A CERTAINE ENGINE OR MILL FOR THE HULLING OF BLACK PEPPER AND BARLEY
Year: 1677

page_text: p'sent shall come greeting.
WHEREAS our trusty and welbeloved subicct, EDWARD NELTHORPE, of
London, Merchant, by his humble peticon hath represented vnto vs that with
greate labour & expence hec hath invented & found out "A CERTAINE ENGINE
OR MILL FOR THE HULLING OF BLACK PEPPER AND BARLEY," which was never yet
vsed by any but himselfe, and hath humbley besought vs to grant vnto him or
to such as hee shall nõiate, the sole licence of exercizeing & enioying the said
Invencon and the profitte arriseing thereby for the terme of fourteene yeeres,"
according to the Statute in that case prided, and wee being credibley informed
that the said Invencon may bee of publicke comodity to our subiect wee are,
gratiously pleased to condescend to his said request.
KNOWE YEE, THEREFORE, that wee, for the reasonsafore said, and alsoe.
for divers other good causes & consideracons vs herevnto moveing, and to,
the intent that the said Edward Nelthorpe may reape some reasonable com-
pensacon for his greate paines & charges susteyned in & about the misses, of
our speciall grace, certaine knowledge, & meer mocon, have given & granted,
and by these Psents for vs, our heires and successors, doe give & grant vnto
our welbeloved subiect, CHARLES MILSON, of our said Citty of London, Mer-
chant, his executors, admors, & assignes, at the speciall instance, request, &
humble nominacon of the said Edward Nelthorpe, speciall licence, full power,
sole priviledge & authority, that hee, the said Charles Milson, bis executors,
adinors, & assignes, and every of them, by themselves or their deputy &
deputies, servante & agente, and such others as the said Charles Milson, his
executors, adñiors, or assignes, shall at any tyme agree with, and noe other,
from tyme to tyme and at all times hereafter dureing the terme herein-after
mencoed, shall & may lawfully vse, exercise, & eniny the said Invencon

page_text: before ticulerly menconed & described within any place or places whatsoever,
as well within liberties as without, in our Kingdome of England, Dominion of
Wales, & Towne of Berwicke-vpon-Tweed; and that hee the said Charles
Milson, his executors, adññiors, & assignes, shall & may have & enioy the sole
benefitt, profitt, commoditie, & advantage from tyme to tyme comeing, growing,
& arriseing by reason of the said Invenĉon; to have, hold, exercise, & enioy
the said licence, powers, priviledges, profitte, & advantages herein-before
granted or mencued to bee granted vnto him the said Charles Milson, his
exccutors, adñiors, & assignes, for & dureing the full end & terme of fourteene
yecres from the day of the date of these sente next ensueing and fully to be
compleate & ended, according to the Statute in this case made & pvided,
and to the end that the said Charles Milson, his exccutors, adiñiors, &
assignes, may euioy the full and whole benefitt and the sole vse & exercise cf
the said Invencon according to our gratious intendons herein before expssed,
wee doe by these sente for vs, our heires & successors, require & strictly
comand all & every person & persons, bodies politicke & corporate, and all other
our subicct whatsoever, of what estate, quality, degree, or condicon soever
they bee, that neither they nor any of them at any tyme or tymes durcing the
said terme of fourteene yeeres herein-before granted or menconed to bec
granted either directly or indirectly doe vse or putt in practise the said engine
or mill, or any parte of the said Invenĉon soe attained as aforesaid, nor shall
make or cause to bee made any manner of instrumente or other materialls what-
soever, touching or relateing to the said Invencon, nor shall convert or cause to
bec converted from any former shape or quality any matter or thing whatsoever,
whereby or by reason whereof the said Invencon, or any parte thereof or any
thing relateing thereto, may bee putt in practice contrary to the true meaneing
of these sente, nor shall in anywise counterfeite or resemble the said Inven-
Con, or any parte thereof, nor shall make or cause to bee made any addicon
thereto or substracĉon from the same whereby to tend themselves the inven-
tors or devisors thereof without the licence, consent, or agreement of the said
Charles Milson, his executors, adñíors, or assignes, in writeing vnder his or
their hande & seals first had & obteyned in that behalfe, vpon such paines &
penalties as can or may bee inflicted on such offenders for their contempt of
this our royall command; and further to bee answercable to the said Charles
Milson, his executors, adñiors, & assignes, according to the vtmost rigour of the
law for his & their damages thereby susteyned. And wee dce, of our further
special grace, certaine knowledge, & meere močon, for vs, our heires & suc-
cessors, grant vnto the said Charles Milson, his executors, adñiors, & assignes,
by these sent, that he, they, & every of them, and his, their, and every of thei

page_text: deputies, servante, & agente haveing first obteyned a lawfull warrant from the
Lord Cheife Justice of our Court of Kinge Bench at Westñi for the tyme being,
and with the assistance of a constable or any other lawfull oflicer, at convenient
tymes in the day during the terme hereby granted & in lawful manner, may enter
into & make search in any houses, tenem, or other places whatsoever, within
our said Kingdome of England, Dominion of Wales, & Towne of Berwicke,
where there shalbee iust cause of suspicon, for & in order to the discovery.
& findeing out of all & every such person and psons as shall imitate or cause to
bec imitated, or shall vse or putt in practice the said Inventon or any parte
thereof soc atteyned vnto as aforesaid, or shall make or counterfeite any
instrumente, materialls, engines, or other matters or thing to the same re-
lateing or belonging, that soc such offender or offenders may bee pceeded
against and punished according to his & their demerite, and his & their
Ptended invenčons & work then & there found may be seized vpon, broken
in peeces, & defaced, and the materialls thereof left in the hande or custody of
some constable or other officer to bee disposed in such manner & forme as wee,
our heires or successors, shall from tyme to tyme direct & appoint. And
further wec doc by these our Lřes Patente, for vs, our heires & successors,
will, authorise, and command all & singular justices of the peace, maiors,
sherriffe, bailiffe, constables, headboroughs, & all other officers and ministers
whatsoever of vs, our heires & successors for the tyme being, within our
kingdome & dominion aforesaid, that they and every of them respectively bee
from time to time during the said terme hereby granted, in their respective
offices & imploym", favering, aiding, helping, & assisting vnto the said.
Charles Milson, his executors, adñiors, & assignes, and to his and their
deputies, agente, & servante, in & by all thing in & concerning the accom-
plishment of our royall will & pleasure herein-before declared; and moreover
wee doe hereby, for vs, our heires & successors, will & command that our
said respective officers or any of them doe not nor shall att any tyme during
the said terme of fourteene yeares molest, hinder, or interrupt the said Charles
Milson, his executors, aditiors, assignes, deputies, agent or servante, in or
concerning the vse & exercise of the aforesaid Invencon or
any thing
relateing thereto: pvided alwaies, and these our Lřes Patente are & shalbe
vpon this conditon, that if at any time dureing the said terme it shall be
made appeare to vs, our heires or successors, or to any six or more of our or
their Privy Councell, that this our grant is Piudiciall or inconvenient to our
subiect in generall, and that the said Invencon is not a new Invencon as to the
publique vse & exercise thereof, and not invented & found out as herein-before
is expssed, then, vpon significacon & declaračon of any such piudice or

page_text: inconvenience to be made by vs, our heires or successors, vnder our or their
signett or privy seale, or by the Lorde, or others of our or their Privy Councell
or any six or more of them vnder their hande, these our Lřes Patente
shall forthwith cease & determine, anything herein-before conteyned to the
contrary notwithstanding: Provided also, that these our Lies Patent or any
thing therein conteyned shall not extend or bee construed to extend to give
priviledge to the said Charles Milson, his executors, adñiors, or assignes, to vse
or imitate
any invenĉon heretofore found out or invented by any other of our
subiect or subiecte whatsoever, and publiquely exercised within our said
realmes & dominion vnto whome wee have already granted our like Letters
Patent or priviledge for the sole vse & benefitt thereof, itt being our royall will
& pleasure that the said Charles Milson, his executors, adñiors, & assignes,"
and all & singular other pson & persons to whome wee have already granted our
like Letters Patent or priviledges, shall distinctly vse & practice their severall
invenĉons by them invented & found out, according to the true tenor &
meancing of the same Lies Patente & of these psente; and alsoc provided
alwaies, that this our psent grant, or any priviledge or power therein conteyned,
shall not extend or bec construed to extend to the vacateing, impeaching, or
diminishing of any powers or priviledges whatsoever by vs heretofore granted-
to the East India Company of London, in reference to the importacon of
black pepper, hulled, into this our Kingdome of England, any thing herein
conteyned to the contrary notwithstanding; and, lastly our will & pleasure is
and wee doc hereby for vs, our heires and successors, grant vnto the said Charles
Milson, his executors, adññiors, & assignes, that these our Lřes Patent or the
inrollem thereof shalbe in & by all thinge good, firme, valid, & effectual in the
lawe according to the intent & true meancing of the same, notwitlistanding
the not full and certaine describeing of the natures, manners, or qualities of
the said Invenĉon, or of the materialls or other thinge thereto belonging;
and notwithstanding that the said licence, powers, & advantages herein-before,
menconed are not hereby expresly granted to the said Edward Nelthorpe
the first inventor as aforesaid, or any act, statute, ordinance, pelamacon,
pvision, restriccon, or any other matter, cause, or thing whatsoever to the
contrary in any wise notwithstanding.
In witnes &c. Witnes the King at West the Fourteenth day of
February.
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