A WAY TO SEVER, DIVIDE, & MAKE CLEANE THE SEED CALLED NONSUCH TREFOYLE OR HOPCLOVER FROM ITT HUSKE, AND ALSO FROM THE MIXTURE OF COURSE GRASSE OR WEED THAT NATURALLY CLEAVES UNTO ITT, & IS VERY DISTRUCTIVE OP ITT, A THING NEVER YET ATTAINED VNTO BY ANY PSON WHAT- 50EVER, BY WHICH MEANES THE SEED BECOMES SOE PURE & CLEANE THAT IT BRING FORTH MUCH MORE GRASSE THEN EVER THE OTHER DID, & ALSO FREE FROM THOSE SEED WITH WHICH IT WA MIXED
Year: 1672

page_text: greeting.
WHEREAS, by the humble peticon of RICHARD HAYNES, of Wantly, in the
pish of Sullington, in our county of Sussex, Gent., as also by the certificate of
diverse of our loveing subiect liveing in the same county, wee are given to
vnderstand that the said Richard Haynes, by his extraordinary care & study,
hath found out & discovered "A WAY TO SEVER, DIVIDE, & MAKE CLEANE THE
SEED CALLED NONSUCH TREFOYLE OR HOPCLOVER FROM ITT HUSKE, AND ALSO FROM
THE MIXTURE OF COURSE GRASSE OR WEED THAT NATURALLY CLEAVES UNTO ITT, & IS
VERY DISTRUCTIVE OP ITT, A THING NEVER YET ATTAINED VNTO BY ANY PSON WHAT-
50EVER, BY WHICH MEANES THE SEED BECOMES SOE PURE & CLEANE THAT IT BRING
FORTH MUCH MORE GRASSE THEN EVER THE OTHER DID, & ALSO FREE FROM THOSE
SEED WITH WHICH IT WA MIXED."
KNOW YEE, that wee, being willing to cherish & encourage all lawdable
endeavours & designes of such our subicct as shall finde out vsefull & pro-
fitable arte, misterics, & invenčons, by granting & appropriating vnto them,
for some terme of yeares, the fruite & benifitt of their labour & industry, of
our espiall grace, certeine knowledge, & meere mocon, haue given & granted
& by these psente, for vs, our heires & successors, doe give & grant vnto
the said Richard Haynes, his executors, admistrators, & assignes, espiall
licence, power, pviledge, & authority, that hee & they onely, by themselves or
their deputies, servant (, or workmen, from time to time & att all times herc-

page_text: after dureing the terme of fourteene yeares next ensueing the date of these
Psente, shall & lawfully may have, vse, practise, exercise, and enioy the said
invenčon or way of severing, divideing, and makeing cleane the said seed,
called nonsuch trefoyle or hop clover, from its husk, & also from the mixture
of course grasse or weed, soe by him found out & discovered as aforesaid,
within our kingdome of England & principality of Wales, dureing the said
terme; and to the end the said Richard Haynes, his executors, admistrators,
and assignes, may the better enioy the full & whole benefitt, & the sole vse &
exercise of his said Invenĉon, wee doe, by these psente, for vs, our heires &
successors, streightly charge, require, & comand all and every pson & psons,
bodies politiq and corporate, of what quality, degree, name, or condičon they
bee, that neither they nor any of them; dureing the said terme of fourteene
yeares hereby granted, either directly or indirectly doe vse or put in practise
the said Inventon soe by the said Richard Haynes found out & discovered as
aforesaid, without the licence, consent, or agreement of the said Richard
Haines, his executors, adñistrators, or assignes, in writeing vnder his or their
hands. & scales, first had & obteined in that behalfe, vpon such paines and
penalties as can or may be inflicted on such offenders for their contempt of
this our comand in that behalf; and further to be answerable to the said
Richard Haines, his executors, admistrators, & assignes, according to law &
justice for their damage thereby susteined, to haue & to hold the said licence,
powers, viledges & authorities, & other the misses by these sente
granted or menčoned to be granted, as aforesaid, vnto the said Richard
Haines, his executors, adñistrators, & assignes, for & dureing the terme of
fourteen yeares from henceforth next ensueing, & fully to be compleat & ended,
according to the forme of the statute in such case made & provided; yeilding
& paying therefore yearely & every yeare during the said terme into the
receipt of our Exchequre at Westminster, to & for the vse of vs, our heires &
successors, the rent or sume of twenty shilling of lawfull money of England,
att the Feast of St. Michael th' Archangell onely in every yeare; and wec doc,
by these sente, for vs, our heires and successors, give & grant vnto the
said Richard Haines, his executors, adiñistrators, & assignes, full power &
authority, by themselves, their deputies, agente, & servante, having first
obteined a warrant in that behalf from the Lord Chiefe Justice of the Court of
King Bench for the time being, with the assistance of a constable or any
other lawfull officer, at convenient times of the day dureing the terme afore-
said, & in lawful manner, to enter into & make serch in any houses or other
places where there shall be iust cause of suspicon, for discovering & finding
out of all such psons as shall vse or put in practice the said Invencon sce.by

page_text: him, the said Richard Haines, found out and discovered as aforesaid, that soe
such offenders may be peceded against & punished according to their
demeritte. And further wee doe, by these psente, for vs, our heires and
successors, will, authorise, require, & comand, all & singuler justices of the
peace, maiors, sheriffes, bailiffes, constables, headboroughs, and all other
officers and ministers of vs, our heires and successors, for the time being, that
they and every of them respectively, from time to time dureing the said terme
hereby granted, in their respective places be favouring, helping, aiding, &
assisting vnto the said Richard Haynes, his executors, admistrators, &
assignes, & to their deputies, agente, & servants, in & by all thing in
& about the accomplishing of our will & pleasure herein declared, and in the
exercise & execucon of the powers & viledges herein & hereby granted or
menconed to be granted as aforesaid; and moreover, that they or any of
them doc not att any time molest, hinder, or interrupt the said Richard
Haines, his executors, adiñstrators, or assignes, or his or their deputies,
agent, or servante, or any of them, in or about the vsc or exercise of the
said Invenĉon, or in any matter or thing concerneing the same. Provided
alwaies, that if att any time durcing the said terme of fourteen yeares it shall
be made appeare vnto us, our heires & successors, or any six or more of our
or their Privy Councell, that this our grant is contrary to law, Piudiciall or
inconvenient, or not of publiq, vse or benifitt, or that the said Inventon is not a
new Invenčon of the said Richard Haynes, then vpon significacon & declaračon
to be made by vs, our heires or successors, vnder our or their signett or privy
seale, or by the Lords & others of our Privy Councell, or any six of them, for
the time being, in writing, vnder their hands, of such piudice or inconveniency,
these our Lřs Patente, & everything herein conteined, shall from thenceforth
cease, determine, & be vtterly void, anything herein-before conteined to the
contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding; provided also, that these our
Letters Patent, or anything herein conteined, shall not in anywise extend or
be construed to extend to the prohibiting of any pson or psons whatsoever, to
cleanse the said seed called nonsuch trefoyle or hop clover by any other way
or meanes which hee or they shall haue already discovered, or hereafter shall
discover, without the help & assistance of the said Richard Haines, his
deputies, agente, serve, or assignes; provided likewise, that if the said
Richard Haines, his executors, adnistrators, or assignes, doc not or shall not
enroll these sent, or cause the same to be enroled before the Clerke of the
Pipe, within six months next after the date hereof, or if the said yearly rent
hereby reserved, or any part thereof, shall be behind or vnpaid by the space of
six months next after the said Feast of St. Michael the Archangell, in any one

page_text: of the said fourteen yeares, that then also & in either of those cases these
Psente & the grant hereby made shall cease, determine, & bec vtterly void.
And, lastly, wee doe, by these psente, for vs, our heires & successors. grant
vnto the said Richard Haines, his executors, adiñistrators, & assignes, that
these our Lŕs Patent, or the enrolment thereof, shall be in & by all thing
good, valid, sufficient, & effectuall in the law, according to the true intent &
meaneing thereof, and shall be taken, construed, & adiudged most favourably
& benificially for the benefitt & advantage of the said Richard Haines, his
executors, adiñstrators, & assignes, as well in all our Courte of Record as
elswhere, notwithstanding the not full & certaine describeing or menconing
the manner & quality of the said Invenĉon, or of the materialls, way, or
manner of vseing & exerciseing thereof, or of the certaine vse or benifitt
thereof, and notwithstanding any other defects, incertainties, or imperfeccons
in these sente conteined, or any law, act, statute, ordinance, proclamacon,
provision, or restriccon, or other matter or thing whatsoever to the contrary
in any wise notwithstanding
In witnes, &c. Witnes the King att Westm, the Third day of
February.
By Writt of Privy Seale.