A WAYE AND MEANES NOT HERETOFORE VSED, PUT IN PRACTISE, OR PERFECTED BY ANIE PERSON OR PERSONS WHATSOEVER, WHEREBY SUCH HORSES AND CATTELL MAIE (GOD ASSISTINGE) BE MORE SAPELIE PRESERVED AND MORE SECURELIE TRANSPORTRD
Year: 1628

page_text: CHARLES by the grace of God Kinge of England, Scotland, France, and
Ireland, Defendor of the Faith, &c., to all to whome theis psents shall come
greetinge.
WHEREAS wee taking into our princely consideračon the maine extra-
ordinaric greate losses and inconveniencies which doe happen and fall out by
the transportacon of horses and cattell, which are very frequently transported
and conveyed out of our Realme of Ireland into this our Realme of England,
and other our domynions, which for the most parte happen by the want of ex-
perience and skillfull governement in the masters and owners of shippes and
other vessells in which such horses and cattell are transported, and want of skill
and arte soe to place them that the said inconveniencies may be avoyded.
And forasmuch as our welbeloved subiect HUGH WYоTT, Gentleman, by his
humble peticon hath informed vs that by his industrie, travaile, paynes, and
extordinarie charge he hath found out and invented "A WAYE AND MEANES
NOT HERETOFORE VSED, PUT IN PRACTISE, OR PERFECTED BY ANIE PERSON OR PERSONS
WHATSOEVER, WHEREBY SUCH HORSES AND CATTELL MAIE (GOD ASSISTINGE) BE MORE
SAPELIE PRESERVED AND MORE SECURELIE TRANSPORTRD," to the greate benefitt
and proffitt of vs and all our subiecte and the whole common weale; and
hath therefore humbly besought vs to graunt him a priviledge for the sole
vsinge and putting in practise of his saide invenčon.
KNOW YEE, THEREFORE, that wee, tendring the geŵall good of our
loving subicctf and the greate benefitt which maie heareafter accrewe and

page_text: come vnto vs and our people by the safe transportacon of borses and cattell for
our service and the service of our people, and willing to cherish such ingenious
and profitable invencons, that others maie heareafter imploy their tymes and
studies in soe laudable a course for the generall good of this our kingdome. And
fynding itt agreable to justice and behoofull for our honnor that the authors
and furtherers of soe vsefull invenĉons and publique good should in sonic
measure reape the fruite of their owne labours and travailes, and condiscending
vnto the peticon of the saide Hugh Wyott berein have, therefore, and for other
good causes and consideracons vs therevnto movinge, of our especiall grace
certaine knowledge, and meere močon given and graunted, and by theis
Presente doe for vs, our heirs and successors, give and graunt vnto the said
Hugh Wyott, his exccutors, administrators, and assignes, full and free
libertic, power, lycence, priuiledge, and authoritie, that he, the said Hugh
Wyott, his exccutors, administrators, and assignes, and every of them by hym
or themselves, or by his or their sufficient deputie or deputies, servant or
factors shall or lawfully maie, att all tymes hereafter and from tyme to
tyme for and during the terme of yeares heareafter in theis Presente graunted,
transporte, carrye over, and conveye or lycence to convey from our saide
Realme of Ireland to this our Realme of England, and contrariwise from
this our Realme of England to our saide Realme of Ireland, or to or from
anic other our domynions, anie horses or cattell whatsoever of what kinde,
nature, or qualitie soever according to the waie or meanes soe by
him invented as aforesaide, and not heretofore putt in practise or pfected by
anie other for the safe transportacon or importačon of cattell and horses
betweene our said Realmes of England and Ireland, and anie other our
Domynions.
And to the intent that the said Hugh Wyott, his exccutors, adminis
trators, and assignes, shall and may have, take, and enioy such benefitt
or pffitt as shall or maie arise, come, or accrewe, by the vse of the said
Invenĉon, during the. terme hereafter menconed; our will and pleasure is, and
wee doe by theis Presents, for vs, our heires and successors, of our especiall
grace, certaine knowledge and meere močon, and of our supreame power and
auctoritie, which wee will not have anie waies questioned or argued, streightly
charge, phibite, and comaunde, all and singuler, marchant and other person
and persons whatsoever, of what estate, degree, or condičon soever they or anie
of them bee or shalbe, that none of them other then the saide Hugh Wyott,
his executors, administrators, or assignes, deputies, factors, servante, or
mynisters, and such other person or persons by him to be therevnto appoynted

page_text: or lycenced and authorised, or some or one of them shall, duringe the terme
be: cafter, in and by theis Presente menconed, attempt, psume, or goe about,
directly, or indirectly, to transporte, carrie over, or convey anie horses or cattell
by anie such waies or meanes, soc by him the said Hugh Wyott first invented
and putt in practise and brought to perfeccon, or to make, frame, or sett vpp
anie engins or instrumente by him or them to be invented and made for the
purpose aforesaide, or anie waies to counterfeite the same, or anie of them, or
anie parte of them, or anie of them, vpon payne of forfeiture of all such cugins,
instrumente, and devises, soe to be made, vsed, or counterfeited for that
purpose contraric to the tenor, true intent, and meaninge of theis Presente,
and vpon such forfeiture, paynes, penalties, and imprisonments as by the lawes
and statutes of this our realm, or by our prerogative royall, can or maie
be asssesed, adiudged, or inflicted vpon the offendors for their contempt and
breach of our royall comaundement in that behalfe.
And wee doe further by theis Presente, for vs, our beires and succes-
sors, give and graunt vnto the saide Hugh Wyott, his executors, admi-
nistrators, and assignes, and his, their, and every of their deputies, factors,
servant and mynisters, and all other person or persons whatsoever soe
by him the said Hugh Wyott, his executors, administrators, and assignes,
or anie of them, to be therevnto deputed, appoynted, lycenced and autho-
rised, that they or anie of them shall and maie, from tyme to tyme and
att all tymes convenient during the terme hereafter menconed, with a
constable or other officers, enter into any shipp, boate bottome, or other
vessell, in England or Ireland, within anie of our creekes, havens, portes,
or other places whatsoever, as well within liberties as without, where they or
anie of them shall knowo or have just cause to suspecte anie cattell or horses
to be transported by the waies, meanes, or invenĉon of hym, the said Hugh
Wyott, first by him practised or brought to perfeccon, or the counterfeite
thereof, or anie parte thereof, without the leave, Iycenco, and authority of
him the said Hugh Wyott, his executors, administrators, or assignes, or other
thing donne contrarie to the true intent and meaning of theis psente, and
there to trye and search, by all lawful waies and meanes, for all such
cattell and horses soe transpoarted or about to be transpoarted contrary to
the tenor and true meaning of theis Presente, and fynding anie such to
stopp and staic the foresaide horses and cattell vntil the owners of them
have satisfyed the said Hugh Wyott, or his assignes, for the vsing of his fore-
said Invencon contrary to the true intent and meaning of theis psente, and
alsoe to seise the said engins, instrumente, and devises soe framed or vsed or

page_text: counterfeited, or anie parte thereof as forfeited to vs, our heires and successors;
the one inoytic thereof, soe farr as in vs lyeth, wee doe by theis Presente, for
vs, our heires and successors, graunt to the saide Hugh Wyott, his executors,
administrators, and assignes; and the other moytie thereof wee will, shalbe
reserved to vs, our heires and successors. And if in the executon thereof
they or anie of them shall fynde any opposičon or resistance, that then they or
some or one of them doc certifie the same into the Court of Exchequer of vs,
our heires and successors, vnder their or some of their handes in wrytinge,
to thend the offendors therein maie receive condigne punishment for their
offences, vnto which Court of Exchequer wee doe by theis sent for vs,
our heires and successors, give full power and authoritie, vpon such certificate.
as aforesaid and due proofe made, to inflict such punishment by fyne, ym-
prisonment, or otherwise vpon the offendors as their offences and contempte
shall deserve, and to the said Court shalbe thought mecte.
Provided alwaics, and our will and pleasure is, that theis sente or anic
thinge herein conteyned, shall not in anie wise hinder or Piudice anie person
or persons whatsoever for the transportačon of anie horses or cattell to or
from this our Realme of England, according to his, their, or anic of their
accustomed manner, onely soc as the same be not by the way and Invencon
first practised and brought to perfeccon by the said Hugh Wyott, as aforesaide,
or the counterfeite thereof, or of some parte thereof, but that they may and
shall have free libertie, without lycence, from the said Hugh Wyott, his exe-
cutors, administrators, or assignes, or anie of them, for the transportacon of
anie such cattell, according to their owne waies and meanes, onely as formerly
they have vsed to doe or might have donne.
And our further will and pleasure is, and wec doe hereby give and graunt
to the saide Hugh Wyott, bis executors, administrators, deputies, factors, and
servant, and such person or persons as shalbe by him, the said Hugh Wyott,
his executors, administrators, and assignes, therevnto nomynated, appoynted,
lycenced, and authorised, full power, lycence, and authoritic, to take, receive,
pceive, and have of anie person or persons for transportacon of anie such horses
and cattell soe by him, the saide Hugh Wyott, his executors, administrators,
and assignes, or such person or persons, as by him, his executors, administrators,
or assignes, shalbe deputed, lycenced, or authorised to be transpoarted, as afore-
saide; such somes of money and allowance for such safe transportačon as shalbe
reasonably concluded and agreed vpon betweene him, the said Hugh Wyott,
his executors, administrators, or assignes, deputies, factors, servante, and such
other persons so to be by him or them therevuto appoynted, deputed, lycenced,

page_text: and authorised, and anie other person or persons soe contracting or bargayning
with him, them, or anie of them as aforesaid upon warrant given for the safe
deliverie, discharge, and transportacon of such horses and cattell as aforesaide,
the casualty of shipwracke, pirates, and starving excepted, to have and to
hould, perceive, licence, vse, excise, and enioy, all and singuler the foresaid
liberties, priuiledge, graunte, authorities, and other the misses vnto the said
Hugh Wyott, his executors, administratore, and assignes, ymediately from and
after the date of theis sente vnto the full end, and terme, and for and during
the terme of fowerteene years from thence next ensuing, and fully to bee com-
pleate and ended without anie accompt or other matter or thinge, therefore
rendred, yielded, or made to vs, our heires or successors, for the premisses, or
aniei parte or parcell thereof.
And further, of our more especiall grace, certaine knowledge, and mecro
močon for the consideračons aforesaide, wee have given and graunted, and by
theis psente for vs our heires and successors, wee doe give and graunt vnto
the saide Hugh Wyott, his executors, administrators, and assignes, all such
proflitte, gaines, benefitte, and advantage, as shalbe from tyme to tyme
during the saide terme of years, made, gotten, raised, and obteyned by
the authorising, transportacon, lycencing and conveyance of anie cattell or
horses to or from theis our Realmes of England and Ireland, or to or from
anic our domynions in manner and forme aforesaid; to have, perceive, receive,
and take the said proffitt, gaine and benefitt to be raised and made as
aforesaide, to the said Hugh Wyott, his executors, administrators and
assignes, to their and every of their owne proper vse and behoofe, without
anic other or other thing to be given or rendred to vs, our heires or
successors for the same.
And further, wee will, and by theis Presente doe require, charge, and
comaund as well the Lord Chauncellor and Lord Keeper of our Greate
Scale of England as the Lord Chauncellor, or Keeper of our Greate Seale
of Ireland for the tyme being, that they and every of them respectively doc
make, or cause to be made vnto the saide Hugh Wyott, his executors,
administrators, and assigns, such and soe maine severall duplicates, con-
state, and exemplificačon of theis our Lřes Patente vnder the severall seales
of our said Realmes of England and Ireland, or either of them, of and con-
cerning all and singuler or anie the grauntes, articles, guifte; authorities;
liberties, and other thing in theis Presente conteyned, to be had, taken, exe-
cuted, and performed, in our said Realmes of England and Ireland, and the
Domynions of the same, and every of them, as he, the saide Hugh Wyott, his

page_text: executors, administrators, and assigns, or anie of them shall require; and theis
Psente, or thinrollment thereof, shalbe as well to them and every of them a
sufficient warrant and discharge in that behalfe without anic further or other
warrant from vs, our heires, or successors, to be in that behalfe had or pcured.
And further, wee doe hereby, for vs, our heires and successors, charge
and comaund, as well all and singuler, maiors, sherriffe, justices of peace,
bayliffe, and headboroughes, as all and singuler customers, comptrollers,
searchers, surveyors, and all other our officers and mynisters of vs, our heires
and successors, as well within our said Realme of Ireland as within this our
Realme of England, and in all and everie cittic, borrough, towne and place, as
well within liberties as without, as anic creekes, havens, or portes within our
said Kingdomes of England and Ireland, and either of them, and the domynions
of the same, and either of them, that they and every of them, from tyme to tyme
during the said terme by theis psente graunted, be ayding and assisting vnto the
said Hugh Wyott, his executors, administrators, and assignes, and his, their, or
anie of their deputies, factors, or Svante, or such other persons, soe by him, the
said Hugh Wyatt, his executors, administrators, and assignes, nomynated and
appoynted, lycenced or authorised, in the due execučon of all and singuler the
premisses, according to the true intent and meaning of theis sente, for his,
their, and everie of their most benefitt and advantage, vpon paine of our dis-
pleasure, and vnder such punishmente, censures, paynes, and penalties of
fynes, imprisonment, or otherwise, as by the lawes and statute of our said
realmes, or by our prerogative royall cann or may be inflicted vpon them, or
anie of them, for their negligence and contempt in that behalfe.
And alsoe wee doc by theis Presente, for vs, our heires, and successors,
graunt vnto the said Hugh Wyott, bis executors, administrators, and assignes,
and everic of them, that theis Presente, or the inrollment thereof, shall stand
and be, and shalbe soe construed and taken to bee good, firme, effectuall, and
suficient in the lawe of and for all thintent and purposes afore-menconed. and
shalbe adiudged strongly against vs, our heires and successors, and most avaylable
for the benefitt of the said Hugh Wyott, his executors, administrators, and
assignes, and every of them, in all our courtes of justice in either of our said
Realmes of England and Ireland, or elsewhere, wthout anie other or further
confirmacon, lycence, or tolleracons from vs, our heires or successors, hereafter
in any wise to be pcured or obteyned; notwithstanding the not pticuler or not
exact discribing of the said arte, skill, way, or invenĉon of transportacon of
anic horses or cattell betweene our saide realmes or anie other our domynions;
and notwithstanding the not pticuler discripcon of the waies, meanes, and

page_text: invenčon aforesaid, or anic former graunt, phibicon, or restraint, or anic
other thinge, cause, or matter whatsoever to the contrary in anie wise not-
withstanding; and notwithstanding any defect or incertenty conteyned in
theis sent or anic statute, pmission, proclamacon, restraint, cause, or matter,
to the contrary thereof in anie wise notwithstanding; although expresso
mencon, &c.