MILLWORK TO GRIND AND POLISH LOOKING GLASSE AND COACH GLASSE PLATES, AND MARBLE STONES; AND ALOSE FOR ROWING OF SHIPS WITH GREATER EASE AND EXPEDICON THEN HATH HITHERTO BEENE DONE BY ANY OTHER,
Year: 1696

page_text: WILLIAM THE THIRD, by the grace of God, &c. to all to whom these
Presents shall come greeting.
WHEREAS THOMAS SAVERY, Gent, hath by his humble peticon represented
vnto vs that he with great study, charges, and paines found out a new
Invencon, consisting of "MILLWORK TO GRIND AND POLISH LOOKING GLASSE AND
COACH GLASSE PLATES, AND MARBLE STONES; AND ALOSE FOR ROWING OF SHIPS WITH
GREATER EASE AND EXPEDICON THEN HATH HITHERTO BEENE DONE BY ANY OTHER," and
hath humbly besought vs to grant him our Letters Patents for the sole vse
thereof.
KNOW YE, THEREFORE, that wee, being gratiously pleased to condiscend
to that his request, and willing to encourage the Inventers of all such arts as
may be of publick vse and benefitt, of our especiall grace, certaine knowledge,
and meere močon, have given and granted, and by these Presents for vs, our
heires and successors, doe give and grant vnto the said Thomas Savery, his
executors, administrators, and assignes, special lycence, full power, sole privi-
ledge, and authority, that hee, the said Thomas Savery, his executors,
administrators, and assigues, and every of them, by themselves, or his or
their deputy or deputys, servants or agents, or such others as the said
Thomas Savery, his 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, exercise;.
and enioy the said Invenčon within our Kingdome of England, Dominion of
Wales, and Towne of Berwick-upon-Tweed, or any other our dominions, in

page_text: such manner and according to such reasonable and lawfull rates and limitačons
as to him, the said Thomas Savery, his executors, administrators, and assignes,
or any of them, shall in their discrecons seeme meete; and that hee, the said
Thomas Savery, his executors, administrators, and assignes, shall and may
I have and enioy the sole profitt, benefitt, comodity and advantage from time to
time comeing, growing, accrewing, and ariseing by reason of the said Invencon,
for and durcing the full terme of yeares herein menconed; to have, hold,
exercise, and enioy the said lycence, powers, privileges, and advantages herein-
before granted or menconed to be granted vnto the said Thomas Savery, bis
executors, administrators, and assignes, for, and dureing, and vnto the full end
and terme of fourteene yeares from the date of these Presents, next and
immediately ensucing, and fully to be compleat and ended according to the
Statute in this case made and provided. And to the end that the said
Thomas Savery, his executors, administrators, and every of them, may have
and enioy the full benefitt, and the sole makeing, vse, and exercise of the said
Invenčon, according to our gratious intencons herein-before declared, wee
doe by these Presents, for vs, our heires and successors, require and strictly
comand all and every person and persons, bodies politick and corporate, and
all other our subiects whatsoever, of what estate, quality, or degree, name,
or condičon soever they be, within all and every our kingdomes and
dominions, that neither they, or any of them at any time dureing the con-
tinuance of the said terme of fourteene yeares hereby granted either directly or
indirectly, doe make, vse, or put in practice the said Invenčon, or any part
of the same soe attained vnto by the said Thomas Savery as aforesaid; nor
shall in anywise counterfeite, initate, or resemble the same, nor shall make or
cause to be made any addičon therevnto or substraccon from the same,
whereby to pretend themselves the inventer or inventers, deviser or divisers
thereof, without the lycence, consent, or agreement of the said Thomas
Savery, his executors, administrators, or assignes, in writing, vnder his, their,
or some of their hands and seales, first had and obtained in that behalfe, vpon
such paines and penalties as can or may be iustly inflicted on such offenders
for their contempt of this our royall command; and further, to be answerable
to the said Thomas Savery, his executors, administrators, and assignes, accord-
ing to law, for his and their damages thereby occasioned. And moreover, wee
doc by these Presents, for vs, our heires and successors, will and comand all
and singular our justices of the peace, mayors, sheriffs, bayliffs, constables,
headboroughs, and all other officers and ministers whatsoever of vs, our heires
and successors, now and for the time being, that they, or any of them, dve not
nor shall at any time hereafter dureing the said terme hereby granted in

page_text: anywise. molest,. trouble, or hinder the said Thomas Savery, his executors;
administrators, or assignes, or any of his or their deputys, servants or agents in
or about the due and lawfull makeing, vse or exercise of the aforesaid Invenčon;
or anything relating thereto: Provided alwayes, and these our Letters Patents
are and shall be vpon this condičon, that if, at any time during the terme
hereby granted, it shall be made appeare to vs, our heires or successors, or
any six or more of our or their Privy Councell, that this our grant is contrary
to law, or prejudiciall or inconvenient to our subiects in generall, or that the
said Invenčon is not a new Invenčon, as to the publick vse and exercise
thereof within this our Kingdome of England, and not invented and found out
by the said Thomas Savery as aforesaid; then, vpon significacon and decla-
račon thereof to be made by vs, our heires or successors, vnder our or their
signett or privy seale, or by the Lords and others of our or their Privy
Councill, or any six or more of them vnder their hands, these our Letters
Patents shall forthwith cease, determine, and be vtterly void to all intents
and purposes, anything before herein contained to the contrary in anywise
notwithstanding: Provided alsoe, that these our Letters Patents or anything
herein contained shall not extend, or be construed to extend, to give privilege
vnto the said Thomas. Savery, his executors, administrators, or assignes, or any
of them, to vse or imitate any invenčon or worke whatsoever, which hath beenç
heretofore found out or invented by any other of our subiects whatsoever, and
publickly vsod or exercised, within our said realmes and, dominions, or any of
them vnto whom like Letters Patents or priviledge have beene already granted,
for the sole vse, exercise, and benefitt thereof, it being our will and pleasure
that the said Thomas Savery, his executors, administrators, and assignes, and
all and singular other person and persons to whom like Letters Patents or
priviledges have becne already granted as aforesaid, shall distinctly vse and
practice their severall Invenčons by them invented and found out, according
to the true intent and meaneing of the same respective Letters Patents, and
of these Presents. And, lastly, wee doe by these Presents, for vs, our heires
and successors, grant vnto the said Thomas Savery, his executors, adminis-
trators and assignes, that these our Letters Patents, or the inrollment thereof,
shall be in and by all things good, firme, valid, sufficient, and effectuall in the
law, according to the true intent thereof; and shall be taken, construed, and
adiudged in the most favourable and beneficiall sence, for the best advantago
of the said Thomas Savery, his executors, administrators, and assignes, aswell
in all Courts of Record as elsewhere; and by all and singular the officers and
ministers whatsoever of vs, our heires and successors, in all and singular our
realmes and dominions whatsoever, and amongst all and every the subiects of

page_text: vs, our heires and successors whatsoever, notwithstanding the not full and
certaine describing the nature or quality of the said Invenčon, or of the
materialls thereto conduceing and belonging.
In witnesse. &c. Witnesse ourselfe at Westminster, the Tenth day of