A WAY TO VENT AND CURE THE SMOAKEING OF CHIMNEYS, EITHER BY STOPPING THE TUNNELL TOWARDS THE TOP, AND ALTERING THE FORMER COURSE Of THE SMOAKE, OR BY SETTING TUNNELLS WITH CHECKE WITHIN THE CHIMNEYES;
Year: 1662

page_text: these psents shall come, greeting.
WHEREAS we are informed that JOHN COLLADON, Doctor in Phisicke, and
ALEXANDER MARCHANT, of St. Michall, have, with much paines and charge,
found "A WAY TO VENT AND CURE THE SMOAKEING OF CHIMNEYS, EITHER BY
STOPPING THE TUNNELL TOWARDS THE TOP, AND ALTERING THE FORMER COURSE Of
THE SMOAKE, OR BY SETTING TUNNELLS WITH CHECKE WITHIN THE CHIMNEYES;
ch Invencon soe found out as aforesaid was never publickly exercised or
made vse of in anie of our kingdomes or dominions: And whereas the said
John Colladon and Alexander Marchant have humbly besought vs for their.
better incouragem to exercise and put in practice the said Invenĉon, that
wee would be gratiously pleased to graunt vnto them, the said Joh. Colladon
and Alexander Marchant, our Lřes Patents of Priviledge for the sole vse and.
benifitt thereof, for the time and terme of fowerteene yeares, according to the
statute in that case made and provided.
NOWE KNOWE YE, therefore, that we, of our princely inclinacon, being
willing to incourage and promote works of this nature, and to give all due
and fitting incouragem to the inventers of such arts as may be of publicke
vse and benifitt, of our especiall grace, certeine knowledge, and meere mocon,
and vpon the humble peticon of the said John Colladon and Alexander
Marchant, have given and graunted, and by these psents, for vs, our heyres
and successors, doe give and graunt vnto the said John Colladon and..
Alexander Marchant, their executors, administrators, and assignes, speciall
licence, full power, priviledge, and authoritic, that they and every of them, by
themselves, their or anie of their deputie or deputies, servants, workmen, or

page_text: assignes, at all times and from time to time hereafter, dureing the terme of
yeares hereafter in these psents expressed, shall and lawfully may vse, exer-
cise, imploy, and enioy the said newe' Invenĉon in and throughout all our
realmes and dominions, and every or anie of them, in such manner as to them
or anie or either of them, in their or anie of their discrečons shall seeme
meet, and shall and may have and enioy the sole benifitt and advantage
comeing or ariseing by reason thereof, dureing the terme of yeares hereby
graunted; and to the end, the said John Colladon and Alexander Marchant,
their executors, administrators, and assignes, and every of them, may the
better enioy the full and whole benifitt and the sole vse and exercise of the
Invenčon aforesaid, wee doe by these psents, for vs, our heyres and successors,
require and streightly comaund all and every person and persons, bodyes
politicke and corporate, of whatsoever qualitie or degree, name or addičon,
they be, that neither they nor anie of them, dureing the terme of yeares
hereby graunted, either directly or indirectly, doe or shall vse or put in
practice the said Invenčon, soc by the said John Colladon and Alexander
Marchant attained vnto or invented as aforesaid, nor doe or shall counterfeit,
imitate, or resemble the same, nor doe or shall make anie addition
therevnto, or substraccon from the same, whereby to ptend themselves the
inventors or devisors thereof, without the licence, consent, or agreement of the
said John Colladon and Alexander Marchant, their executors, administrators,
or assignes, in writeing vnder their hands and seales, first had and obtéined
in that behalfe, vpon such paines and penalties as can or may be inflicted
vpon such offendors for their contempt of this our comaund in that behalfe,
and further to be answerable to the said John Colladon and Alexander
Marchant, their executors, administrators, and assignes, according to lawe
and justice, for their damages thereby susteined; to have and to hold all
the said licences, powers, privileges, and authorities hereby graunted as
aforesaid vnto them, the said John Colladon and Alexander Marchant, for &
dureing the terme of fowerteene yeares from the makeing of these sente next
ensueing, and fully to be compleate and ended, according, to the statute in
such case made and provided. And further, wee doe by these psents, for
vs, our heyres and successors, give and graunt vnto the said John Colladon
and Alexander Marchant, their executors, administrators, and assignes, full
power and authoritie that they and every of them, their, every or anie of
theyr deputies, servante, and agents, or anie of them, haveing first obteined.
a warrant in this behalfe from the Lord Cheife Justice of the Courte
of King's Bench for the time being, may, with the assistance of a constable
or anie other lawfull officer, at convenient times in the day, durcing the terme.

page_text: aforesaid, and in lawful manner, enter into and make search in anie houses
or other places where there shall be iust cause of suspicon, for discovering
and findeing out all such persons as shall, within the terme of fowertecne yeares
aforesaid, imitate or cause to be imitated, or shall vse or put in practize
the said Invenčon, by the said John Colladon and Alexander Marchant
invented and found out as aforesaid, that soc such offenders may be proceeded
ag, and punished according to theyr demeritts, and theyr invenčons and
works tending to the ends aforesaid then and there found, to be seized upon,
broken in peèces, and defaced, and the materialls thereof left in the hands
and custodie of some constable or officer, to be disposed in such manner
and forme as wee, our heyres and successors, shall from time to time direct
and appoint. And further, wee doe by these sens, for vs, our heyres
and successors, will, authorize, and require all and singuler justices of the peace,
mayors, sheriffes, bayliffes, constables, headboroughes, and all other officers
and ministers whatseover, of vs, our beyres and successors, for the time
being, that they and every of them respectively, be from time to time dureing
the said terme hereby graunted, in theyr respective places, favouring, aydeing,
helping, and assisting into the said John Colladon and Alexander Marchant,
theyr executors, administrators, and assigns, and 'to theyr and every of their
deputy and deputies, servante and agents, in and by all things in and about
the accomplishment of our will and pleasure herein declared, and in the
exercise and execučon of the powers and privileges herein and hereby
graunted, or menconed to be graunted, as aforesaid. And moreover, wee
will and comaund by these psents, for vs, our heyres and successors, that
our said officers and ministers, or anie of them, doe not molest, trouble, or
interrupt the said John Colladon and Alexander Marchant, or either of them,
theyr or either of theyr executors, administrators, or assignes, or theyr or
either of theyr deputie or deputies, servants, or agents, or anic of them, in or
about the use or exercise of the said Invencon, or in any matter or thing
concerneing the same. Provided alwayes, that if at anie tyme dureing the said
terme of fowerteene yeares, it shall be made appeare vnto vs, our heyres
or successors, that this our graunt is contrary to lawe, or Piudiciall or
inconvenient, and not of publicke vse or benifitt, then vpon significačon
and declaračon thereof to be made by vs, our heyres or successors, these
our Lřes Patents shall forthwith cease, determine, and be vtterly voyde
to all intents and purposes, and the same not to be vsed, exercised, or im-
ployed, anie thing herein-before menconed to the contrary notwithstanding.
Provided further, that in case it shall be found or made appeare that the said
Invenčon is not a newe Invenčon of the said John Colladen and Alexander

page_text: Marchant, as to the publicke vse and exercise thereof within this our
kingdome of England, then at all tymes from thenceforth these psents
shall cease, determine, and be voyde, anie thing in these psents before
conteined to the contrary notwithstanding. Provided alsoe, that these our Lřes
Patents, or anie thing herein conteined, shall not extend, or be construed
to extend, to give priviledge to the said John Colladon and Alexander
Marchant, or either of them, their or either of theyr executors, administrators,
or assignes, or anie of them, to vse, or imitate any invenĉon or worke found
out or invented by anie other person or persons, and publickly exercised
within these our said relmes, or anie the dominions or territories therevnto
belonging, vnto whom wee have alreadic graunted our like Lřes Patents
of Priviledge for the sole vse, exercise, and benifitt thereof; it being our will
and pleasure that the said John Colladon and Alexander Merchant, their
executors, administrators, and assignes, and all and singuler other person
and persons to whom we have alreadie graunted our like Lřes Patent of
Priviledge as aforesaid, shall distinctly vse and practize their severall
Invenĉons by them invented and found out, according to the true intent
and meaneing of the said severall and respective Lřes Patents, and of these
Psents. And lastly, wee doc by these psents, for vs, our heyres and successors,
graunt vnto the said John Colladon and Alexander Merchant, their executors,
administrators, and assignes, that these our Lies Patents, or the inrollm
thereof, shall be in and by all things good, valid, sufficient, and effectuall in the
lawe, according to the true intent & meaneing thereof, and shall be taken,
construed, and adiudged most favourable and benificiall for the best benifitt
and advantage of the said John Colladon and Alexander Marchant, theyr
executors, administrators, and assignes, aswell in all courts of record as
elsewhere, notwithstanding the not full and certeine describeing the manner
and quality of the said Invencon, or of the marialls thereof, or of the true and
certeine vse and benifitt thereof, and notwithstanding anie other defecte,
incerteintyes, or imperfeccons in these psents conteined, or anie act, statute,
ordinance, provision, proclamacon, or restreint to the contrary thereof, in anie
wise notwithstanding.