MAKING STAUNCH ALL MANNER OF PLATTFORMES, TARISES, OR ANY OTHER ROOMES BELONGING TO ARCHITECTURE, SOE THAT NEYTHER FIRE OR WATER SHALL NEVER ENDANGER OR HURTE ANY HOWSE OR HOUSES BEING FINISHED WITH HIS WORKE
Year: 1633

page_text: CHARLES, by the grace of God Kinge of England, Scotland, France, and
Ireland, Defendor of the Faith, &c., to all to whome theise psente shall come,
greeting.
WHEREAS DEKINS BULL, by his humble peticon vnto us exhibited, hath.
shewed vnto vs that wee, for the beautifying the Cittic of London and the
subvrbs thereof, have enioyned all new buildings to bee made of bricke; and
the said Dekins, by his painefull endeavoure and studdy, hath founde out a
seacrett mistery for the "MAKING STAUNCH ALL MANNER OF PLATTFORMES,
TARISES, OR ANY OTHER ROOMES BELONGING TO ARCHITECTURE, SOE THAT NEYTHER
FIRE OR WATER SHALL NEVER ENDANGER OR HURTE ANY HOWSE OR HOUSES BEING
FINISHED WITH HIS WORKE;" and he will doe the same with very little more
charge then now the builder is att, and will approve itt to be for strength,
pleasure, health, and proffitt of the subiect, aswell as his safety from casualty
of fire and water, and hath humbly besought vs to bee graciously pleased to
graunte vnto him our Lřes Patente for one and twenty yeeres, that none but
hee or his deputies may vse or practise his said Invenčon in this our Kingdome.
of England.
KNOWE YEE, that wee, graciously favouring the said Dekins Bull in his
said mistery, and willing to futher and cherrish all such ingenious and
proffitable invenĉons, and hoping that the practise of the same may tend to
the generall and publique good of the cōmonwealth, wee doe, therefore, of
our especiall grace, certaine knowledge, and meere motion, for vs, our heires

page_text: and successors, will and give and graunte vnto the said Dekins Bull, his
executors, administrators, and assignes, full, free, and absolute licence, liberty,
power, and authority, that hee, the said Dekins Bull, his executors, adminis-
trators, and assignes, by him or themselves, orby his or their deputies, servante,
factors, or workemen, and none other, shall and may at all and every tyme and
tymes hereafter, and from tyme to tyme, during the terme of fourteene yeeres
next ensucing the date of theise sente, att his and their owne propper coste
and charges, vse, exercise, practise, and putt in vse, within this our Kingdome
of England, the mistery and arte of making staunch all manner of plattformes,
tarises, or any other roomes belonging to architecture, by the way whereof
hee, the said Dekins Bull, was the first and true inventor, and which others
have not vsed or putt in practise within this our realme, att his and their and
every of their will and pleasure, and to make the best benefitt and advantage
of the same during the said terme, and to receive the same to his and their
owne vse; wherefore our will and pleasure is, and by theise psente, of our
especiall grace, certaine knowledge, and meere močon, we doe, for vs, our
heires and successors, straightly inhibitt and forbidd all and every other
person and persons whatsoever, of what estate, degree, or condicon hee or. they
or anie of them bec, that none of them other then the said Dékins Bull, his
executors, administrators, substitutes, deputyes, workemen, or assignes, or
any of them, doe or shall, duringe' the said terine of fourteene yeeres,..vse/or
practise, directly or indirectly, the Invenĉon or waye for making staunch
platformės, tarises, or other thing. aforesaid,, by the said .Dekins. Bull first
invented, and not vsed by others within this realme, without the licence, consent,
or agreement of the said Dekins Bull, his executors, administrators, or assignes,
or some or one of them, first had and obteyned;. to have, and to holde the
said. licences, priuiledges; powers, and authorityes, and other the. Pmisses
by theise sente menconed to bee graunted to the said Dekins. Bull, his
executors, administrators, and: assignes, for and during the terme, and-ynto
the full ende. and terme,' of. fourteene jcares from henceforth. next ensueing,
and fully to be compleate and ended; and weet doe by theise psente, for..vs,
our heires and successors; give power and authority vnto the said Dekins Bull,
his executors, administrators, and assignes, or some or one of them, with the
assistance of a constable or other officer, att convenient tyme and tymes, to
search in any place or places, howse or howses, where iust cause of suspicon
shall bee for discovery of such as shall putt in practise or vse the said
Invenčon or way of making: staunch platformes, itarises, or other roomes
belonging to architecture, contrary to, the true intent and meaning..of this
graunte, to the ende the delinquente and offenders..therin may be discovered

page_text: and receive condigne punishment according to their demeritte; and we doe by
theise presente, for vs, our heires and successors, will, require, and cōmaund
all and singular mayors, sheriffe, justices of peace, bayliffe, constables, head-
boroughes, and other officers, ministers, and subject of vs, our heires and
successors, that they, and every of them, bee from tyme to tyme, during the
terme aforesaid, ayding, helping, and assisting to the said Dekins Bull, bis
executors, administrators, deputies, and assignes, in all thing in and about
the accomplishment of our pleasure herein declared, and in the exercise and
execucon of the same, and that they, nor any of them, doc att anie tyme
hinder, molest, or interrupt him or them, or anie of them, in any wise
concerning the premisses, as they tender our pleasure and will avoyde the
contrary att their perills, and theise our Lřes Patente, or the inrollment of
them, shall bee their sufficient warrant in that behalfe; and our will and
pleasure is, that the said Dekins Bull shall keepe and instructe an apprentice
or servant, or apprentices or seruante, in the said mistery during the said
terme of fourteene yeeres; prouided alwaies, and our will and pleasure is, that
if att any tyme during the said terme it shall appeare vnto vs, our heires and
successors, or vnto the Lorde and other of the Privie Councell of vs, our heirs
and successors, wee being in pson then sent, that the practise and execucon
of this graunt shall be inconvenient and Piudiciall for the cōmonwealth, then,
vppon significacon and declaracon to be made by vs, our heires, or successors,
vnder our or their signet or privy seale, or by the Lorde and others of our
Privy Councell, or sixe or more of them for the tyme beinge, in writinge vnder
their hande, of such preiudice and inconvenience, these our Lies Patente
shall forthwith cease, determyne, and be vtterly voide; and wee doe, by these
Presente, for vs, our heires and successors, graunt that these, our Lŕs Patente,
or the inrollement of them, shall be firme, good, and effectuall, according to
the true meaninge of the same, although expresse mencon, &c.
In witnes, &c. Witnes our selfe at Westminster, the Five and twentith
5, ac.
Witnes our sene att vyestminster, the five and twentith
day of May.
P bře de privato sigillo, &c.