A MILL OR ENGINE, EITHER FOR WIND OR WATER, WHICH DISSOLUETH, WHITENETH, AND GRINDETH RAGGS, AND PREPARETH ALL OTHER MATERIALLS WHEREOF PAPER AND PASTBOARD HATH BEEN OB MAY BE MADE, IN PARR LESS TYME THAN THE MILLS HITHERTO IN VSE DOE,
Year: 1684

page_text: greeting.
WHEREAS wee have been informed, by the humble peticon of our trusty
and welbeloved subiect CHRISTOPHER JACKSON, of Rither, in our County of York,
Gent, that by his great industry and expence in improving the art and
mistery of making writing and printing paper (a manufacture much wanting
in this nation), hee hath made great progresse therein, and amongst severall
other improuements, hath invented "A MILL OR ENGINE, EITHER FOR WIND OR
WATER, WHICH DISSOLUETH, WHITENETH, AND GRINDETH RAGGS, AND PREPARETH ALL
OTHER MATERIALLS WHEREOF PAPER AND PASTBOARD HATH BEEN OB MAY BE MADE,
IN PARR LESS TYME THAN THE MILLS HITHERTO IN VSE DOE," being a new Invention
never yet practiced in any of our kingdomes and dominions, and of great
aduantage to all our good subiects in generall; and the said Christopher
Jackson, having humbly besought vs to grant vnto him our Letters Patents
for the sole use and exercise of the same, for the terme of fourteene yeares,
according to the statute in that case provided, wee are gractiously pleased to
condescend to that his request.
KNOW YEE THEREFORE, that wee, being willing that the said Chris-
topher Jackson may reap some reasonable recompence and compensation for
his great paines and expences in and about the premisses, and to incourage

page_text: the inventors of such arts as may be of publick use and benefit, of our
especiall grace, certaine knowledge, aud meere motion, have given and granted,
and by these presents, for vs, our heires and successors, do give and grant
unto the said Christopher Jackson, his executors, administrators, & assignes,
special lycence, full power, sole privilege and authority, that he, the said
Christopher Jackson, his executors, administrators, and assignes, and euery of
them, by themselues or theire deputy and deputyes, servants or agents, or
such others as the said Christopher Jackson, his executors, adñirators,
or assignes, shall att any tyme agree with and no others, from tyme to tyme
and att all tymes during the terme of yeares herein expressed, shall and
lawfully may use and exercise and enjoy the said Invention within any part
or parts, place or places, whatsoeuer of, in, or belonging to our kingdome of
England, dominion of Wales, and all & every or any of our kingdomes and
dominions whatsoeuer, in such manner and according to such reasonable and law-
full rates and limitations as to him, the said Christopher Jackson, his executors,
administrators, and assignes, or any of them, shall in theire discretions seeme
meet; and that hee, the said Christopher Jackson, his executors, admirators,
and assignes, shall and may haue and enjoy the sole benefitt, profit, comodity,
and advantage from tyme to tyme coming, growing, or arising by reason of
the said Invention, for and during the full terme of yeares herein mentioned,
to have, hold, exercise, and enjoy the said lycence, power, privileges,
and advantages herein-before granted or mentioned to be granted vnto the
said Christopher Jackson, his executors, administrators, and assignes, for and
during and vnto the full end and terme of fourteene yeares from y° day
of these presents next and immediately ensuing, & fully to be compleate and
ended according to the statute in this case made and provided; and to the end
that the said Christopher Jackson, his executors, administrators, and assignes,
and euery of them may enjoy the full benefitt and the sole use and exercise of
the said Invention according to our gratious intentions heréin-before declared,
wee doe by these presents, for vs, our heires and successors; require and
strictly comand all and euery person and persons, body politick and corporate,
and all other our subjects whatsoeuer, of what estate, quality, or degree, name,
or condicon soeuer they be, within all and euery our kingdomes and dominions,
that neither they nor any of them, att any tyme during the contynuance of
the said terme of fourteene yeares hereby granted, either directly or indirectly
doe use or putt in practice the said Invention or any part of the same so
atteinéd vnto by the said Christopher Jackson as aforesaid, nor shall in any-
wise counterfeit or resemble the same, nor shall make or cause to be made
any addition thereto or substraction from the same, whereby to pretend

page_text: themselues the inventors or devisors thereof, without the lycence, consent, or
agreement of the said Christopher Jackson, his exccuto", administrators, or
assignes, in writeing under his, theire, or some of theire hands & seales first
had and obteined in that behalfe, upon such paines and penaltyes as can or
may be justly inflicted on such offendors for theire contempt of this our royall
comand, and further to be answerable to the said Christopher Jackson, his
executors, admirators, and assignes, according to law for his and their damages.
thereby occacioned; and wee do, of our further especiall grace, certeine know,
ledge, & meere motion, for us, our heires and successors, grant unto the said
Christopher Jackson, his executors, aditirators, and assignes, by these presents,
that hee, they, and euery of them, and his, there, and euery of their deputys,
agents and servants, having first obteined a lawfull warrant from y Lord
Cheife Justice of our Court of King's Bench, att Westminster, for the tyme
being, and with the assistance of a constable or any other lawful officer,.
att convenient tymes in the day during the terme hereby granted, and in
lawful manner, may enter into and make search in any place or places what-
soeuer within any of o kingdomes and dominions (where theire shalbe just.
cause of suspicon) for the discovery and finding out of all and every person
and persons as shall imitate or cause to be imitated, or shall use or put in
practice the said Invention, or shall make or counterfeit any instruments or
materialls to the same belonging, that soe such offender or offenders may be.
proceeded against and punished according to law; and further, wee doe
by these presents, for us, our heires and successors, will, authorise, and comand
all and singular justices of the peace, majors, sheriffs, bayliffs, constables,.
headboroughs, and all other officers and ministers. whatsoeuer, of vs, our
heires and successors, for the tyme being, aswell within our kingdome of
England and dominion of Wales as within all and euery other our king-
domes and dominions, that they and cuery of them respectively be, from tyme
to tyme during the terme hereby granted, in theire respective offices, favouring,
aiding; helping, and assisting vnto the said Christopher Jackson, his executors,
administrators, and assignes, and to his and theire deputy and deputys, servants
and agents, in and by all things in and about the accomplishment of our
royall will & pleasure herein-before declared and in the exercise & execution
of the powers and privileges hereby granted, as aforesaid. And, moreouer,
wee doe by these presents, for us, our heires and successors, will and comand
that our said respective officers & ministers before mentioned, or any of
them, do not nor shall, att any tyme hereafter during the said terme hereby
granted, in
any wise molest, trouble, or hinder the said Christopher Jackson,
his executors, administrators, or assignes, or any his or theire deputys, servants,

page_text: or agents, in or about the due and lawful use or exercise of the aforesaid
Invention, or anything relating thereto: Provided allwayes, and these our
Letters Patents are and shalbe upon this condition, that if, at any tyme during
the said terme hereby granted, it shall be made appeare to us, our heires or
successors, or any six or more of our or their Privy Councill, that this our
present grant is contrary to law, or prejudiciall or inconvenient to our subjects
in generall, or that ye said Invention is not a new invention as to the publick
use and exercise thereof within this our kingdome, and not invented and
found out by the said Christopher Jackson as aforesaid, then upon significacon
& declaračon thereof, to be made us, our heires or successors, under our
or their signet or privy scale, or by the lords or others of our or their Privy
Councill, or any six or more of them, vnder theire hands, these our Letters
Patents shall forthwith cease, determine, and be vtterly void to all intents &
purposes, any thing herein conteined to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding:
Provided also, that these our Letters Patents, or anything therein conteyned,
shall not extend or to be construed to extend to give priviledge vnto the said
Christopher Jackson, his executors, administrators, and assignes, or any of
them, to use or imitate any invention or worke whatsocuer, which hath
beene heretofore found out or invented by any other of our subjects whatso-
euer, and publickly vsed or exercised within our said realmes & dominions,
or any of them, vnto whom wee have already granted our like Letters
Patents of Privildge for the sole use, exercise, and benefitt thereof; it being
our will and pleasure that the said Christopher Jackson, his executors, admi-
nistrators, and assignes, and all and singuler other pson and persons, to whom
wee have already granted our like Letters Patents of Priviledges as aforesaid,
shall distinctly use and practice theire severall inventions by them invented &
found out, according to the true intent and meaning of the same respective
Letters Patents, and of these psents. And lastly, wee do by these psents,
for us, our heires and successors, grant unto the said Christopher Jackson, his
executors, administrators, and assignes, that these our Letters Patents, or the
inrollment thereof, shalbe in and by all things good, firme, valid, sufficient, and
effectual in the law, according to the true intent and meaning thereof, and
shalbe taken, construed, and adjudged in the most favourable and beneficiall
sense for the best advantage of the said Christopher Jackson, his executors,
administrators, and assignes, as well in all courts of record as elsewhere, and
by all and singular the officers and ministers whatsoeuer of us, our heires
and successors, in all & singular our realmes and dominions whatsoeuer, and
amongst all and every the subjects of us, our heires & successors, whatsoever
& wheresoeuer, notwithstanding the not full and certaine describeing the

page_text: nature or quality of y" said Invention, or of the materialls thereto conduccing
and belonging, or any other defects or incertaintyes in these presents conteyned,
or any act, statute, ordinance, provision, proclamation, or restriction, or
other matter, cause, or thing whatsoever to the contrary in anywise not-
withstanding.
In withesse, &c. Witnesse, &c., the Eleaventh of October, in the six &
thirtth yeare of our reigne.
Pbre privato sigill.