter, have, by their petition, humbly prayed vs to
grant them our lycence for the sole making and vending "Two NEW ENGINES
BY THEM INVENTED, THE ONE OF A SMALL SIZE, FOR THE WEIGHING OR RAISING VP
ANY WEIGHT FARR BEYOND WHAT CAN BE PERFORMED BY ANY CRANE OR CAPSTONE
NOW VSED, BY SEA OR LAND, FOR LOADING OR VELOADING OF GOOD TO AND FROM
SHIPS, KEYS, WHARFES, WAREHOUSES, LIGHTERS, &c., AND THE OTHER FOR RAISING
OF WATER, A NEW AND SURPRIZING MANNER, NEVER YET MADE VSE OF, AND OF VERY
GREAT SERVICE FOR THE EXTINGUISHING OF FIRE."
KNOW YEE, that wee, being willing to give encouragement to all arts and
invenčons which may be of publick vse and benefitt, of our especiall. grace,
certain knowledge, and meer motion, have given and granted, and by these
presents, for vs, our heires and successors, do give and grant vnto the said
Nicholas Lewis Mandell and John Grey, their executors, administrators, and
assignes, especiall lycence, full power, sole priviledge and authority, that they,
the said Nicholas Lewis Mandell and John Grey, their executors, adminis-
trators, and assignes, and every of them, by themselves or by their deputy and
deputies, servants or agents, or such others as they, the said Nicholas Lewis
Mandell and John Grey, their executors, administrators, or assignes, shall at
any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times during
the-term of yeares herein expressed, shall and lawfully may make, vse, exer-

page_text: cise and vend their said new invented engines, or new Invenčon, 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 them, the said
Nicholas Lewis Mandell and John Grey, their executors, administrators, and
assignes, or any of them, shall in their discretions seem meet, and that they,
the said Nicholas Lewis Mandell and John Grey, their executors, adminis-
trators, and assignes, shall and lawfully may have and enioy the whole profitt,
benefitt, comodity, and advantage from time to time coming, growing, accruing,
and ariseing by reason of the said Invenĉon, for and during the term of yeares
herein menconed, to have, hold, exercise, and enioy the said lycence, powers, pri-
viledges, and advantages herein-before granted or menconed to be granted vnto
the said Nicholas Lewis Mandell and John Grey, their executors, administrators,
and assignes, for and during the full end and terme of fourteen yeares from the day
of the date of these presents next and immediately ensuing, and fully to be com-
pleat and ended, according to the statute in that case made and provided. And to
the end that the said Nicholas Lewis Mandell and John Grey, their executors,
administrators, and assignes, and every of them, may have and enioy the full
benefitt and the sole vse and exercise of the said Invenčon, according to our
gratious intencon herein-before declared, wee do by these Psents, for vs, our
heires and successors, require and strictly command all and every person and
persons, bodies politick and corporate, and all other our subiects whatsoever,
of what estate, quality, or degree, name or condičon, soever they be, within
that part of our said kingdom of Great Britain called England, our dominion
of Wales, and town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, 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 or put in practice the said
Invencon so attained vnto by the said Nicholas Lewis Maudell and John Grey
as aforesaid, nor shall in anywise counterfeit, imitate, or resemble the same,
nor shall make, or cause to be made, any addičon thereunto or substraccon
from the same, whereby to pretend himselfe or themselves the inventor or
inventors, devisor or devisors thereof, without the lycence, consent, or agree-
ment of the said Nicholas Lewis Mandell and John Groy, their executors,
administrators, or assignes, vnder their hande and seales, first had and obtained
in that behalfe, vpon such paines and penalties as can or may bo inflicted on
such offenders for their contempt of this our royall comand; and further, to be
answerable to the said Nicholas Lewis Mandell and John Grey, their executors,
administrators, and assignes, according to law, for the damages thereby ooca-
sioned. And, moreover, wee do by these presents, for vs, our heires and
successors, will and command all and singular our iustices of the peace, mayors,

page_text: sherriffs, bayliffs, constables, headboroughs, and all other officers and ministers
whatsoever, of vs, our heires and successors for the time being, that they, nor
any of them, do not, nor shall at any time hereafter during the said terme
hereby granted, in anywise molest, trouble, or hinder the said Nicholas Lewis
Mandell and John Grey, their executors, administrators, and assignes, or any
of them, or their or any of their deputies, servants, or agents, in or about the
due and lawfull vse or exercise of the aforesaid Invenčon, or anything relating
thereto. Provided always, and these our Letters Patents are and shall be vpon
this condicon, that if at any time during the said term hereby granted it shall
be made appear to vs, our heires or successors, or any six or more of our or
their Privy Councill, that this our grant is contrary to law, or preiudiciall
or inconvenient to our subiects in generall, or that the said Invenĉon is not a
new invenčon as to the publick vse and exercise thereof within that part of our
said kingdom of Great Britain called England, our dominion of Wales, and
town of Berwick-vpon-Tweed, or not invented and found out by the said
Nicholas Lewis Mandell and John Grey as aforesaid, then, vpon significacon
and declaračon thereof, to be made by vs, our heires or successors, vnder
our or their signet or privy seale, 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, any thing herein-before contained to the contrary thereof in any
wise notwithstanding. Provided also, that these our Letters Patents, or any
thing herein contained, shall not extend or be construed to give priviledge vnto
the said Nicholas Lewis Mandell and John Grey, their executors, admini-
strators, or assignes, or any of them, to use or imitate any invenčon or worke
whatsoever which hath heretofore been found out or invented by any other of
our subiects whatsoever, and publickly vsed or exercised within that part of our
said kingdom of Great Britain called England, our dominion of Wales, and
town of Berwick-vpon Tweed, vnto whome like Letters Patents or priviledges
have been already granted for the sole vse, exercise, and benefitt thereof, it
being our will and pleasure that the said Nicholas Lewis Mandell and John
Grey, their executors, administrators, and assignes, and all and every other
person and persons to whom like Letters Patents or priviledges have been
already granted 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 Patents and of these presents. And
lastly, wee do by these presents, for vs, our heires and successors, grant vnto
the said Nicholas Lewis Mandell and John Grey, their executors, adminis-
trators, and assignes, that these our Letters Patents, or the inrolment thereof,

page_text: 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 Nicholas Lewis Mandell and John Grey, their
executors, administrators, and assignes, as well in all courts of record as else-
where, and by all and singular the officers and ministers whatsoever of vs, our
heires and successors, within that part of our said kingdom of Great Britain
called England, our dominion of Wales, and town of Berwick-vpon-Tweed,
and amongst all and every the subiects of vs, our heires and successors, what-
soever and wheresoever, notwithstanding the not full and certain describing the
nature or quality of the said Invenčon, or of the materials thereto conducing
and belonging.
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