A KILNE TO DEY MALT WITH HOT AIR
Year: 1720

page_text: come greeting.
WHEREAS our trusty and welbeloved JOHN BUSBY, Esquire, hath by his
peticon humbly represented vnto vs that he hath for these twelve months last
past been at great expence and trouble both by experiments, new buildings,
alteračons, and otherwise, in bringing to perfeccon "A KILNE TO DEY MALT
WITH HOT AIR;" that he has brought it to such a perfecčon that the malt
proves far brighter and the liquor it makes much better tasted, and of conso.
quence more wholsome, than our Kingdom of England hitherto has been ablo
to produce, praying vs to grant him our Royal Letters Patents for the sole vso
and advantage of his said Invenčon for the term of fourteen yeares, wee being
willing to give encouragement to all arts and Invenčons which may be of
publick service and benefit, are gratiously pleased to gratify him in his
request.
KNOW YEE, THEREFORE, that we, of our especial grace, certain know-
ledge, and meer močon, have given and granted, and by these Presents, for vs,
our heires and successors, do give and grant vnto the said John Busby, his
executors, administrators, and assignes, especial lycence, full power, sole privi-
ledge and authority, that he, the said John Busby, his executors, adminis-
trators, and assigues, and every of them, by himselfe and themselves, or by his
or their deputy and deputies, servants or agents, or such others as he, the said
John Busby, his 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

page_text: yeares herein expressed, shall and lawfully may exercise, work, vse, and enioy,
within that part of our Kingdom of Great Britain called England, our
Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick-vpon-Tweed, bis said new Invencon
of a kilne to dry malt with hot air, as aforesaid, in such manner as to him, tho
said John Busby, his executors, administrators, and assignes, or any of them,
shall in their discretions seem meet; and that he, the said John Busby, bis
executors, administrators, and assignes, shall and may have and enioy the
whole profit, benefit, commodity, and advantage from time to time coming,
growing, and ariseing by reason of the said Invenčon, for and during the full
term of yeares herein menconed; to have, hold, exercise, and enioy the said
Jycence, powers, priviledges, and advantages herein-before granted or menconed
to bo granted vnto the said John Busby, his executors, administrators, and
assignes, for and during and vntill the full end and term of fourteen years
from the date of these Presents next and immediately ensueing, and fully to bo
compleat and ended according to the Statute in such case made and provided.
And to the end that the said John Busby, his executors, administrators, and
every of them may have and enioy the full benefit, and the sole vse and
exercise of the said Invenĉon, according to our gratious intention herein-before
declared, wee do by these Presents, 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 King-
dom of Great Britain called England, our Dominion of Wales, and Town of
Berwick-vpon-Tweed, that neither they nor any of them during the con-
tinuance of the said term of fourteen yeares hereby granted, either directly do
make, vse, or putt in practice the said Invencon, or any part of the same so
attained vnto by the said John Busby as aforesaid, nor shall in any wise
counterfeit, imitate, or resemble the same, nor shall make or cause to be made any
addition thereunto or substracčon from the same, whereby to pretend himself or
themselves the inventor or inventors, devisor or devisors thereof, without the
lycence, consent, or agreement of the said John Busby, his exccutors, admi-
nistrators, or assignes in writing vnder his or their hande and seales first had
and obtained in that behalfe, vpon such paines and penalties as can or may be
iustly inflicted on such offenders for their contempt of this our royal comand,
and further to be answerable to the said John Busby, his executors, admi-
nistrators, and assignes according to law, for his and their damages thereby
occasioned. And moreover, wee do by theso Presents, for vs, our heires and
successors, will and command all and singular our justices of the peace, mayors,
sheriffs, bayliffs, constables, headboroughs, and all other officers and ministers

page_text: whatsoever of vs, our heires and successors, for the time being, that they or
any of them do not nor shall at any time hereafter during the said term
hereby granted, in any wise molest, trouble, or hinder the said John Busby,
his executors, administrators, or assignes, or any of them, or his or their
deputies, servants, or agents, in or about the due and lawfull making, vse, or
exercise of the aforesaid Invencon or any thing relating thereto: Provided
always, and these our Letters Patents are and shall be vpon this condičon,
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
Council, that this our grant is contrary to law, or prejudicial or inconvenient
to our subiecte in general, or that the said Invenčon 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 aforesaid, or not invented and found out by the said
John Busby as aforesaid, then, vpon significacon and declaračon thereof to
be made by vs, our heires or successors, vnder our or their signet or privy
seal, 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 in any wise notwithstanding: Provided
also, that these our Letters Patente, or any thing herein contained, shall not
extend or be construed to extend to give priviledge vnto the said John Busby,
his executors, administrators, or assignes, or any of them, to vse or imitate any
invenčon or work 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 Eng-
land, our Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick-vpon-Tweed, vnto whom
like Letters Patents or priviledges have been already granted for the sole
exercise and benefit thereof, it being our will and pleasure that the said
John Busby, his 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 several
Invenčons by them invented and found out according to the true intent and
meaning of the same respective Letters Patent and of these Presents. And
lastly, wee do by these Presents, for vs, our heires and successors, grant vnto
the said John Busby, his executors, administrators, and assignes, that these
our Letters Patents, or the inrollment or exemplificacon thereof, shall be in
and by all things good, firm, valid, sufficient, and effectual in the law accord-
ing to the true intent and meaning thereof, and shall be taken, construed, and

page_text: adiudged in the most favourable and beneficial sense for the best advantago
of the said John Busby, his executors, administrators, and assignes, as well in
all Courts of Record as elswhere, and by all and singular the officers and
ministers whatsoever of vs, our heires and successors, within that part of our
said Kingdome of Great Britain called England, our Dominion of Wales,
and Town of Berwick-vpon-Tweed aforesaid, and amongst all and every the
subiects of vs, our heires and successors whatsoever and wheresoover, not-
withstanding the not full and certain describing the nature or quality of the
said Invenĉon, or of the materials thereto conducing or belonging.
In witness, &c. Witness our selfe at Westminster, the Tenth day of