A WAY OR ART OF MAKING GREEN OYLE BY A PECULIAR METHOD OF PREPARING AND BOYLING MATERIALLS, PRINCIPALLY OF THE PRODUCT OF GREAT BRITAIN, NEVER BEFORE PRACTISED IN OUR DOMINIONS, FIT FOR VSE IN THE WOOLLEN MANUFACTURE (IN WHICH GREAT QUANTITYS OF OYLE ARE DAYLY VSED), AND FOR MAKING SOFT SOAP FOR BLEACHING LINNEN, AND IS ALSO EATABLE, AND THAT MAKING SUCH OYLE MAY BE OF GREAT ADVANTAGE TO OUR SUBIECTS TRADING IN THOSE MANUFACTURES AND TO THE NATION IN GENERALL, BY RENDRING SUCH OYLE CHEAPER THAN IT NOW IS OR CAN BE AFFORDED
Year: 1708

page_text: come, greeting.
WHEREAS our trusty and welbeloved ROBERT PEASE, of our Town of
Kingston-upon-Hull, Merchant, hath, by his peticon, humbly represented
vnto vs, that he hath discovered "A WAY OR ART OF MAKING GREEN OYLE BY
A PECULIAR METHOD OF PREPARING AND BOYLING MATERIALLS, PRINCIPALLY OF THE
PRODUCT OF GREAT BRITAIN, NEVER BEFORE PRACTISED IN OUR DOMINIONS, FIT FOR
VSE IN THE WOOLLEN MANUFACTURE (IN WHICH GREAT QUANTITYS OF OYLE ARE
DAYLY VSED), AND FOR MAKING SOFT SOAP FOR BLEACHING LINNEN, AND IS ALSO
EATABLE, AND THAT MAKING SUCH OYLE MAY BE OF GREAT ADVANTAGE TO OUR
SUBIECTS TRADING IN THOSE MANUFACTURES AND TO THE NATION IN GENERALL, BY
RENDRING SUCH OYLE CHEAPER THAN IT NOW IS OR CAN BE AFFORDED;" and hath
therefore humbly prayed vs to grant him our Letters Patents for the sole vse
of the said Invenčon for the term of fourteen yeares.
KNOW YEE, THEREFORE, that wee being gratiously pleased to con-
descend to that his request, and willing to encourage the inventor of such arts
as may be of publio vse and benefit, of our especial grace, certain knowledge,
and meer motion, have given and granted, and by these presents, för vs, our
heires and successors, do give and grant vnto the said Robert Pease, his exe-
cutors, administrators, and assignes, especiall lycence, full power, sole priviledge
and authority, that he, the said Robert Pease, his executors, administrators, and
assignes, and every of them, by themselves or his or their deputy or deputys,
servants or agents, or such others as the said Robert Pease, his executors,
administrators, or assignes, shall at any time agree with, and no others, from

page_text: time to time and at all times during the term of yeares herein expressed,
shall and lawfully may make, make, vse, exercise, and enioy, within England,
Wales, and Town of Berwick-vpon-Tweed, the said invenčon or art of
makeing green oyle as aforesaid, in such manner as to him, the said Robert
Pease, his executors, administrators, and assignes, or any of them, shall in
their discretions seem meet; and that he, the said Robert Pease, his executors,
administrators, and assignes, shall and may have and enioy the sole profit,
benefit, commodity, and advantage from time to time coming, growing,
accruing, and ariseing by reason of the said art, for and during the full end
and terme of yeares herein menconed; to have, hold, vse, exercize, and enioy
the said lycence, powers, priviledges, and advantages herein-before granted or
menčoned to be granted vnto the said Robert Pease, his executors, adminis-
trators, and assignes, for and during and vnto the full end and terme of
fourteen yeares from the date of these presents next and imediately ensuing
and fully to be compleat and ended according to the statute in this caso
made and provided; and to the end that the said Robert Pease, his executors,
administrators, and assignes, and every of them, may have and enioy the full
benefit, and the sole making, vending, vse, and exercise of the said art or
invencon according to our gratious intention herein-before declared, wec do by
these presents, for vs, our heires and successors, require and strictly command
all and every person and persons, bodys politick and corporate, and all other
our subiects whatsoever, of what estate, quality or degree, name or condicon
soever they be, within England, Wales, and Town of Berwick-vpon-Tweed
aforesaid, that neither they or any of them, at any time during the continuance
of the said term of fourteen yeares hereby granted, either directly or indi-
rectly do make, vse, or put in practice the said art or invenčon, or any part
of the same so attained unto by the said Robert Pease as aforesaid, nor shall
in anywise counterfeit, imitate, or resemble the same, nor shall make or cause
to be made any addition thereunto or substraction from the same, whereby to
pretend themselves the inventor or inventors, devisor or devisors thereof,
without the lycence, consent, or agreement of the said Robert Pease, his
executors, administrators, or assignes, in writing vnder his, their, or some of
their hand and seales first had and obtained in that behalfe, vpon such paines
and penaltys as can or may be iustly inflicted on such offenders for their con-
tempt of this our royall comand, and further, to be answerable to the said
Robert Pease, his executors, administrators, and assignes, according to law,
for his and their damage thereby occasioned; and moreover, wee do by these
presents, for vs, our heires and successors, will and cōmand all and singular
our justices of the peace, mayors, sheriffs, bayliffs, constables, headboroughs,

page_text: and all other officers and ministers whatsoever of vs, our heires and successors
for the time being, that they or any of them do not nor shall at any time
hereafter, during the said term hereby granted, in anywise molest, trouble, or
hinder the said Robert Pease, his executors, administrators, or assignes, or any
of his or their deputies, servants, or agents, in or about the due and lawfull
making vse or exercise of the aforesaid art or invenčon, or anything relating
thereto: Provided always, and these our Letters Patents are and shall be
vpon this condičon, that if at any time during 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 preiu-
diciall or inconvenient to our subiects in generall, or that the said Invencon
is not a new invenčon as to the publick vse and exercise thereof within
England, and not invented and found out by the said Robert Pease as afore-
said, then, vpon signification and declaration thereof, to be made by vs, our
heires or successors, vnder our or their signet or privy seale, or by the lord?
and others of our or their Privy Councill, or any six or more of them, vnder
their hande, these our Letters Patents shall forthwith cease, determine, and
be vtterly void to all intents and purposes, anything herein-before contained
to the contrary notwithstanding; provided also, that these our Letters Patents
or anything herein contained shall not extend or be construed to extend to
give privilege to the said Robert Pease, his executors, administrators, or
assignes, or any of them, to vse or imitate any invention or work whatsoever
which hath been heretofore found out or invented by any other of our subiects
whatsoever, and publickly vsed or exercised within England, vnto whom like
Letters Patents or privilege have been already granted for the sole vse, exer-
cise, and benefit thereof; it being our will and pleasure that the said Robert
Pease, his executors, administrators, and assignes, and all and every other
person and persons to whom like Letters Patents or priviledge have been
already granted as aforesaid, shall distinctly vse and practice their severall
invenčons 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 do by these presents, for vs, our heires and successors, grant to the
said Robert Pease, his executors, administrators, and assignes, that these our
Letters Patents, or the inrollment thereof, shall be in and by all thing good,
firme, valid, sufficient, 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 beneficiall sense for the best advantage of the said Robert
Pease, his executors, administrators, and assignes, as well in all courts of
record as elshere, and by all and singular the officers and ministers what-

page_text: soever of vs, our heires and successors, in all and singular our realmes and
dominions whatsoever, and amongst all and every the subiects of vs, our
heires and successors whatsoever and wheresoever, notwithstanding the not
full and certain describing the nature and quality of the said art or Inventon,
or of the matterialls thereto conducing and belonging.
In witnesse, &c. Witnesse our selfe at Westminster, the Twenty-
seaventh day of August.
By Writt of Privy Seale.