WINDING AND THROWING OF SILKE
Year: 1690

page_text: Presents shall come greeting.
WHEREAS our trusty and welbeloved JOHN BARKSTEAD, of London,
Merchant, hath by his humble peticon represented vnto vs, that he hath arrived
at the perfeccon of making an engine never before vsed in England, for the
"WINDING AND THROWING OF SILKE," whereby the same may be wrought as
cheap, and aswell as in any part beyond the seas, and prayed vs to grant hin
our Letters Patents for the sole makeing and vending thereof, the said Invention
tending much to the incouragement of the importacon of raw silk from Italy.
and other places into this kingdome, to be here manufactured to the great
benefitt and advantage of our subiects.
KNOW YEE THEREFORE, that wee being graciously pleased to condescend
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
meer motion have given and granted, and by these psents, for vs, our heires
and successors, doe give and grant vnto the said John Barkstead, his executors,
administrators, and assignes, speciall lycence, full power, sole priviledge and
authority, that he, the said John Barkstead, his executors, administrators, and
assignes, and every of them, by themselves, or their deputy and deputies,
servants or agents, or such others as the said John Barkstead, his executors,
administrators, or assigns, shall at any time agree with, and noe others, from

page_text: time to time, and at all times durcing the terme of yeares herein expressed,
shall and lawfully may make, vend, and enioy the said Invention, within any
part or parts, place or places whatsoever, of or belonging to our Kingdome of
England, Dominion of Wales, and Towne of Berwick-vpon-Tweed, and all and
every or any of our kingdomes and dominions whatsoever, in such manner, and
according to such reasonable and lawfull rates and lymittacons, as to him the
said John Barkstead, his executors, administrators and assignes, or any of
them, shall in their discretions seeme meet. And that he, the, said John
Barkstead, his executors, administrators, and assignes, shall and may have
and enioy the sole benefitt, profitt, comodity, and advantage, from time to time
coming, growing. and ariseing by reason of the said Invention, for and dureing
the full terme of yeares herein mentioned; to have, hold, exercise, and enjoy
the said lycence, powers, priviledges, and advantages herein-before granted
or mentioned to be granted vnto the said John Barkstead, his executors,
administrators, and assignes, for and durcing and vnto the full end and terme
of fourteen yeares from the date of these sents next and immediately
ensueing, and fully to be compleate and ended according to the Statute in this
case made and provided. And to the end that the said John Barkstead, his
executors, administrators, and assignes, and every of them, may enjoy the full
benefitt, and the sole makeing and vending of the said Invention according to our
gratious intentions herein-before declared, wee doe by these psents, for vs, our
heires and successors, require and strictly command all and every person and
persons, bodies politique and corporate, and all other our subiccts what-
soever, 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 durcing the continuance of the said terme of fourteen
yeares hereby granted either directly or indirectly doe make, vend, vse, or put
in practice the said Invention or any part of the same soe attained vnto by the
said John Barkstead as aforesaid, nor shall in anywise counterfeit or resemble
the same, nor shall make or cause to be made any addition thereto or
substracĉon from the same, whereby to pretend themselves the inventers or
devisers thereof, without the lycence, consent, or agreement of the said John
Barkstead, his executors, administrators, or assignes, in writeing vnder his,
their, or some of their hands and scales first had and obtained in that behalfe
vpon such paines and penaltyes as can or may be iustly inflicted on such offen-
ders for their contempt of this our royall command, and further to be answerable
to the said John Barkstead, his executors, administrators, and assignes, according
to law, for his and their damages thereby occasioned. And wee doc of our
further especiall grace, certain knowledge, and meere mocon, for vs, our

page_text: heires and successors, grant vnto the said John Barkstead, his executors,
administrators, and assignes, by these psents, that he, they, and every of them;
and his, their, and every of their deputies, servants, and agents (haveing first
obtained a lawfull warrant from the Lord Cheif Justice of our Court of Kings
Bench at Westminster for the time being, and with the assistance of a con-
stable or any other lawful officer) at convenient times in the day, dureing the
terme hereby granted, and in lawful manner may enter into and make search
in any place or places whatsoever, within any of our kingdoms or dominions
(where there shall be iust cause of suspition) for the discovery and finding out
of all and every person and persons as shall imitate or cause to be imitated, or
shall vse or put in practise the said Invention, or shall make or counterfeit
any instruements or materialls to the same belonging, that soe such offendor
or offenders may be proceeded against and punished according to law; and
further wee doe by these psents, for vs, our heires and successors, will,
authorize, and comand all and singuler justices of the peace, mayors;
sheriff's, bayliffs, constables, headboroughs, and all other officers and ministers
whatsoever of vs, our heires and successors for the time being, aswell
within our Kingdome of England and Dominion of Wales, as within all
and every other our kingdoms and dominions, that they and every of
them respectively be from time to time durcing the terme hereby granted
in their respective offices, favouring, ayding, helping, and assisting vnto the
said John Barkstead, his executors, administrators, and assignes, and to his
and their deputy and deputies, servants and agents, in and by all things in and
about the accomplishment of our royall will and pleasure herein-before declared
and in the exercise and execution of the powers and priviledges hereby
granted as aforesaid. And moreover, wee doe by these psents, for vs, our
heires and successors, will and command that our respective officers and
ministers before, mentioned, or any of them, do not nor shall at any time
hereafter dureing the said terme hereby granted, in anywise molest, trouble,
or hinder the said John Barkstead, his executors, administrators, or assignes,
or any of his or their deputyes, servants, or agents, in or about the due and
lawful makeing, vending, use, or exercise of the aforesaid Invencon, or any
thing relateing thereto, provideing alwayes, and these my Letters Patent are
and shall be upon this condicon, that if at any time dureing the terme here-
before granted, it shall be inad appeare to vs, our heires or successors, or any
six or more of our or their Privy Counsell that this our grant is contrary to
law or prejudiciall or inconvenient to our subiects in generall, or that the said
Invenčon is not a new Invencon as to the publick use and execise thereof,
and not invented and found out by the said John Barkstead as aforesaid, then

page_text: upon signification & declaračon thereof, to be made by us, our heires or suc-
cessors, under our or their signett or privy scale, or by the. Lords or others of
our or their Privy Counsell, or any six or more of them, under their hande,
these our Letters Patents shall forthwith sease, determine, and be vtterly void
to all intents & purposes, any thing before herein conteined to the contrary
anywise notwithstanding: Provided also, these our Letters Patents, or any
thing therein conteined, shall not extend or bee construed to extend, to give
priviledge unto the said John Barkstead, his executors, administrators, or
assignes, or any of them, to use or imitate any Invenčon or worke whatsoever
which hath heretofore been found out or invented by any other of our subjects
whatsoever, and publickly used or exercised within our said realmes and
dominions, or any of them, unto whom like Letters Patents of privilege have
been already granted, for the sole use, exercise, & benefitt thereof, itt being
our will and pleasure that the said John Barkstead, his executors, adminis-
trators, and assignes, and all and singular other person and persons, to whom
like Letters Patents and privileges have been already granted, as aforesaid,
shall distinctly use and practice there severall Invencons 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, we do by these Presents,
for us, our heires and successors,
unto the said John Barkstead, his
assignes, that these our Letters Patents, or the
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cutors, and administrators and assignes, as well in all Courte of Record as elsc-
where, & by all singular the officers & ministers whatsoever of us, our heires
& successors, in all and singular our realmes and dominions whatsoever, &
amongst all and every the subiects of us, our heires & successors whatsoever
and wheresoever, notwithstanding the not full & certaine describing the
quallity of yo said Invenčon, or of the materialls
thereto conduceing
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