TO MAKE A WATCH OR CLOCKE WITHOUT STRING OR CHAINE, OR ANY OTHER KIND OF WINDING VPP BUT WHAT OF NECESSITY MUST NER OR KEPER THE SA WA OR C AND IF HEE LAY IT ASIDE SEVERALL DAYES AND WEEK WITHOUT LOOKING OR MEDDLING WITH IT, AND ALSOE AN INVENCON TO MAKE CERTAINE GUNNS OR PISTOLLS, WHICH IN THE TENTH PART OFONE MINUTE. OF AN HOURE MAY, WITH A FLASKE CONTRIVED TO THAT PURPOSE, BE RECHARGED, THE FOURTH PART OF ONE TURNE OF THE BARRELL, WHICH REMAINES STILL FIXT,
Year: 1661

page_text: WHEREAS our right trusty and entirely beloved couzin EDWARD, Marquesse
of WORCESTER hath for many yeares applyed his thought and studies, and
hath beene at very great charges, to contrive and perfect divers rare and new
Invenčons, contenting himselfe with the good and advantage which will
redound to the publique and to every particuler industrious workman or
curious persons who shall make vse of the said Invenčons, the product of his
extraordinary expences and ingenuity: And whereas, amongst other vsefull
and new Invencons of farr greater consequence, the said Marquesse bath
found out and experimented these severall new Inventons herein-after per-
ticularly menconed (that is to say), "TO MAKE A WATCH OR CLOCKE WITHOUT
STRING OR CHAINE, OR ANY OTHER KIND OF WINDING VPP BUT WHAT OF NECESSITY
MUST FOLLOW IF THE OWNER OR KEEPER OF THE SAID WATCH OR CLOCKE WILL
KNOW THE HOURE OF DAY OR NIGHT; AND YETT IF HEE LAY IT ASIDE SEVERALL
DAYES AND WEEK WITHOUT LOOKING OR MEDDLING WITH IT, IT SHALL GO VERY WELL,
AND AS JUSTLY AS MOST WATCHES THAT EVER WERE MADE AND ALSOE AN INVENCON
TO MAKE CERTAINE GUNNS OR PISTOLLS, WHICH IN THE TENTH PART OF ONE MINUTE.
OF AN HOURE MAY, WITH A FLASKE CONTRIVED TO THAT PURPOSE, BE RECHARGED,
THE FOURTH PART OF ONE TURNE OF THE BARRELL, WHICH REMAINES STILL FIXT,

page_text: FASTENING IT AS FORCEABLY AND EFFECTUALLY AS A DOZEN THRIDS OF ANY SCRUE,
WHICH IN THE ORDINARY AND VSUALL WAY REQUIRE AS MANY TURNES: ALSOE AN
INVENCON TO MAKE AN ENGINE APPLIABLE TO ANY COACH, BY WHICH A CHILD OF SIX
YEARES OLD MAY SECURE FROM DANGER ALL IN THE COACH, AND EVEN THE COACHMAN
HIMSELFE, THOUGH THE HORSES BECOME NEVER SOE VNRULY, THE CHILD BEING ABLE
IN THE TWINCKLEING OF AN EYE TO LOOSEN THEM FROM THE COACH, IN WHAT
POSTURE SOEVER THEY DRAW OR TURNE, BE IT EVER SOE SHORT, OR TO EITHER HAND:
LASTLY, AN INVENTION TO MAKE A BOATE THAT ROWETE, DRAWETH, OR SETTETH
EVEN AGAINST WINDE OR STREAME, YEA, BOTH, AND TO ANY PART OF THE COMPASSE
WHICH WAY SOEVER THE STREAME RUNS OR WIND BLOWES, AND YETT THE FORCE OF
THE WIND OR STREAME CAUSETH ITS MOCON, NOTHING BEING REQUIRED BUT A
STEERSMAN, AND WHILST THE BOATE STAYITH TO BEE LOADED OR VNLOADED, THE
STREAME OR WIND SHALL PERFORME SUCH WORKE AS ANY WATER MILL OR WIND
MILL IS CAPABLE OF:" all which new Invenĉons being of publique vse and
benefitt if the same were put in practice, and the lawes of England haveing
especially provided for the incouragement of such as are the first authors and
inventor of profittable and ingenious Invenĉons.
KNOW YEE, that wee, of our especiall grace, certaine knowledge, and
meere močon doe for vs, our heires and successo, give and grant vnto the
said Edward, Marquesse of Worcester, his executors, administrator, assignee,
and assignes, full power, licence, liberty, priviledge, and authoritye, that hee,
they, and every of them, by themselves or his or their deputy and deputies,
servante, agente, and workmen, or any of them, from tyme to tyme, and at
all tymes hereafter dureing the terme of yeares hereafter in these pnte
expressed, shall and may vse, exercise, and imploy all and every or any of the
aforesaid Inventons, before in and by these pnte perticulerly described, in
such manner as to him, them, or any of them, in his and their best judgment
and discrecĉons, shall seeme meete, and shall and may have, take, and enjoy
the sole benefitt and advantage comeing or arriseing by occasion or meanes
thereof dureing the terme of yeares hereby granted; and to the end the same
may accordingly bee enjoyed, our will and expresse command is, and by these
Pnte, for vs, our heires and successor, wee doe firmely and streightly charg
and command all and singuler our subject and other persons whatsoeve
(other than the said Edward, Marquesse of Worcester, his executor, admi
nistrators, assignee, and assignes, and the deputy and deputies of every or an
of them, or such other, his and their servante and agente, as they or som
of them shall authorize vnder their hands and seales in that behalfe), tha
dureing the terme of yeares hereafter in these pnte granted, they or any o
them doe not presume, goe about, or take in hand, directly or indirectly, t

page_text: make or cause to bee made, sell or cause to bec sold, any of the said severall
Invencons before in these pute described, or make any addicon to or sub-
straccon from the same, or any of them, whereby to pretend himselfe or
themselves the inventor or inventors of them or any of them, vpon paine
of our high displeasure, and of such other penalties, forfeitures, and punish-
ment as can by him bec inflicted on such offenders for such their contempt
of this our expresse command: And further, of our more ample grace, certaine
knowledge, and meere močon, wee doe by these Pnte, for vs, our heires
and successo, give and grant vnto the said Edward, Marquesse of Worcester,
his executors, administrators, assignee, and assignes, full power and authority
that hee and they, and his and their deputie and deputies, and such other
his or their servant, workmen, and agente as aforesaid, haveing first
obteyned a warrant in this behalfe from the Lord Cheife Justice of the
Court of Kinge Bench for the tyme being, may with a constable or any other
lawfull officer, att any fitt and convenient tyme or tymes of the day dureing
the terme hereby granted, and in lawfull manner enter into and have accesse
into any house, shopp, or other place whatsoever, where any just cause of sus-
picion shall bec, and there to search for the discovery and finding out every and
any offender and offenders and offence and offences that durcing the said termo
hereby granted, shalbe committed or done contrary or against any guift, grant,
licence, authority, and commandement, inhibicon, prohibicon, or other thing in
these our Letters Patente expressed, specified, and conteyned.
further will and pleasure is, and of our further grace, certaine knowledge, and
meere mocon wee doe, for vs, our heires and successo", grant vnto the said
Edward, Marquesse of Worcester, his executors, adm", assignee, and assignes,
that if any person or persons at any tyme or tymes hereafter durcing the said
terme of yeares hereby granted, doe or shall comitt any forfeiture, contempt,
offence, act, or thing contrary or against the true meaneing, effect, or intent
of any inhibicon, authority, commandement, licence, priviledge, or other thing in
or by these sente given, granted, and specified, or menconed or intended to
bee hereby given, granted, and specified, and doe not or shall not compound,
contract, and agree for the same with the said Edward, Marquesse of
Worcester, bis executo", adm", assignee, or assignes, deputie or deputies, or
some of them, that then it shall and may bee lawful to and for the said Edward,
Marquesse of Worcester, his executo", administrator, assignee, or assignes,
or any of them, in his or their owne name or names respectively, or otherwise,
according to the due course of law, to sue and implead, psecute, and punish all
and every such person and persons as shall offend contrary to the effect of any-
thing menconed and expressed in these psente, as heretofore in like cases hath
And our

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been vsed, and as by the lawe and statutes of this land or our Progatives royall
they may lawfully doc; to have, hold, exercise, occupie, vse, and enjoy all and
singuler the Invencon or Invencons, and other the misses in and by these
Pnt granted, authorised, licensed, and expressed, or menconed to bee given and
granted as aforesaid to the said Edward, Marquesse of Worcester, his executors,
administrators, assignee and assignes, and to his and their and every of their
only vse and behoofe, for and durcing the tearme of fourteene yeares from the
makeing hereof, fully to be compleate and ended, and to bee vsed, exercised,
and imployed as aforesaid. And our further will and pleasure and expresse
commandement is, and wec doe for vs, our heires and successors, streightly charge
and command all and every our justices of peace, mayo", sherifles, bayliffes,
constables, and all other our officers, ministers, and subjecte, that they and every
of them at all and every tyme and tymes, and from tyme to tyme durcing the
said terme of fourteene yeares, doc ayde and assist the said Edward, Marquesse
of Worcester, his executo", adm", assignee and assignes, deputy and deputies,
in the due execučon of all and every the misses according to the truc
intent and meancing hereof, in such manner as to them
respective places it doth and shall or may belong and appertaine: Provided
alwayes, that if at any tyme dureing the said terme of fourteene yeares it
shalbee made appeare vnto vs, our heires or successor, that this our grant
is in part or in the whole contrary to law, or Piudiciall or inconvenient,
and not of publique vse or benefitt within this our realme, or that the
said several Invenĉons or any of them are not new Invenĉons of the
said Marquesse, then vpon significacon and declaraĉon thereof to bee made
by vs, our heires or successors, these our Letters Patente, as to such and for
many of the said Invenčons as shalbee soe signified and declared to bee
inconvenient and not of publique vse or benefitt, or not to bee new Invenčons,
or that it bee contrary to law to grant the same as aforesaid, shall forthwith
cease, determine, and become void in lawe to all intent and purposes, and
the same not to bee further vsed, exercised, or imployed by vertue or colour of
these pnte, any thing herein-before conteyned to the contrary.notwithstanding:
Provided alsoe, that these our Letters Patente, or anything herein conteyned,
shall not extend or bee construed to extend to give priviledge vnto the said
Marquesse, his executo", administrator, or assignes, or any of them, to vsc or
imitate any invenĉon or worke found out and invented by any other person
or persons, and publiquely exercised within this our realme, vnto whom wee
have already granted our like Letters Patente of priviledge for the sole vse,
exercise, and benefitt thereof, it being our will and pleasure that the said
Marquesse, his executors, administrato", and assignes, and all and singuler

page_text: other person and
Patent
already granted our like Letters
of priviledge as aforesaid, shal distinctly vse and practice their
severall Invenĉons by them invented and found out, according to the truc
intent and meaneing of the said severall and
Pnte, for vs, our heires and
successors, grant vnto the said Marquesse, his executo", administrator, and
assignes, that these our Letters Patente, or the inrollment thereof, shalbec in
and by all thing
thereof, and shalbee taken, construed, and adjudged most favourable
and beneficial for the best benefitt and advantage of the said Marquesse, his
executo, administrato", and assigues, as well in all our
and qualitie of the
said severall new Invenĉons, or of any of them, or of the way and manner
of makeing thereof, or of the perticuler vsc and benefitt thereof, and notwith-
standing any other defect
provision, proclamacon, or restraint to the contrary thereof in any wise
notwithstanding.
In witnes, &c. Witnes, &c.
May it please yo' most excellent Majestic.
Yo Majio is hereby graciously pleased to grant vnto Edward, Marquesse of
Yo' Maji is hereby graciously pleased to grant vnto Edward, Marquesse of
Worcester the sole vse and exercise of his several new invencons concerning
watches or clocke, guns or pistolls, coaches, and boates, for fourteene yeares
nccording to the forme of the Statute in that behalfe made and provided, and
with such other clauses as are vsuall in grant of like nature.
[Record mutilated].
T. PALMER,
15 Nov. 1661.