with coaches, charriotts, chaise and other four-wheeled carriages
Year: 1733

page_text: GEORGE THE SECOND, by the grace of God, and so forth, to all to
whom these Presents shall come greeting.
WHEREAS our trusty and welbeloved THOMAS LUGG, of our City of
London, Gentleman, hath by his petition humbly represented unto us that
diverse of our good subjects have heretoforo lost their lives, and others have
sustained great mischiefs by the running away of horses with coaches, charriotts,
chaise, and other four-wheeled carriages, and that he has by long study, labour,
and pains invented and found out effectual means whereby to prevent the like
inconveniences for the future; and by his affidavit it appears that the same is
done by drawing of a proper string, which will cause the holdfast or bearer
that will be fixed to the flutchills to let loose the detainer, and thereupon a
barr of iron turning the chains or harness with the swivells and other fastnings
will be at liberty, by which means both the riders in and drivers of the coaches,
chariotts, chaises, and other four-wheeled carriages, will have in their power to
free the same from any number of horses whenever they shall think themselves
in danger; and that all the work will be so strong, sure, and certain, as not to
fail to answer on all occasions, of what sort soever the ways or weather shall
be, and in all probability will last as long as other the works or materialls;
and he having humbly prayed us to grant him our Royal Letters Patent for
the sole making, selling, and disposing of the said Invention, for the space of
fourteen years; wee being willing to give encouragement to all arts and in-
ventions which may be for the publick use and benefit, are gratiously
pleased to condescend to his request.

page_text: KNOW YEE, THEREFORE, that weo, of our especial grace, certain
knowledge, and meer motion, have given and granted, and by these Presents,
for us, our heirs and successors, do give and grant unto the said Thomas
Lugg, his executors, administrators, and assignes, our especiall licence, full
power, sole priviledge and authority, that he, the said Thomas Lugg, his
executors, administrators, and assignes, and every of them, by himself and
themselves, or by his and their deputy and deputies, servants or agents, or
such others as he, the said Thomas Lugg, his executors, administrators, or
assigns, shall at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at
all times during the term of years herein expressed, shall, and lawfully may
exercise, work, uso, and enjoy, within that part of our Kingdom of Great
Britain called England, our Dominions of Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-
Tweed, his said Invention to prevent the inconveniences by the running away
of horses with coaches, chariotts, chaises, and other four-wheeled carriages, by
drawing of a proper string, which will cause the holdfast or bearer that will
be fixed to the flutchells to lett loose the detainer, and thereupon a barr of
iron, turning the chains or harness with the swivells and other fastnings,
will be at liberty, by which means both the riders in and drivers of the
coaches, chariotts, chaises, and other four-wheeled carriages, will have it in
their power to free the same from any number of horses whenever they shall
think themselves in danger, as above described; and that he, the said Thomas
Lugg, bis executors, administrators, and assignes, shall and lawfully may have
and enjoy the whole benefit, profit, commodity, and advantage from time to
time comeing, growing, accrueing, and ariseing by reason of the said Invention,
for and during the term of years herein mentioned; to have, hold, exercise, and
enjoy the said licence, powers, priviledges, and advantages herein-before
granted or mentioned to be granted unto the said Thomas Lugg, his execu-
tors, administrators, and assigns, for and during and unto the full end and
term of fourteen years from the date of these Presents next and immediately
ensuing, and fully to be compleat and ended, according to the Statute in such
case made and provided. And to the end that the said Thomas Lugg, his
executors, administrators, and assigns, and every of them, may have and enjoy
the full benefit and the sole use and exercise of the said Invention, according
to our gratious intention herein-before declared, wee do by these Presents, for
us, our heirs and successors, require and strictly command all and every person
and persons, bodies politick and corporate, and all other our subjects what-
soever, of what estate, quality, degree, name, or condition soever they be,
within the said part of our Kingdom of Great Britain called England, our
Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed aforesaid, that neither

page_text: they or any of them, at any time during the continuance of the said term of
fourteen years hereby granted, either directly or indirectly do make, use, or put
in practice the said Invention, or any part of the same so attained unto by
the said Thomas Lugg as aforesaid, nor in anywise counterfeit, imitate, or
resemble the same, nor shall make or cause to be made any addition there-
unto or substraction from the same, whereby to pretend himself or themselves
the inventor or inventors, devisor or devisors thereof, without the licence,
consent, or agreement of the said Thomas Lugg, his executors, administrators,
or assigns, in writing under his or their hands and seals first had and obtained
in that behalf, upon such pains and penalties as can or may be inflicted on
such offenders for their contempt of this our royal command, and further to
be answerable to the said Thomas Lugg, his executors, administrators, and
assigns, according to law for his and their damages thereby occasioned. And
moreover, wee doe by these Presents, for us, our heirs and successors, will and
command all and singular the justices of the peace, mayors, sheriffs, bayliffs,
constables, headboroughs, and all other officers and ministers whatsoever of us,
our heirs and successors, for the time being, that they or any of them do not
nor shall at any time hereafter during the said term hereby granted in any-
wise molest, trouble, or hinder the said Thomas Lugg, his executors, adminis-
trators, or assigns, or any of them, or his or their deputyes, servants, or
agents, in or about the due and lawful use or exercise of the aforesaid Inven-
tion, or anything relating thereto. Provided always, and these our Letters
Patents are and shall be upon this condition, that if at any time during the
said term hereby granted it shall be made appear to us, our heirs or
successors, or any six or more of our or their Privy Council, that this our
grant is contrary to law, or prejudicial or inconvenient to our subjects in
general, or that the said Invention is not a new invention as to the publick
use and exercise thereof in the said part of our Kingdom of Great Britain
called England, our Dominion of Wales, or Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed
aforesaid, or not invented and found out by the said Thomas Lugg as
aforesaid, then, upon signification or declaration thereof to be made by
us, our heirs or successors, under our or their signett or privy seal, or,
by the Lords and others of our or their Privy Council, or any six or more
of them, under their hands, these our Letters Patents shall forthwith cease,
determine, and be utterly void to all intents and purposes, anything herein-
before contained to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding: Provided
also, that these our Letters Patents, or anything herein contained, shall not
extend or be construed to extend to give priviledge unto the said Thomas Lugg,
his executors, administrators, or assigns, or any of them, to use or imitate any

page_text: invention or work whatsoever which hath heretofore been found out or invented
by any other of our subjects whatsoever, and publickly used or exercised in the
said part of our Kingdom of Great Britain called England, our Dominion of
Wales, or Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed aforesaid, unto whom like Letters
Patents or priviledges have been already granted for the sole use, excrcise, and
benefit thereof, it being our will and pleasure that the said Thomas Lugg, his
executors, administrators, and assigns, and all and every other person and persons
to whom like Letters Patents or priviledges have been already granted as afore-
said, shall distinctly use and practice their several Inventions by them invented
and found out, according to the true intent and meaning of the same respective
Letters Patents, and of these Presents: Provided likewise, nevertheless, and
these our Letters Patents are upon this express condition, that if the said
Thomas Lugg, his exccutors, administrators, or assigns, or any person or
persons which shall or may at any time or times hereafter during the con-
tinuance of this grant, have or claim any right, title, or interest in law or
equity, of, in, or to the power, priviledge, and authority of the sole use and
benefit of the said Invention hereby granted, shall make any transferr or
assignment, or any pretended transferr or assignment of the said liberty and
priviledge, or any share or shares of the benefit or profit thereof, or shall declare
any trust thereof to or for any number of persons exceeding the number of five,
or shall open or cause to be opened any book or books for publick subscriptions
to be made by any number of persons exceeding the number of five, in order
to the raising any sume or sumes of money under pretence of carrying on the
said liberty or priviledge hereby granted, or shall by him or themselves, or his
or their agents or servants, receive any sume or sumes of money whatsoever,
of any number of persons exceeding in the whole the number of five for such
or the like intents or purposes, or shall presume to act as a corporate body,
or shall divide the benefit of these our Letters Patents, or the liberty and
priviledge hereby by us granted, into any number of shares exceeding the
number of five, or shall cominitt or do, or procure to be committed or done
any act, matter, or thing whatsoever during such time as such person
shall have any right or title, either in law or equity, in or the said pre-
misses, which would be contrary to the true intent and meaning of a
certain Act of Parliament made in the sixth year of the reign of our late
Royal Father King George the First, intitled (An Act for the better
securing certain Powers and Priviledges intended to be granted by His Majestie
by Two Charters for Assurance of Ships and Merchandizes at Sea, and
for lending Money upon Bottomry, and for restraining several extravagant
and unwarrantable Practices therein mentioned), if these our Letters Patents

page_text: had not been granted, or in case the said power, priviledge, or authority shall
at any time hereafter become vested in or in trust for more than the number
of five persons, or their representatives, at any one time, (reckoning executors
or administrators as "and for the single person whom they represent, as to
such interest as they are or shall be intitled to in right of such their testator
or intestate,) that then and in any of the said cases these our Letters
Patents, and all liberties, priviledges, and advantages whatsoever hereby
granted, shall utterly cease, determine, and become void, anything herein-
before contained to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding. And
lastly, wee do by these Presents, for us, our heirs and successors, grant
unto the said Thomas Lugg, his executors, administrators, and assignes, that
these our Letters Patents, or the inrollment or exemplification thereof, shall
be in and by all things good, firm, valid, sufficient, and effectual in the law,
according to the true intent and meaning thereof, and shall be taken, con-
strued, and adjudged in the most favourable and beneficial sence, for the best
advantage of the said Thomas Lugg, his executors, administrators, and
assigns, as well in all our Courts of Record as elsewhere, and by all and singular
the officers and ministers whatsoever of us, our heirs and successors, in that
part of our said Kingdom of Great Britain called England, our Dominion of
Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed aforesaid, and amongst all and
every the subjects of us, our heirs and successors, whatsoever and wheresoever,
notwithstanding the not full and certain describing the nature or quality of
the said Invention, or of the materialls thereto conducing and belonging.
In witness, and so forth. Witness ourself at Westminster, the Eleventh
den of Man