THE VBE AND MAKING OF FLASK CASES HERE IN ENGLAND
Year: 1709

page_text: ANNE, by the grace Crou, ac, W
greeting.
WHEREAS our trusty and welbeloved JANE TASKER, Widow, hath by her
petition humbly represented vnto vs, that she did, with great industry and
expences, first invent and bring to perfection "THE VBE AND MAKING OF FLASK
CASES HERE IN ENGLAND," and that no other person exercises the same trade
in England but the peticoner's own servante instructed therein by her, and
haveing therefore humbly prayed vs to grant her our Letters Patents for the
sole benefit, making, mending, and vending of the said Invenčon for the term
of fourteen yeares,―
KNOW YEE THEREFORE, that wee being willing to give encouragement
to all arts and invenčons which may be of publick vse and benefit, of our
especial grace, certain knowledge and mere motion, have given and granted..
and by these presents, for vs, our heires and successors, do give and grant
vnto the said Jane Tasker, her executors, administrators, and assignes, especiall
licence, full power, sole privilege and authority, that she, the said Jane Tasker,
her executors, administrators, and assignes, and every of them, by herselfe
and themselves, or by her or their deputy and deputies, servants or. agents,.
or such others as she, the said Jane Tasker, her 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 vse, exercise, and enjoy the said Invenčon of working and making the
said flask cases, and covering and caseing with flaggs, rushes, and straw, flask

page_text: glasses now vsed in England, in imitation of those which came from Florence,
within that part of our kingdome of Great Britain called England, our domi-
nion of Wales, and towne of Berwick-vpon-Tweed, in such manner as to her, the
said Jane Tasker, her executors, administrators, and assignes, or any of them,
shall in their discretions seem meet; and that she, the said Jane Tasker, her exc-
cutors, administrators, and assignes, shall and may have and enioy the sole profit,
benefit, comodity, and advantage, from time to time coming, growing, accrew-
ing, and arising by reason of the said Invenĉon, for and during the full terme
of yeares herein menconed, to have, hold, exercise, and enioy the said licence,
powers, priviledges and advantages herein-before granted or menconed to be
granted vnto the said Jane Tasker, her executors, administrators, and assignes,
for and during and vnto the full end and terme of fourteen yeares from the
date of these presents next and imediately ensucing, and fully to be compleat
and ended, according to the statute in this case made and provided: And to
the end that the said Jane Tasker, her executors, administrators, and assignes,
and every of them, may have and enioy the full benefit and the sole vse and
exercise of the said Invention, according to our gratious intention herein-
before declared, wee do by these presents, for vs, our heires and successors,
require and strictly comand 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 England, Wales, and
Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, that neither they nor any of them, at any time
during the continuance of the said terme of fourteen yeares hereby granted,
either directly or indirectly do make, vse, or put in practice the said Invention
or any part of the same so attained vnto by the said Jane Tasker as aforesaid,
nor shall in anywise counterfeit, imitate, or resemble the same, nor shall make
or cause to be made any addition thereunto or substraction from the same,
whereby to pretend himselfe or themselves the inventor or inventors, devisor
or devisors thereof, without the lycence, consent, or agreement of the said
Jane Tasker, her executors, administrators, or assignes, in writing vnder her
or their hand 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 royall comand, and further, to be answerable to the
said Jane Tasker, her executors, administrators and assignes, according to
law, for her and their damages thereby occasioned: And moreover, wee do by
these preser.ts, for vs, our heires and successors, will and comand all and
singular our justices of the peace, mayors, sheriffs, bayliffs, constables, head-
boroughs, and all other officers and ministers whatsoever, of vs, our heires and
successors, for the time being, that they or any of them do not nor shall at

page_text: any time hereafter during the said terme hereby granted, in any wise moles
trouble, or hinder the said Jane Tasker, her executors, administrators, or
assignes, or any of them, or her or their deputies, servants, or agents, in or
about the due and lawfull making vse or exercise of the aforesaid Invention
or any thing relating thereto: Provided always, that if at any time during the
terme 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 con-
trary to law or preiudicial or inconvenient to our subiects in general, or that
the said Inventon is not a new invention as to the publick vse and exercise
thereof within England, and not invented and found out by the said Jane
Tasker as aforesaid, then, vpon signification and declaration to be made by
vs, our heires or successors, vnder our or their signet or privy seal, or by the
lord and others of our or their Privy Council, or any six or more of them,
vnder their hande, those our Letters Patents shall forthwith cease, determine
and be vtterly void, to all intents and purposes, any thing herein-before con-
tained to the contrary in anywise nothwithstanding: Provided also, that these
our Letters Patents, or any thing herein contained, shall not extend or be
construed to extend to give privilege vnto the said Jane Task, her executors,
administrators, or assignes, or any of them, to vse or imitate any invention or
work whatsoever which hath heretofore been found out or invented by any other
of our subiects whatsoever, and publickly vsed or exercised within England, vnto
whom like Letters Patents or privilege have been already granted for the sole
vse, exercise and benefit thereof, it being our will and pleasure that the said Jane
Tasker, her executors, administrators, and assignes, and all and every other per-
son and persons to whom like Letters Patents or privileges have been already
granted as aforesaid, shall distinctly vse and practise their severall inventions
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
Jane Tasher, her executors, administrators, and assignes, that these our Letters
Patents, or the inrolment thereof, shall be in and by all things good, firme,
valid, sufficient, and effectuall in the law, according to the true intent and
meaning thereof, and shall be taken, construed, and adiudged in the mos
favourable and beneficial sense, for the best advantage of the said Jane
Tasker, her executors, administrators, and assignes, as well as in all courts
of record as elsewhere, and by all and singular our officers and ministers,
and other the subiects whatsoever of vs, our heires and successors, within
the said part of our kingdome of Great Britain called England, our dominion
of Wales, and town of Berwick-vpon-Tweed, notwithstanding the not full and

page_text: certain describing the nature or quality of the said Invenčon, or of the
materials thereto conducing and belonging.
In witnesse. &c. Witnesse our selfe at Westminster, the Second day of