A NEW METHOD OF MAKING PATTENS TO BE WORN BY WOMEN, BY ALTERING THE COMPOSITION AND CLUMSINESS OP THEIR MAKE, AND PREVENTING THEIR PREQUENT BREAKING, AND UNEASINESS TO THE FEET
Year: 1798

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TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JETHRO
HORNBLOWER, of Whitehall, in the Parish of Kenwyn, in the County of
Cornwall, Engineer, sends greeting.
WHEREAS, by the King's most Excellent Majesty's Letters Patent under
the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at Westminster, the Fifteentli
day of November, in the thirty-ninth year of the reign of His said Majesty,
after reciting that the said Jethro Hornblower had, by his Petition, humbly
represented unto His Majesty that he had, by considerable study and appli-
cation, discovered, found out, and invented " A NEW METHOD OF MAKING
PATTENS TO BE WORN BY WOMEN, BY ALTERING THE COMPOSITION AND CLUMSINESS
OP THEIR MAKE, AND PREVENTING THEIR PREQUENT BREAKING, AND UNEASINESS
TO THE FEET," which Invention will be of general benefit and advantage,
as he verily beleived, that he is the first and true Inventor thereof, and that
the same hath never been used or exercised by any other person or persons
whomsoever, to the best of his knowledge and belief; the Petitioner therefore
most humbly prayed that His Majesty would be graciously pleased to grant
unto him, his exors, adiiors, and assigns, His Royal Letters Patent for the

page_text: sole use, exercise, benefit, and advantage of the said Invention within that
part of His Majesty's Kingdom of Great Britain called England, the
Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, for the term of
fourteen years, according to the Statute in that case made and provided;
and that His Majesty, being willing to give encouragement to all arts and
inventions which might be for the public good, was graciously pleased to con-
descend to the Petitioner's request, after which recitals His Majesty, by His
said Letters Patent made known, and of His special grace, certain knowledge,
and meer motion, for Himself, His heirs and successors, did give and grant
unto the said Jethro Hornblower, his exors, adññors, and assigns, His
Majesty's special licence, full power, sole privilege and authority, that he,
the said Jethro Hornblower, his exors, adñiors, and assigns, and every of them,
by himself and themselves, or his and their deputy or deputies, servants or
agents, or such others as he, the said Jethro Hornblower, his exors, admors,
or assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time
and at all times thereafter during the term of years therein expressed, should
and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend his said Invention within
that part of His Majestie's Kingdom of Great Britain called England, His
Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, in such manner as
to the said Jethro Hornblower, his exors, adiñiors, and assigns, or any of
them, should in his or their discretions seem meet; and that he, the said Jethro
Hornblower, his exors, admors, and assigns, should and lawfully might have
and enjoy the whole profit, benefit, commodity, and advantage from time to
time coming, growing, accruing, and arising by reason of the said Invention,
for and during the term of years therein mentioned; to have, hold, exercise,
and enjoy the said licence, powers, privileges and advantages therein-before
granted or mentioned to be granted unto the said Jethro Hornblower, his
exors, adñiors, and assigns, for and during and unto the full end and term
of fourteen years from the date of the reciting Presents next and immediately
ensuing, and fully to be compleat and ended, according to the Statute in such
case made and provided, under and subject to certain clauses and provisoes
therein mentioned and contained; and amongst others to a proviso that if the
said Jethro. Hornblower should not particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of his said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed,
by an instrument in writing under his hand and seal, and cause the same to
be inrolled in His Majesty's High Court of Chancery within one calendar
month next and immediately after the date of the reciting Letters Patent, that
then the said Letters Patent, and all liberties and advantages whatsoever
thereby granted should utterly cease, determine, and become void, anything

page_text: therein-before contained to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding,
as in and by the said Letters Patent, on reference thereto being had, will
more fully appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Jethro Hornblower, in compliance
with the said proviso, do hereby declare that my said Invention is described
in manner following (that is to say) :-
First, instead of that part of the common patten now made of wood, to
which the rings are rivetted, I substitute iron, or any other metallic substance,
which renders them much more elegant and lighter, and not so liable to collect
the dirt.
Secondly, in order to make the patten as light as possible, I make some
of thin iron plates, lattin or iron dipt in tin; and to prevent their bending or
giving way by the weight of the wearer, I apply a piece of iron, or any other
metallic substance, under the bend of the patten, rivetted at each end, which
prevents the patten from bending or getting out of its true form.
Thirdly, I cause the ties to be fixed to the iron by rivetting or otherwise.
Fourthly, in some cases, instead of the ties now made, I apply elastic
ties, made of metallick substances covered with leather, cloth, &c., somewhat
in form of the present ties.
Lastly, I fix to the hinder part of the patten or otherwise an elastic string
made of brass wire, or some other metallic substance, covered with leather,
cloth, &c., coming round the hinder part of the foot, thereby fixing the patten
more firm.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this Fourth
day of December, in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred
and ninety-eight.

page_text: EDWARDS, JU, XI.
AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Fourth day of December, in
the year of our Lord 1798, the aforesaid Jethro Hornblower came before
our said Lord the King in His Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification
aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained and, specified, in form
above written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stampt according
to the tenor of the Statutes made for that purpose.
Inrolled the Seventh day of December, in the year of our Lord One.
thousand seven hundred-and ninety-eight: