MAKEING CHRISTALL GLASSE
Year: 1661

page_text: CHARLES THE
Psents shall come greeting.
by the grace of God, &c., to all to whom theise
WHEREAS it hath beene made appeare to ourselfe, by our trusty & wel-
beloved MARTIN CLIFFORD & THOMAS PAULDEN, Esquires, that by theire greate
industry and study, with much charges and expences, they have attayned to the
arte, skill, and Invenĉon of "MAKEING CHRISTALL GLASSE," within these our
realmes, as good if not better theu any comes from Venice, which will tend
to a generall good, in regard the same, is a new manufacture, not formerly vsed
or practiced in this nacon, and bee a meanes of setting many people on
worke: And whereas the said Martin Clifford & Thomas Paulden have
humbly besought vs, for theire better encouragement, to exercise and putt in
practice the said Invencon, that wee would bec graciously pleased to graunt
them our Lřes Patents of priviledge for the sole vse and benefit thereof, for
the tyme and terme of foureteene yeares, according to the Statute in that case
made and puided.
NOW KNOW YEE, THEREFORE, that wee, of our princely inclinacon,
being willing to encourage and pmote workes of this nature, and to give all
due & fitting incouragement to the inventors of such artes as may bee of
publicke vse and benefit, of our especiall grace, Etaine knowledge, and meere
močon, and vpon the humble petičon of the said Martin Clifford and Thomas
Paulden, have given & granted, and by theise psents, for vs, our heires & suc-
cessors, doe give and graunt vnto the said Martin Clifford and Thomas Paulden,
theire exccutors, administrators, & assignes, especiall licence, full power,
priviledge, and authority, that they and every of them, by themselves, theire
or any of theire deputic or deputies, servants, workemen, or assignes, at all
tymes and from tyme to tyme hereafter dureing the terme of yeares hereafter
in these sents expressed, shall and lawfully may have, vse, exercise, imploye,

page_text: and enioye theire said newe Invenĉon in and throughout our Realmes of
England, Scotland, and Ireland, and our Dominions of Wales, and in and
throughout all & singular other our dominions and countries, and everie or any
of them, in such manner as to them, or any or either of them, in theire or any
of theire discrescions, shall seeme meate, and shall and may have and enioye
the sole benefit and advantage comeing or ariseing by reason thereof dureing
the terme of yeares hereby graunted. And to the end the said Martin Clifford
and Thomas Paulden, theire executors, administrators, and assignes, & every
of them, may the better enioy the full and whole benefit, and the sole vse and
excrcise of their said Invenĉon: And wee doe, by these psents, for vs, our
heires and successors, require and streightly command all and every pson and
psons, bodies politique and corporate, of whatsoever qualitie, degree, name, or
addičou soever they bec, that neither they nor any of them, dureing the terme
hereby graunted, either directly or indirectly, doe or shall vse or put in
practice the said Iuvenčon, soc by the said Martin Clifford and Thomas
Paulden invented or attained vnto, as aforesaid, nor doe or shall counter-
feite, imitate, or resemble the same, nor shall make any addičon there-
vnto or substracčon from the same, whereby to tend themselves the In-
ventors or devisors thereof, without the licence, consent, and agreement of
the said Martin Clifford and Thomas Paulden, theire executors administra-
tors, or assignes, in writeing vnder theire hands & seales, first had and
obteyned in that behalfe, vpon such paines and penalties as can or may bec
inflicted on such offenders for theire contempt of this our command in that
behalfe; and further, to bee auswerable to the said Martin Clifford and
Thomas Paulden, their executors, administrators, and assignes, according to
the lawe and justice for theire damages thereby susteyned; to have and to hold
all and every the licences, powers, priviledges, and authorities hereby granted
or menconed to bee graunted as aforesaid vnto them, the said Martiu Clifford
and Thomas Paulden, their executors, administrators, and assignes, for &
dureing the terme of fourteene yeares from the makeing of theise psents
next ensueing, & fully to bee compleate and ended according to the Statute
in such case made and pvided. And further, wee doe by these psents, for
vs, our heires, and successors, give & graunt vnto the said Martin Clifford
and Thomas Paulden, theire executors, administrators, and assignes, full
power and authoritie that they, every, or any of them, theire, every, or any
of theire deputies, servants, & agents or any of them, haveing first obteyned
a warrant in this behalfe from the Lord Cheife Justice of the Court of the
King's Bench for the tyme being, may, with the assistance of a constable or
any other lawful officer at convenient tymes of the day dureing the terme

page_text: aforesaid, and in lawful manner, enter into and make search in any houses,
shipps, or other places where there shalbe iust cause of suspicion, for dis-
covering & findeing out of all such psons as shall within the terme of
fourteenc yeares aforesaid imitate or cause to bee imitated, or shall vse or
put in practice the said Invencon soe by the said Martin Clifford and Thomas
Paulden invented and attayned vnto, as aforesaid, that soe such offenders
may bec peceded against and punished according to theire demerite, and
theire Invencons and workes tending to the ends aforesaid then and there
found to bee seized vpon, broken in peices, & defaced, and the materialls
thereof left in the hands and custody of some constable or other officer, to bec
disposed in such manner and forme as wee, our heires, and successors shall
from tyme to tyme direct and appoint. And further, wee doe by theis psents,
for vs, our heires and successors, will, authorize, and require all & singular
justices of the peace, mayors, sherriffes, bayliffes, constable, headboroughs,
and all other officer and officers and ministers whatsoever of vs, our heires
and successors for the tyme being, that they and every of them respectively
bee, from tyme to tyme durcing the said terme hereby granted in theire
respective places, favouring, aideing, helping, and assisting vnto the said
Martin Clifford and Thomas Paulden, theire executors, administrators, &
assignes, and to theire & every of theire deputy and deputies, servants,
& agents, in and by all things in and aboute the accomplishment of our will
and pleasure herein declared, and in the exercise & execucon of the powers
and priviledges herein and hereby granted or menčoned to be granted, as
aforesaid. And moreover, wee will and command by theisc Psents, for vs,
our heires and successors, that our said officers and ministers, or any of
them, doe not molest, trouble, or interrupt the said Martin Clifford and
Thomas Paulden, or either of them, theire, or either of theire executors,
administrators, or assignes, or theire or either of theire deputy or deputies,
servants, or agents, or any of them in or aboute the vse or exercise of the said
Invencon, or in any matter or thing concerning the same.
that if, at any tyme dureing the said terme of fouretecne
made appeare vnto vs, our heires or successors, that this our grant is
contrary to lawe, or piudiciall, or inconvenient, and not of publique vse or
benefit within theise our realmes and dominions, then vpon satisfaccon, and
declaračon thereof to bee made by vs, our heires or successors, theise our Lřes
Patents shall forthwith cease, determine, & bee void, to all intents and
purposes, and the same not to bee further vsed, exercised, or imployed by
vertue or colour thereof, any thing herein-before menconed to the contrary
notwithstanding: Provided alsoe that theise our Lřes Patents, or anything
Provided all waies
yeares, it shalbee

page_text: therein conteyned, shall not extend or bec construed to extend to give
priviledge vnto the said Martin Clifford and Thomas Paulden, theire executors
administrators, or assignes, or any of them, to vse or imitate any Invencon
or worke, found out and invented by any other pson or psons & publiquely
exercised within theise our said realmes, or any the dominions or territories
there vnto belonging, vnto whom wee have already granted our like Lies
Patents of priviledge for the sole vse, exercise, and benefit thereof, it being
our will & pleasure that the said Martin Clifford and Thomas Paulden, theire
executors, administrators, & assignes, & all and singular other pson & psons
to whom wee have alreadye granted our like Lřes Patents or priviledges, as
aforesaid, shall distinctly vse and practise theire severall Invenčons by them
intended and found out, according to the true intent & meaneing of the said
severall and respective Lřes Patents and of theise psents: Provided further,
that theise our Lřes Patents, or any the grants, powers, or clauses therein
conteyned, shall not bee extended or be construed to extend to restrayne any
of our subiects from the libertie of makeing or workeing of greene, white, or
other glasse, which is and hath beene formerly made and wrought in such
manner as the same hath beene soe made, wrought, and practiced within this
realme, anything herein conteyned to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding.
And, lastly, wee doe by theise psents, for vs, our heires and successors, grant
vnto the said Martin Clifford and Thomas Paulden, theire executors, adminis-
trators, & assignes, that these our Lies Patents or the inrollment thereof shalbee
in and by all things good, valid, sufficient, and effectuall in the lawe, according
to the true intent and meaneing thereof, and shalbee taken, construed, and
'adiudged most favourable and beneficiall for the best benefit and advantage of
the said Martin Clifford and Thomas Paulden, theire executors, administrators,
and assignes, as well in all our Courts of Record as elsewhere, notwithstanding
the not full and Etaine describeing the manner and qualitie of the said
Invenčon, or of the materialls, waye, and manner of makeing thereof, or of
the true and taine vse and benefit thereof, and notwithstanding any other
defects, incertaineties, or impfeccons in theise psents conteyned, or any act,
statute, ordinance, pvision, pelamačon, or restraint to the contrary thereof in
any wise notwithstanding.
In witnesse whereof, &c. Witnesse the Kinge at Westñi, the Tenth
Jane of Naomba