A NEW SORT OF MILLS SOE MOVED WITH JACK-WORKE AND WHEELES AS, BY THE STRENGTH OF MEN ONELY, WITHOUT THE HELP EITHER OF WIND OR WATER, TO GRIND CORNE AND MOVE SAWS, WHICH MAY BE VERY VSEFULL WHERE OTHER MILLS ARE NOT, AND MORE ESPECIALLY IN THE WEST INDIES WHERE MILLS FOR THOSE VSĖS ARE SCARCE
Year: 1693

page_text: KING AND QUEENE, &c., to all to whome these Present shall come,
greeting.
WHEREAS MATHEW ELLISTON and THOMAS WINTER have, by theire humble
peticon, represented to vs that, after much study and cost, they have invented
"A NEW SORT OF MILLS SOE MOVED WITH JACK-WORKE AND WHEELES AS, BY THE
STRENGTH OF MEN ONELY, WITHOUT THE HELP EITHER OF WIND OR WATER, TO
GRIND CORNE AND MOVE SAWS, WHICH MAY BE VERY VSEFULL WHERE OTHER MILLS
ARE NOT, AND MORE ESPECIALLY IN THE WEST INDIES WHERE MILLS FOR THOSE VSĖS
ARE SCARCE," and have prayed vs to grant them our Letters Patent for the
sole vse and benefitt of the said Invenĉon.
KNOW YEE, THEREFORE, that wee, being graciously pleased to con-
descend to that theire request, and willing to encourage the Inventers of such
arts as may be of publick vse and benefitt, of our especiall grace, certaine
knowledge, and meer močon, have given and granted, and by these Presente,
for vs, our heires and successors, doe give and grant vnto the said Mathew
Elliston and Thomas Winter, theire executors, administrators, and assignes,
speciall lycense, full power, sole priviledge and authority, that they, the said
Mathew Elliston and Thomas Winter, theire executors, administrators, and
assignes, and every of them, by themselves, or theire or any of theire deputy
and deputyes, servant or agente, or such others as the said Mathew Elliston
and Thomas Winter, theire executors, administrators, or assignes, shall at any
time agree with, and noe others, from time to time and at all times dureing
the terme of yeares herein expressed, shall and lawfully may make, vse,

page_text: exercise, and enioy the said Invenčon within any parte or partes, place or
places whatsover, of, in, or belonging to our Kingdome of England, Dominion
of Wales, and Towne of Berwick vpon Tweed, and all and every or any of
our kingdoms or dominions whatsoever, especially in the West Indies, in such
manner, and according to such reasonable and lawfull rates and limitacons, as
to them, the said Mathew Elliston and Thomas Winter, theire executors, admi-
nistrators, and assignes, or any of them, shall in theire discretions seem meet;
and that they, the said Mathew Elliston and Thomas Winter, theire executors,
administrators, and assignes, shall and may have and enioy the sole benefitt,
profitt, comodity, and advantage from time to time comeing, growing, and
ariseing by reason of the said Invencon, for and dureing the full terme of
yeares herein menconed, to have, hold, exercise, and enioy the said lycense,
powers, priviledges, and advantages herein-before granted or menconed to be
granted vnto the said Mathew Elliston and Thomas Winter, theire executors,
administrators, and assignes, for and dureing and vnto the full end and terme
of fourteene yeares from the date of these Presente next and immediately
ensueing, and fully to be compleate and ended, according to the Statute in
this case made and provided; and to the end that the said Mathew Elliston
and Thomas Winter, theire executors, administrators, and assignes, and every
of them, may enioy the full benefitt, and the sole makeing, vse, and exercise,
of the said Inventon, according to our gracious intentions herein-before
declared, wee doe by these Presents, for vs, our heires and successors, require
and strictly command all and every person and persons, bodies politique and
corporate, and all other our subiects whatsoever, of what estate, quality, or
degree, name, or condicon soever they be, within all and every our kingdomes
and dominions,. that neither they nor any of them, at any time dureing the
continuance of the said terme of fourteene yeares hereby granted, either
directly or indirectly, doe make, vse, or put in practice the said Invencon; or
any parte of the same, soe attained vnto by the said Mathew Elliston and
Thomas Winter as aforesaid, nor shall in any wise counterfeit or resemble
the same, nor shall make or cause to be made any addičon thereto or sub-
stracčon from the same, whereby to pretend themselves the inventors or
devisers thereof, without the lycence, consent, or agreement of the said
Mathew Elliston and Thomas Winter, theire executors, administrators, or
assignes, in writeing vnder theire or some of theire hands and seales first had
and obteyned in that behalfe, vpon such paines and penaltyes as can or may
be justly inflicted on such offenders for theire contempt of this our royall
command, and further to be answerable to the said Mathew Elliston and
Thomas Winter, theire executors, administrators, & assignes, according to

page_text: law; for theire or any of theire damages thereby occasioned: And moreover,
wee doe by these Presents, for vs, our heires and successors, will and command.
all and singuler justices of the peace, mayors, sherriffs, bayliffe, constables,
headboroughs, and all other officers and ministers whatsoever of. vs, our heires.
and successors for the time being, that they or any of them doe not, nor shall.
at any time hereafter dureing the said terme hereby granted, in any wise.
molest, trouble, or hinder the said Mathew Elliston and Thomas Winter, or.
either of them, theire or either of theire executors, administrators, or assignes,
or any of them, or theire or any of theire deputyes, servante, or agente, in or
about the due and lawfull makeing, vse, or exercise of the said Invenčon,
or any thing relateing therevnto: Provided alwaies, and these our Letters
Patente are and shall be vpon this condicon, that if at any time dureing the
terme hereby granted it shall be made appeare to vs, our heires or successors,
or any six or more of our or theire Privy Councell, that this our grant is
contrary to law, or preudiciall or inconvenient to our subiects in generall, or
that the said Invencon is not a new Invenĉon as to the publick vsc and
exercise thereof within this our kingdome, and not invented and found out by
the said Mathew Elliston and Thomas Winter as aforesaid, then vpon signi-
ficacon and declaračon thereof, to be made by vs, our heires or successors,
vnder our or theire signett or privy seale, or by the Lords and others of our
or theire Privy Councell, or any six or more of them, vnder theire hands,
these our Letters Patente shall forthwith cease, determine, and be-vtterly void
to all intents and purposes, any thing before herein contained to the contrary
in anywise notwithstanding: Provided also, that these our Letters Patente, or
anything herein contained, shall not extend or be construed to extend to give
priviledge vnto the said Mathew Elliston and Thomas Winter, or either of
them, theire or either of theire extors, administrators, or assignes, or any of
them, to vse or imitate any invenčon or worke whatsoever which hath bin
heretofore found out or invented by any other of our subiecte whatsoever, and
publickly vsed and exercised within our said realmes and dominions, or any
of them, vnto whome like Letters Patente or priviledge have been already
granted for the sole vse, exercise, and benefit thereof, it being our will and
pleasure that the said Mathew Elliston and Thomas Winter, theire executors,
administrators, and assignes, and all and singuler other person and persons
to whome like Letters Patent or priviledges have been already granted as
aforesaid, shall distinctly vse and practice theire severall Invenčons by them
invented and found out, according to the true intent and meaneing of the same
respective Letters Patente and of these Presente. And lastly, wec doe by
these Presente, for vs, our heires and successors, grant vnto the said Mathew

page_text: Elliston and Thomas Winter, theire executors, administrators, and assignes,
that these our Letters Patente, or the inrollment, shall be in and by all
thing good, valid, firme, sufficient, and effectuall in the law, according to the
true intent and,meaneing thereof, and shall be taken, construed, and adiudged
in the most favourable and beneficiall sence for the best advantage of the said
Mathew Elliston and Thomas Winter, theire executors, administrators, and
assignes, as well in all Courts of Record as elsewhere,, and by all and singuler
the officers and ministers whatsoever of vs, our heires and successors, in all
and singuler our realmes and dominions whatsoever, and amongst all and every
the subiects of vs, our heires and successors, whatsoever and wheresoever,
notwithstanding the not full and certaine discribeing the nature or quality of
the said Invenĉon, or of the materialls thereto conduceing and belonging.
In witnesse, &c. Witnesse the King and Queene, at Westñi, the Ninth
day of October.