Year: 1823

page_text: come, greeting.
WHEREAS in and by our Letters Patente sealed with our Greate Seale of
England, bearing date att Westminster, the Nineteenth day of Januarie, in the
twelveth yeare of our raigne of England, Fraunce, and Ireland, and of Scot-
land the eight and fortith, it is (amongst other thinges) mentioned that wee,
taking into our consideračon the daylie wast and decay of tymber and wood
within our realme of England and Wales, and the dominions of the same,
insocmuch as where thentofore this our kingdome was furnished and adorned
with goodlie quanteties of the same, not onlic for the navies and inhabitants
thereof, for their continuall vse and comfort and for store and provision against
all occacons and accidente, but alsoe to serve and supplie forraigne part with
the same in great plentic, and that then of late contrariwise the continuall
consumpčon of the same, and that many tymes in superfluous and vnnecessarie
thinges, did both encrease intollerablie the rates and prices of tymber, wood,
and fuell, in an excessive and vnreasonable manner, and alsoe threaten an
vtter want and scarcety thereof, soe much that then our subiect of this
kingdome of late yeares had bene forced to vse tymber, firewood, and fewell
brought from forraigne parts, whereby greate damage in tyme to come would
growe to our realme and subiect of this kingdome for want of necessarie
provision, as well for making and repairing of shippes (being the principall
defence of this our kingdome), as alsoe for conuenient building and firewood
in all places if conuenient remedie according to the good pollicie of State were

page_text: not in time provided; and that wee were therefore mooved, out of our
especial care of the future good of this our kingdome, not onelie to make
provision for the preservacon and encrease of tymber and wood by good lawes
and ordinaunces, but alsoe to embrace all proffittable and beneficiall devises,
proiect, and inventions that might tende to the furthering thereof, soe that,
perceaving glasse workes and working of glasses with tymber and wood to be
one of the greatest and cheifest meanes to consume and destroy tymber and
wood; whereas thentofore we had given and graunted licence vnto Sir
Jerome Bowes, Knight, within our realmes of England and Ireland, to vse
the arte and feate of making drinking glasses and other glasses for a certaine
tyme and terme in the said recited Letters Pattente expressed, and thereby
had prohibited all others to make the said glasses, vppon expresse provisoe
and condition that wee, our heires and successors, might frustrate, determine,
and make voyde the said recited Letters Pattente of licence in such case, as in
the same Letters Patente is expressed; and that afterwardes by our Letters
Patent under the Great Sealo, of. England wee,did alsoe give and graunt the
like licence to make drinking glasses and other glasses vnto Sir Percivall Hart,
Knight, and Edward Fawcett, Esquier, from the expiracon or determinacon of
the said Sir Jerome Bowes his Patent for and during the terme and space of
one and twentie yeares thence next ensueing; and that alsoe by the like Letters
Patent under our Greate Seale of England wee did graunt licences vnto
Edward Salter, Esquior, to vse the art of makeing all manner of drinking glasses
and other glasses and glasse workes not prohibited by the former Letters Patente,
as by the said severall Letters Patente appeared; and it is alsoe in and by
our said Letters Patente, bearing date the said Nineteenth day of Januarie, in
the said twelveth yeare of our raigne of England, mentioned, that wee then
latelie having certain notice and perfect knowledge that the said severall
recited Letters Patente of licences were growne verie hurtfull and preiudiciall
vnto this our realme, there being then lately psented vnto vs by Thomas
Percivall, Esquier, a proiect of newe invention for the makeing of all manner
of glasses with pitcoale and other fuell, not being tymber or wood, or made of
tymber and wood, which wee had then bene slowe to beleive, vntill, att the
greate chardge of the said Thomas Percivall, the same was brought to per-
fection, as plainelie appeared by manifest and demonstrative experience, in and
by the severall furnaces then latelie erected and built by the said first Inventor
Thomas Percivall and his partners; and it is further menconed in and by the
said Letters Patente, bearing date the said Nineteenth day of Januarie, that
forasmuch as the vse and exercise of the libertie and authoritie by the said
three former recited Letters Patente menconed to be graunted were growne

page_text: hurtfull and preiudiciall to the common weale and the preiudice of them was
likelie daylie to increase, vnles some provision thereof were made, wherevppon
the said Letters Patent were become voide in lawe, and to be overthrowne
by ordinarie course of lawe in such cases used; wee did by the same
Letters Patente, bearing date the said Nineteenth day of Januarie, expresse
and declare that wee did not purpose to take vpon vs the defence or protection
of any the said Letters Patente, or of any thing in any of them mentioned to
to be graunted, and that such course should from tyme to tyme be had and vsed
against all persons that should take vppon them to vse or exercise any power,
priviledge, or libertie, by pretext or coulor of any the said Letters Patente, as
our lawes in such case should permitt and requier; with this, that for the
preservacon of wood and tymber wee did purpose to take such course for the
generall restraint of our people from the making of glasse with wood or tymber
as should be agreeable to the good of our people and the state of the common-
wealth; and it is alsoe menčoned in and by our, said Letters Patente, bearing
date the said Nineteenth day of January, in the said twelveth yeare of our
raigne of England, that wee (for the consideračons therein expressed) did give
and graunt vnto our right trustie and right welbeloved cosen Phillipp Earle
of Mountgomery, and to our right trustic and right welbeloved cosen Thomas
Viscount Andever, by the name of our trustie and welbeloved subiect and
servaunt Sir Thomas Haward, Knight, and to our trustie and welbeloved
subiect and servaunt Sir Robert Mansell, Knight, Sir Edward Zouch, Knight,
Sir Thomas Tracy, Knight, Thomas Hayes, Esquior, Bevis Theloall, Thomas
Percivall, and Robert Kellaway, their deputies and assignes, full and free
licence, power, privilege, and authoritic, that they and everie of them, their
and every of their executors, administrators, assignes, deputies, servaunte,
workemen, factors, and agente, should and might from tyme to tyme and
at all tymes thereafter during the terme and space of one and twentie
yeares next and immediatlic ensueing the date of the said Letters Pattente
att their and everie of their willes and pleasures, vse, exercise, practise,
sett vpp, and putt in vre the art, misterie, and feate of melting and makeing
of all manner of drinking glasses, broade glasses, windowe glasses, looking
glasses, and all other kinde of glasse, glasses, bugles, bottles, vialls, or
vessells whatsoever made of glasse, of any fashion, stuffe, matter, or mettall
whatsoever thentofore vsed and thenafter to be devised or vsed in this
our realme of England and Wales and the dominions thereof or elswhere,
with seacoale, pittcoale, or any other fewell whatsoever not being tymber
or wood, nor made of tymber or wood, in and throughout this our realme
of England and Wales and the dominions thereof, and within everie or

page_text: any part of the same and elswhere within any of our kingdomes and domi-
nions, yeilding and payeing therefore yearelie during the said terme and
tyme of one and twentie yeares vnto vs, our heires and successors, the
anual or yearelie rent, farme, or some of one thowsand poundes of lawfull
money of England; and it is alsoe menčoned in our said Letters Patente,
bearing date the said Nineteenth day of Januarie, that wee did thereby
graunt that noe person or persons whatsoever, other then the said Phillipp
Earle of Mountgomerie, Sir Thomas Haward, Sir Robert Mansell, Sir
Edward Zouch, Sir Thomas Tracie, Thomas Haies, Bevis Theloall, Thomas
Percivall, and Robert Kellaway, their executors, administrators, deputies, and
assignes, agente, factors, and servaunte, should att any tyme thereafter during
the said terme of one and twentie yeares import or bring into our said realme of
England and Wales or the dominions thereof, or to any part or parcell thereof,
out of or from any realme or forraigne part, any manner or kind of glasse
or glasses whatsoever before in the said Letters Patente mentioned, of what
mettall, stuffe, or fashion soever they were, nor directlie or indirectlie buy or
contract for any kinde or sort of glasse made beyonde the sea, or in any place
out of this realme of England and Wales or the dominions thereof, nor sell or
vtter any such, as by the said Letters Patente, amongst divers graunte, powers,
priviledges, and other thinges therein conteyned, more att lardge appeareth.
Nowe, forasmuch as the said Sir Robert Mansell, by agreement and con-
tract with the rest of the said Patentees, taking vppon himselfe the exercise
and executon of the said Letters Patente of priviledge, was charged and
burthened with the payment, not onelie of the said yearelie rent of one
thousand poundes, but with sundrie other greate yearelie payment unto divers
others that were interessed in the said Patent of priviledge, all which
payment did amount vnto in the whole the somme of twoe thowsand and
eight hundred poundes by the yeare att the least, and in respect thereof could
not vtter and sell the glasses made by vertue of the said Pattent of priviledge
for such moderate prices as was fitting for our subiecte; and in respect thereof,
and because all importacon of glasse made as well in any other of our owne
dominions as in the dominions of any forraine princes or states, was, by the
said Letters Pattente of priviledge, prohibited and restrained, the said Letters
Patent of priviledge, bearing date the said Nineteenth day of Januarie, did
growe hurtful and preiudiciall to the common weale, and accordinglie the same
were complained of in the last convention of Parliament as a grievance, soe as
the said Letters Patente, bearing date the said Nineteenth day of Januarie, in
respect of the preiudice thereby acrewing to the cōmon wealth, are become voyde
in lawe, and to be overthrowne by the ordinarie course of lawe in such cases

page_text: vsed: Knowe yee, that wec, taking the premisses into our gracious and princely
consideracon, doe hereby declare, that insoemuch as the said Letters Patente
bearing date the said Nineteenth day of Januarie, and other the Letters
Patent before mentioned and recited, did become preiudiciall to the publique,
and the execution of them greivous to our loving subiecte, that wee will not
hereafter take vppon vs the defence or protection of any the said Letters
Patente or of anything in any of them mentioned to be graunted, and that
such course shall and may from tyme to tyme be had and vsed against all
persons that shall hereafter take vppon them to vse or exercise any power,
priviledge, or libertie, by pretext or coulor of any the said Letters Patente, as
our lawes in such case shall permitt or requier; and yet nevertheles, vppon
deliberate advise with the lordes and others of our Privie Councell, and att the
humble petičon of the said Sir Robert Mansell, setting forth that the making
of glasse of all kindes within this kingdome with seacoale and pitt coale was
brought to a full and exact perfection for the vse and good of our kingdome
with the expence of his whole fortunes, and vppon due consideracon of the
many and faithfull services of the said Sir Robert Maunsell, and finding by
the peticons and certificates of the glasse sellers, looking glasse makers,
glasiers, and spectacle makers in and neere our cittic of London, made and
certefied, some of them to the comons in the last convention of Parliament,
and the rest vnto the lords commissioners by vs appointed to take consideration
of the businesse of glasse workes, that the glasse made by the said Sir Robert
Mansell was perfectlic good, cleare, and marchantable, or rather better glasse
then formerlie was made with wood, and that there was sufficient store made
not onelie to serve England but alsoe to serve other countries if neede were,
wee are pleased and resolved, and doc hould it most requisite and necessarie for
the good and benefitt of this realnie, that the making of glasse with seacoale
and pittcoale be continued, and that all makeing of glasse with wood for ever
hereafter shall cease, and the priviledge for sole makeing thereof with
seacoale and pittcoale shalbe renewed to the said Sir Robert Mansell
not onelic as a token of our grace and favor toward him for his many
and well deserving services, but as a recompence for the great chardge
and expence which for vpholding and bringing of that worke to full per-
fection hee hath disbursed, to the weakening of his estate, but yet without any
restraint of the importačon of forraigne glasse, and without burthen of rent or
otherwise which might occačon the inhancing of prices to our subiecte,
whereby all iust grievaunce shalbe taken away by our owne losse of the
anuall rent which vppon the said former Letters Pattente was reserved vnto
vs: Knowe yee further, that wee, aswell for and in consideračon of the good

page_text: and faithfull service done vnto vs by the said Sir Robert Mansell our Vice
Admiral of England, as alsoe of the great paines chardges, hazard, dis-
bursement, and expence of great somes of money and other detrimente which
the said Sir Robert Mansell hath vndergone and bene att in and about
the said worke of makeing of glasse with seacoale, and for other good
causes and consideracons vs hereunto mooving, of our especiall grace, certaine
knowledge, and meere motion, have given and graunted, and by theis presente,
for vs, our heires and successors, doe give and graunt unto the said Sir Robert
Mansell, his executors, administrators, and assignes, full and free libertie,
licence, power, and authoritic, that hee, the said Sir Robert Mansell, his
executors, administrators, assignes, deputies, servaunt, workemen, factors, and
agente, shall and may, from tyme to tyme and att all tymes hereafter during
the terme of yeares hereafter in theis presente mentioned, att his and their
and every of their wills and pleasures, vse, exercise, practise, sett vpp, and putt
in vre the arte, feate, and misteric of melting and makeing of all manner of
drinking glasses, broade glasses, windowe glasses, looking glasses, and all other
kinde of glasse, glasses, bugles, bottles, violls, or vessells whatsoever made of
glasse, of any fashion, stuff, matter, or mettall whatsoever, heretofore vsed or
hereafter to be devised or used in this our realme of England and Wales and
the dominions thereof, or elswhere, with seacoale, pittcoale, or any other
fewell whatsoever, not being tymber or wood, nor being made of tymber or
wood, in and throughout this our realme of England and Wales and the
dominions thereof, and within everic or any part of them or any of them, and
to make, erect, and sett vpp as many furnaces, engins, structures, and devises
for that intent and purpose, and in as many places of our said realme and
dominions, as hee or they shall thinke fit, agreeing with the owners of the soyle
for the same, and the glasse and glasses, bugles, bottles, bottles, violls, and
vessells soe made to vtter or sell in grosse or by reteayle, or otherwise to doe
away, att his and their or any of their free will and pleasure, to his and their
proffitt and comoditie during all the said tearme herein-after mentioned, and
that bee, the said Sir Robert Mansell, his exccutors, administrators, and
assignes, and his and their deputies, servaunte, workemen, and agente, haveing
licence from the said Sir Robert Mansell, his executors, administrators, or
assignes, shall and may from tyme to tyme during the said terme have and
enioy the sole trade of making and melting of all manner of drinking glasses,
broade glasses, windowe glasses, looking glasses, and all other kinde of glasse,
glasses, bugles, bottles, violls, or vessells in forme aforesaid, and that noe other
during the said terme shall or may vse or practise the arte or feate of making
or melting of any glasse with tymber or wood, nor with pittcoale or seacoale,

page_text: or other fuell not being tymber or wood, nor niade of tymber or wood; to have,
hould, vse, exercise, practice, and putt in vre the said lycence, libertie,
priviledge, authoritie, imunitic of and for melting and makeing of all and all
manner of drinking glasses, broade glasses, windowe glasses, looking glasses,
and all other kinde of glasse, glasses, bugles, bottles, vialls, and vessells what-
soever, with seacoale, pittcoale, and other fewell, not being tymber or wood or
made of tymber or wood, in all parte and places within our said king-
dome and dominions, vnto the said Sir Robert Mansell, his executors,
administrators, deputies, and assignes, and their and everie of their ser-
vant, workemen, factors, and agente, for and during the whole terme
and to the full ende and determinačon of fifteene yeares next ensueing
the date of theis our Letters Pattente fullie to be compleate and ended
freelie and absolutelie without any rent, accompt, some or sōmes of money,
reckoning, allowance, or any other thing whatsoever, to vs, our heires or
successors, to be therefore paide, made, given, answered, or done in any
manner of wise; and to the ende the said Sir Robert Mansell, his executors
and assignes, may receave, perceave, and have such benifitt, profitt, and
comoditie as wee intende vnto him and them by this our graunt, and as the
perfecting of soe greate a worke with such care and hazard deserveth, and for
the better encouraging of him and them to reduce the said business to a further
perfection, wee doe hereby expresslie declare and signific our royall pleasure
to be, and wee doe strictlie chardge, inhybite, and commaunde all and everie
other our loving subiecte, and all and everie other person and persons, of what
estate, degree, or condičon they or any of them be, that they presume not nor
attempt by any art, act, or devise whatsoever, directlie or indirectlie, to make any
manner or kinde of drinking glasses, broade glasses, windowe glasses, looking
glasses, or any other kinde of glasse, glasses, bugles, bottells, violls, or vessells
whatsoever made of glasse as aforesaid, with seacoale, pittcoale, or any other
fewell not being tymber or wood or made of tymber or wood, att any time
during the said terme, without the speciall consent and licence in writeing of
the said Sir Robert Mansell, his executors, administrators, or assignes, but
that the full and whole benifitt and profitt of makeing of all and all kindes of
glasse and glasses whatsoever as aforesaid, with pitcoale, seacole, and other
fewell not being tymber or wood nor made of tymber or wood, within everie
part of our said kingdome and dominions, shalbe and remaine during all the
said tyme and terme to the sole and onelic behoofe, disposicon, and vse of the
said Sir Robert Mansell, his executors, administrators, deputies, and assignes,
and to none other person or persons whatsoever; and we doe further by theis
present streightlie chardge, comaund, and prohibite, and doe siguifie our Royall

page_text: will and pleasure to be, that noe person or persons whatsoever, of what estate,
degree, or condicon soever they or anie of them be, other then the said Sir
Robert Mansell, his executors, administrators, deputies, and assignes, and such
as shalbe licenced, authorised, and sett on worke by him or them or any of
them, doe, shall, or, may, att any tyine hereafter, during the terme of yeares
before mentioned, practise, erect, or sett vpp, by any waies or meanes, the said
art and feate of makeing of any kinde of glasse or glasses, bugles, bottells,
violls, or vessells whatsoever, or any furnace or furnaces for makeing thereof,
within our said kingdome and dominions, vppon paine of our heavy displeasure
and due punishment for the contempt of our Royall comaundement in that
behalfe; and wee doe by theis presente give and graunt vnto the said Sir
Robert Maunsell, his executors, administrators, and assignes, deputies, factors,
and agente, and everie of them, full power, libertie, and authority, from tyme
to tyme and att all tymes during the said terme, by all lawful waies
and meanes, to search, tric, and finde out all offences and acte comitted
and done contrarie to the true intent and meaning of theis our Letters
Patent and likewise, for vs, our heires and successors, wee doe hereby, of
our especial grace, certaine knowledge, and meere motion, give and graunt
vnto the said Sir Robert Mansell, his executors, administrators, deputies,
assignes, factors, agente, and servaunte, free power, libertic, licence, and
authoritie to vtter and sell in grosse or by retaile such kinde of glasse or glasses
before mentioned as shalbe made by vertue of theis our Letters Patente;
and if hee or they shall have more then will serve vs, and the subiects of vs,
our heires and successors, that then hee and they, and such others as shall buy
the glasses made as aforesaid of him or them or anie of them, to transport and
carrie over into forraigne parte soe many and soe much thereof as they shall
thinke fitt, paying vnto vs, our heires and successors, the customes due to be
paid for the same, and leaving sufficient quantetie for vs, our heires and
successors, and our or their subiecte, att reasonable prices; and wee doe
further, for vs, our heires and successors, will and graunt by theis present(
that our treasorer, chauncellor, and barons of the exchequer for the tyme
being, or any of them, by force of this our graunt, or the inrollment thereof in
our Court of Exchequer, from tyme to tyme and att all tymes hereafter during
the said terme, vppon the request of the said Sir Robert Mansell, his
executors, administrators, assignes, or agente, shall graunt, make, and direct,
under the seale of our said Court of Exchequer, such and soe many writt and
writte, close or patent, unto such mayors, bayliffes, sherifles, customers, comp-
trollers, searchers, and other officers of vs, our heires and successors, in such
shires, counties, citties, townes, borroughes, and other places whatsoever

page_text: within our said realme of England and Wales and the dominions thereof,
as the said Sir Robert Mansell, his executors or assignes, shall att any tyme
and from tyme to tyme requier, thereby chardgeing and comaunding the said
officers and everie of them diligentlie and carefullie to inquier, trie, search,
and finde out all and everie person and persons as contrarie to the true intent
and meaning of theis our Letters Patente shall att any tyme during the said
terme make, vtter, or sell any such kinde of glasse or glasses whatsoever
herein-before mentioned, or build, make, erect, vse, or sett vpp, or cause
to be builded, made, erected, or sett vpp, any such furnace or furnaces,
structures, engines, for devises, or the melting or makeing of any the sortes
or kindes of glasse or glasses before mentioned vntil they vnderstand the
pleasure of our said treasorer, chauncellor, and barons of our said Court of
Exchequer in that behalfe, and further order by them taken therein; and we
doc hereby, for vs, our heires and successors, will and comaunde the treasorer,
chauncellor, and barons of the Exchequer for the tyme being and everie of
them, that they or any of them, vppon complaint made by the said Sir Robert
Mansell, his executors, administrators, or assignes in that behalfe, doc all that in
justice they may, aswell for the demolishing of the said furnaces, structures,
engines, and devises sett vpp or devised contrarie to the true intent of theis
present, as for the apprehension and lawful punishment of such as shall
offend against any part of theis our Letters Patente; and for the better
execucon of this our graunt we doe hereby, for vs, our heires and successors,
give and graunt full power, licence, and authoritie vnto the said Sir Robert
Mansell, his executors, leputies, and assignes, by himselfe or themselves, or
his or their agente, factors, or servaunte, with the assistaunce of some officer
appointed for preservacon of the peace, to enter into any glasse house or
glasse howses, and other place or places whatsoever, within any part of any of
our kingdomes and dominions, aswell within liberties as without, where any
such furnaces, structures, engines, or devises shalbe made or sett vpp, contrarie
to the true intent of theis presente, or where any glasse is made, contrarie to
the priviledge hereby graunted, shall probably and reasonablie be suspected
to bee, and there, by all lawfull waies and convenient meanes, to trie and search
for all and all manner and kinde of any the glasse or glasses before in theis
our Letters Pattente mentioned, and glasse workes erected or made in any
part of our said kingdome or dominions, to be bought or soulde, contrarie to the
true intent and meaning of theis our Letters Patente, or to any lawe, pro-
clamation, ordinaunce, or statute, in that behalfe made or ordeined, or to be
made or ordeined, and if vppon search they shall finde any such glasse or glasses
made, or any glasse worke or furnace built or crected, contrarie to the true

page_text: intent and meaning of theis presente, that then with all convenient speede hee
or they doe signifie the same to vs, our heires or successors, or to the treasorer,
chauncellor, and barons of our Exchequer, or anie of them, for further order
to be taken therein as shall appertaine; and further, that hee and they and
everic of them doe carefully and dilligentlic labor and indeavor that the true
intent and meaning of theis our Letters Patent may be trulie observed;
and if in exccucon thereof hee or they or anie of them shall finde any resis-
taunce, then to certefie the same vnto our said Court of Exchequer, to the ende
the offendors therein may receave condigne and deserved punishment for their
several offences; and wee doc further hereby straightlie chardge and
comaund all mayors, sheriffe, justices of peace, bayliffe, constables, officers,
and ministers, and all other the subicct of vs, our heires and successors, to be
aiding and assisting vnto the said Sir Robert Mansell, his executors, adminis-
trators, deputies, assignes, factors, and workemen, in all reasonable thinges
concerning the accomplishment of theis our Letters Patente; and that they
or any of them doe not att any time or tymes hinder, molest, interrupt, or
disturbe th'execution thereof, as they tender our heavie displeasure and will
avoyd our indignation; and wee doe likewise charge the Attorney Generall
of vs, our heires and successors, for the tyme being, to be ayding and assisting
to the said Sir Robert Mansell, his executors, administrators, and assignes, in
the mainteyning and vpholding of theis our graunt and priviledge, and in com-
playning against such as shall withstande or impugne the same, whereby they
may be censured and punished according to justice; and theis our Letters
Patent or th'inrollment of them shalbe their sufficient warraunt and dis-
chardge in that behalfe; provided alwaies, and our will and pleasure is, that
this our present graunt, or any thing therein conteyned, shall not extend or
be construed to extende to debarr, hinder, or lett any person or persons what-
soever to import or bring or cause to be imported or brought into this our
realme of England and the dominion of Wales, and there to vtter, sell, and
dispose of any glasse or glasses, of what kinde or sort soever, made within
our realme of Scotland, or in any forraigne parte beyond the seas, but that it
shalbe lawful for all person and persons to import into and vtter and sell
within the said realme of England and dominion of Wales, or any part of
them, any glasse or glasses whatsoever, made within the said realme of
Scotland, or any forraigne parte, as aforesaid, any thing in theis presente con-
teyned to the contrairie in any wise notwithstanding; paying, nevertheles,
vuto us, our heires and successors, such customes, subsedies, imposicons, and
other duties as shalbe due and payable for the said glasse and glasses soc to
be imported att the tyme of the importation of the same.

page_text: And, lastlic, wee doe by theis presente, for vs, our heires and successors, of
our further especiall grace and favor, graunt vnto the said Sir Robert Mansell,
his executors, administrators, and assignes, that theis our Letters Patente or
the inrollment of them shalbe taken, construed, and adiudged in all and
everie our courte of justice and elswhere to be most availeable for the said
Sir Robert Mansell, his executors, administrators, and assignes, against vs,
our heires, and successors, notwithstanding the not describing the certeintic
of the forme of the furnaces, structures, engins, and devises to be vsed for the
melting and makeing of all manner of drinking glasses, broade glasses,
windowe glasses, looking glasses, or any other kinde of glasse, glasses, bugles,
bottles, violls, or vessels whatsoever, and notwithstanding the not perticuler
nameing or misnaming of the kinde or manner of glasses to be made by virtue
of this our graunt, or the sizes or scantling of the same, and notwithstanding
anie other defect and incertainties in the same, any statute, lawe, provision,
proclamacon, or restraint to the contrarie; and although expresse mention, &c.
In wittnes whereof, &c., wittnes our selfe att Westminster, the Twoe and
twentith day of May.