THE MANUFACTURE OF DRAPED MILLED STOCKINGS
Year: 1682

page_text: these presents shall come, greeting.
KNOW YEE, that wee being willing to incourage the inventors of such
arte as may be of publicke vse and benefitt, of our especiall grace, certaine
knowledge, and meere močon, have given and granted, and by these
present doe give and grant, vnto FRANCIS AMMONET, CLAUDE HAYES and
DANIELL DU THAIS the free vse and sole benefitt and advantage of theire
new Invenčon of "THE MANUFACTURE OF DRAPED MILLED STOCKINGS," and alsoe
especiall lycence, full and sole power, priviledge, and authority, that they, the
said Francis Ammonet, Claude Hays and Daniell Du Thais, theire executors,
administrators, and assigues, and theire workemen and servants, and noo
others, shall and may dureing the terme of foureteene yeares next ensueing
the date hereof, vse, practice, exercise, enioy, and put in execuĉon the said
art or Invenčon within our kingdome of England, dominion of Wales, and
towne of Berwicke-vpon-Tweede, in such manner as to them shall seeme
meete, to have, hold, and enioy the said lycence, power, priviledge, and
authority, and other the premisses hereby granted, or intended to be granted,
to the said Francis Ammonet, Claude Hays and Daniell Du Thais, theire
executors, administrators, and assignes, from the day of the date of these
presents, for and durcing the terme of foureteene yeares from thence next
ensueing, fully to be compleate and ended, according to the statute in that
case made and provided, and to the end that they, the said Francis Ammonet,

page_text: Claude Hayes and Daniell Du Thais, theire executors, administrators, and
assignes, and every of them, may the better enioy the full and whole benefitt
and the sole vse and exercise of the said Invenĉon aswell within liberties as
without, wee doe by these presente, for vs, our heires and successors, require.
and strictly charge and comand all and every person and persons, bodies
politique and corporate, that they or any of them doe not or shall not, dureing
the terme of yeares hereby granted, either directly or indirectly vse or put in
practice or execucon the said art or Invenĉon, nor doe or shall countefeit,
imitate, or resemble the same, nor doe or shall make any addičon therevnto
or substracčon from the same whereby to pretend themselves the inventors or
devisors thereof without the lycence, consent, or agreement of the said Francis
Ammonett, Claude Hays and Daniell Du Thais, theire executors, administra-
tors, or assignes, in writing vnder theire hande and scales first had and
obteyned in that behalfe, vpon such, paines and penalties as can or may be
inflicted on such ofenders for the contempt of this our comand, further to be
answereable to the said Francis Ammonett, Claude Hays and Daniell Du Thais,
their executors, administrators, and assignes, for theire damages susteyned
thereby. And further, wee doe by these presents, for vs, our heires and
successors, give and grant vnto the said Francis Ammonett, Claude Hayes
and Daniell Du Thais, their executors, administrators, and assignes, full power
and authority, that they and every of them, theire and every of theire deputies,
servant or agents, or any of them, haveing first obteyned a warrant in that
behalfe from the Lord Cheife Justice of the Court of King's Bench for the
time being, may, with the assistance of a constable or any other lawfull officer,
s well within liberties as without, vpon request, att convenient times in the day
durcing the time aforesaid, and in lawful manner, enter and make serch in
any shopp or place, shopps or places, where there shall be iust cause of suspicon
for discovering and finding out of all such persons as shall, within the said
terme of foureteene yeares, imitate or cause to be imitated, or shall vse or
put in practice that art or Invencon aforesaid, that soe such offender may be
proceeded against and punished according to theire demerritte. And further,
wee doe by these presents, for vs, our heires and successors, will, authorize,
and require all and singuler justices of, the peace, mayors, sheriffes, bayliffes,
headboroughs, and all other officers' and ministers of vs, our heires and suc-
cessors, for the time being, that they and every of them respectively be from
time to time dureing the said terme hereby granted, in theire respective
places, favouring, aiding, helpeing, and assisting, vnto the said Francis
Ammonett, Claude Hays and Daniell Du Thais, theire executors, admini-
strators, and assignes, theire or any of theire deputy or deputies, servante
as:

page_text: & agent, or any of them, in & about the accomplishment of our will &
pleasure herein declared, & the excrcise & execucon of the powers and pri-
viledges herein & hereby granted or menconed to be granted as aforesaid.
And moreover, wee will and comand by these presents, for vs, our heires
and successors, that our said officers or any of them doe not molest, trouble, or
interrupt the said Francis Ammonett, Claude Hays and Daniell Du.Thais, or
any of them, theire or any of theire executors, administrators, or assignes, or
theire or any of theire deputy or deputics, servants or agents, or any of them,
in or about the vse or exercise of the said art or Invenčon in any matter or
thing concerning the same: Provided allwaies, that if att any time durcing
the said terme of foureteene years itt shall be made appeare to vs, our heires or
successors, or any six or more of our or theire Privy Councell, that this grant
is preiudicial or inconvenient to our comon wealth, or that the said art or
Invenčon is not a new Invenčon of the said Francis Ammonett, Claude
Hays and Daniell Du Thais, or one of them, as to the vse and practice
thereof within this our kingdome, then, vpon significaĉon and declaracon to be
made by vs, our heires or successors, vnder our or theire signett or privy
scale, or by the lorde and others of our or theire Privy Councell, or six or
more of them for the time being, in writeing vnder theire hande, of such
preiudice and inconvenience, these our Letters Patente, and all thing therein
conteyned, shall forthwith cease, determine, and be vtterly voyd to all intente
and purposes, any thing herein-before conteyned to the contrary notwith-
standing: Provided alsoe, that these our Letters Patente or any thing herein
contained shall not extend or be construed to extend to give priviledge vnto
the said Francis Ammonett, Claude Hays and Daniell Du Thais, or any
of them, theire or any of theire executors, administrators, or assignes, or any
of them, to vse or imitate any invenĉon or worke found out or invented by
any other person or persons and publickly exercised in our kingdome of
England, or dominion of Wales, vnto whome wee have already granted our
like Letters Patente or priviledge for the sole vse and benefitt thereof;
itt being our will and pleasure that the said Francis Ammonet, Claude Hays
and Daniell Du Thais, theire executors, administrators, & assignes, and all
other person and persons to whome we have already granted our like Letters
Patents or priviledge, shall distinctly vse and practice theire severall Inven-
čons by them invented and found out, according to the true intent and
meaneing of the said severall and respective Letters Patent and of these
presente.
And lastly, wee doe by these presents, for vs, our heires and successors,
grant vnto the said Francis Ammonett, Claud Hays and Daniell Du Thais,

page_text: their executors, administrators, and assignes, that these our Letters Patente,
or the inrollment thereof, shall be in and by all things good, valid, sufficient,
and effectuall in the law, according to the true intent and meaneing of these
presents, and shall be taken, construed, and adiudged most favourably and
beneficially for the best benefitt and advantage of the said Francis Ammonett,
Claud Hays and Daniell Du Thais, theire executors, administrators, and
assignes, aswell in all Courts of Record as elsewhere, notwithstanding the not
full and certaine describeing of the said art or Invencon, or of the certaine vse
or benefitt thereof, and notwithstanding any other defect or incertainties in
these presente conteyned, or any act, statute, ordinance, provision, or restraint,
to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding.
In witnesse, &c. Witnesse our selfe att Westminster, the Nine and
twentieth day of July, in the foure and thirtieth yeare of our raigne.
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