A NEW SORT OF ENGINE TO CLEARE WATER OUT OF SHIPPS (MUCH BETTER THEN ANY CHAINE PUMPS), AND TO QUENCH FIRE IN THEM OR IN HOUSES VPON ANY ACCIDENT, AND FOR DRAINING OF MINES (BY A MUCH EASIER WAY THAN YET EVER WAS PRACTISED
Year: 1692

page_text: WHEREAS our trusty and welbeloved subiect THOMAS GLADWYN hath by
his humble petition represented vnto vs, that after much cost, study, and
paines, he has found out and invented "A NEW SORT OF ENGINE TO CLEARE WATER
OUT OF SHIPPS (MUCH BETTER THEN ANY CHAINE PUMPS), AND TO QUENCH FIRE IN
THEM OR IN HOUSES VPON ANY ACCIDENT, AND FOR DRAINING OF MINES (BY A MUCH
EASIER WAY THAN YET EVER WAS PRACTISED," which said engine hath not bin
heretofore knowne or practised by any of our subiects, and hath prayed vs
to grant him our Letters Patents for the sole vse thereof.
KNOW YEE, THEREFORE, that wee, being graciously pleased to con-
descend to that his request, and willing to incourage the inventers of 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 psents for
vs, our heires and successors, doe give and grant vnto the said Thomas Glad-
win, bis executors, administrators, and assignes, speciall lycence, full power,
sole priviledge, and authority, that he, the said Thomas Gladwin, his executors,
administrators, and assignes, and every of them, by themselves, or 'his, or
their deputy and deputies, servants or agents, or such others as the said
Thomae Gladwin, his executors, administrators, or assignes, shall at any time

page_text: agree with, and.noe others, from time to time and at all times durcing the
terme of yeares herein expressed, shall, and lawfully may make, vend, vse,
exercise, and enioy the said engine or Invention to cleare water out of shipps,
and to quench fire in them or in houses, and for draining of mines within any
part or parts, place or places whatsoever, of, in, or belonging to our Kingdome
of England, Dominion of Wales, and Towne of Berwicke-vpon-Tweed, and
all and every, or any our kingdomes and dominions whatsoever, in such
manner and according to such reasonable and lawfull rates and limittacons as
to him the said Thomas Gladwin, his executors, administrators, and assignes,
or any of them, shall in their discretion seeme meet. And that he, the said
Thomas Gladwin, his executors, administrators, and assignes, shall, and may
have and enioy the sole benefitt, profitt, comodity, and advantage, from time to
time, comeing, growing, and ariseing by reason of the said engine or invention
for and durcing the full terme of yeares herein mentioned; to have, hold,
exercise, and enioy the said lycence, powers, priviledges, and advantages, berein-
before granted or menconed to be granted, vnto the said Thomas Gladwin,
his exccutors, administrators, and assignes, for, and durcing, and vnto the full
end and terme of fourteen yeares from the date of these sents next and ime-
diately ensucing, and fully to be compleate and ended, according to the statute
in this case made and provided. And to the end that the said Thomas
Gladwin, his executors, administrators, and assignes, and every of them may
enioy the full benefitt, and the sole vse, makeing, and vending of the said engine
or Invention, according to our gratious intentions herein-before declared, wee
doc, by these Presents, for vs, our beires and successors, require and strictly
command all and every person and persons, bodies politique and corporate, and all
other our subiects whatsoever, of what estate, quality, or degree, name or condicon
soever they be, within all and every our kingdomes and dominions, that neither
they nor any of them at any time dureing the continuance of the said terme of
fourteen yeares hereby granted, either directly or indirectly, doe make, vse, or put
in practise the said Invention, or any part of the same soe attained vnto, by
the said. Thomas Gladwin as aforesaid, nor shall in any wise counterfeit or
resemble the same, nor shall make or cause to be made any addition thereto
or subtracčon from the same whereby to pretend themselves the inventers or
devisors thereof, without the lycence, consent, or agreement of the said
Thomas Gladwin, his executors, adininistrators, or assignes, in writeing 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 Gladwin, his executors, administrators, and

page_text: assigues, according to law, for his and their damages thereby occasioned. And
moreover, wec doc by these Presents, for vs, our heires and successors, will and
comand that all and singular justices of the peace, mayors, sheriff's, bayliff's,
constables, and all other officers, and ministers whatsoever of vs, our heires
and successors, that neither they or any of them doc, or shall at any time
hereafter during the said terme hereby granted in any wise molest, trouble,
or hinder the said Thomas Gladwin, his executors, administrators, or assignes,
or any of his or their deputies, servants or agents, in or about the due
and lawful makeing, vscing, or exerciseing of the said engine or Inven
tion, or any thing relateing thereto; Provided always, and these our Letters
Patents are and shall be vpon this conditon, that if at any time dureing
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 Councill, that this our
grant is contrary to law, or preiudicial or inconvenient to our subiects in
generall, or that the said Invention is not a new Invention, as to the publick
vse and exercise thereof, within this kingdome, and not invented and found
out by the said Thomas Gladwin as aforesaid, then ypon signification and
declaration thereof to be made by vs, our heires, or successors, vnder our or
their signett or privy scale, 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
purposses, anything before herein contained to the contrary in any wise not-
withstanding: Provided alsoe, that these our Letters. Patents, or anything
therein contained, shall not extend or be construed to extend to give privilege
vnto the said Thomas Gladwin, his executors, administrators, or assignes, or
any of them, to vse or imitate any Invention or worke whatsoever, which
hah bin heretofore found out or invented by any other of our subiects what-
soever, and publickly vsed or exercised within our said realmes and dominions
or any of them, vnto whome like Letters Patents or priviledge have been
already granted for the sole vse, exercise, and benefitt thereof, it being our
will and pleasure that the said Thomas Gladwin, his executors, administrators,
and assignes, and all and singular other person or persons to whome like
Letters Patents or priviledges have been already granted as aforesaid, shall
distinctly vse and practise their severall Inventions by them invented and
found out, according to the true intent and meaning 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 Gladwin, his
executors, administrators, and assignes, that these our Letters Patents, or
the inrollment thereof, shall be in and by all things go al, firme, valid, suffi-

page_text: cient, and effectuall in the law, according to the true intent and meaning
thereof, and shall be taken, construed, and adiudged in the most favourable
and beneficial sense, for the best advantage of the said Thomas Gladwin,
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 domi-
nions whatsoever, and amongst all and every the subiects of vs, our heires
and successors, whatsoever and wheresover, notwithstanding the not full and
certaine describeing the nature or quality of the said Invention, or of the
materialls thereto conduceing and belonging.
In witnesse, &c. Witnesse ourselves at Westminster, the Eleaventh day