A WAY TO EXTRACT AND MAKE GREAT QUANTITYES OF PITCH, TARE, AND OYLE OUT OF A SORT OF STONE
Year: 1694

page_text: MANI, DY ne grace
Psents shall come greeting.
WHEREAS our trusty and wellbeloved subiect, MARTIN EELE, hath by his
humble peticon represented vnto vs, that he, after much paines and expences,
hath certainely found out " A WAY TO EXTRACT AND MAKE GREAT QUANTITYES OF
PITCH, TARE, AND OYLE OUT OF A SORT OF STONE," of which there is sufficient plenty
within our Dominions of England and Wales, and hath prayed our Letters
Patents vnto him and to our trusty and wellbeloved subiects, THOMAS HANCOCK
and WILLIAM PORTLOCK, for the sole makeing thereof out of the aforesaid
materialls, wee are graciously pleased to condescend to his request.
KNOW YEE, THEREFORE, that wee, being willing to cherish and en-
courage all laudable endeavours & designes of all such persons as have by
theire industry found out vsefull and profitable arts, misterye, and invenĉons,
and that the said Martin Eele, Thomas Hancock, and William Portlock may
accordingly reap some fruit and benefit of their labour and charge in and
concerning the Pmisses, of our especiall grace, certaine knowledge and meer
močon, wee have given and granted, and by these Presents doe give and grant
vnto the said Martin Eele, Thomas Hancock, and William Portlock, theire
executors, adminstrators, and assignes, especiall lycence, power, priviledge, and
authority, that they, by themselves, and by theire' deputyes, servants, agente, or
workemen, and such others onely as they the said Martin Eele, Thomas Hancock,
and William Portlock, theire executors, administrators, and assignes, shall agree
with, shall and may from time to time and at all times hereafter dureing the
space of fourteen yeares next ensueing the date of these Presents, at theire

page_text: proper cost and charges, erect, vse, teach, exercise, and put in practice the
said new Invencon soe by them or some or:one of them contrived and found
out, as aforesaid, in any place or places within our Kingdome of England, Do-
minion of Wales, and Towne of Berwick-vpon-Tweed, and also shall and may
receive, take, & enioy all the benefitte, profitts, comodityes, and advantages of
and by the said new Invenčon .to be had, made, acquired, or gotten to theire
own proper benefit, vse, and vses, to have, hold, vse, exercise, and enioy the
said lycence, powers, priviledges, and authorityes, and all other the premisses
by these Presents granted or menconed to be granted vnto the said Martin
Eele, Thomas Hancock, and William Portlock, theire executors, administrators,
and assignes, for and dureing and to the full end and terme of fourteen yeares
from the day of the date of these Presents next ensueing, and fully to be
compleat and ended according to the Statute in that case made and provided,
and to the end the said Martin Eele, Thomas Hancock, and William Portlock,
theire executors, administrators, and assignes, may the better enioy the full
and whole benefit, and the sole vse and exercise of the said new Invenĉon,
wee doc by these Presents for vs, our heires and successors, streightly charge,
:require, and command all and every person and persons, bodies politique, and
.corporate, of: what quality, degree, name, or condicon soever they be, within
our Kingdom of England, Dominion of Wales, and Towne of Berwick-vpon-
Tweed, that neitheir they nor any of them dureing the said terme of fourteen
. yeares hereby granted, either directly or indirectly doe vse, exercise, or put in
practice the said new Invenĉon soe by the said Martin Eèle, Thomas Hancock,
and William Portlock, or some or one of them, invented and found out as
aforesaid, nor doe, nor shall counterfeit, imitate, or resemble the said new
Invencon or any materialls or ingredients therevnto belonging, nor doe nor
shall make any addičon thérevnto or substracčon therefrom whereby to Ptend
themselves the inventers or devisers thereof without the lycence, consent, or
agreement. of the said Martin Eele, Thomas Hancock, & William Portlock,
, theire executors, administrators, and assignes, in writeing vnder theire hands
and seales first had and obtained in that behalfe vnder such paines and penaltyes
as can or may be inflicted on the offender or offenders therein, for the contempt
of this our royall comand; and further to be answerable to the said Martin
Eele, Thomas Hancock, and William Portlock, their executors, adminis-
trators, and assignes, according to the vtmost rigour of the law, for their
damages thereby sustained. And further wee doe by these our Letters
Patents for vs, our heires &. successors, will, authorize, require and comand
all & singuler..justices of the peace, mayors, sheriffes, bayliffes, constables,
headboroughs, and all other officers and ministers whatsoever of vs, our heires
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page_text: and successors, now and for the time being whome it may concerne, that they
and every of them respectively be from time to time dureing the térme
hereby granted in their respective offices, and according to theire and every of
theire best skills and endeavours, aiding, helping, and assisting vnto the said
Martin Eele, Thomas Hancock, and William. Portlock, theire executors,
administrators, and assignes, deputyes, agents, and servants, in and by all things
in and about the accomplishment of our royall will and pleasure herein-before
declared, and in the execučon of the severall powers and priviledges hereby
granted as aforesaid.
And moreover, wee doe by these Presents for vs, our
heires and successors, will and command that our said respective officers and
ministers before menconed, or any of them, doe not nor shall at any tymo
hereafter dureing the terme hereby granted, in any wise molest, trouble, or
hinder the said Martin Eele, Thomas Hancock, and William Portlock, theire
executors, administrators, or assignes, deputyes, agents, or servants, in or about
the vse or exercise of the aforesaid Invenĉon, or any part thereof, or anything
relateing therevnto. Provided alwaies and these our Letters Patents are and
shall be vpon this condicon, that if at any tyme dureing the said terme of
fourteen yeares hereby granted it shall be made appeare to vs, our heires &
successors, or any six or more of our or theire Privy Councell, that this our
grant is contrary to law, or preiudiciall or inconvenient to our subiects in
generall, or that the Invencon before menconed is not a new invenĉon as to
the publick vse and exercise of the same, and not invented and found out by
the said Martin Eele, Thomas Hancock, & William Portlock, or some or one
of them as aforesaid; then vpon significačon and declaracon of such preiudice
or inconveniency to be made by vs, our heires and successors, vnder our or
theire signet or privy seale, or by the Lords or others of our or theire Privy
Councell, or any six or more of them vnder theire hands, these our Letters
Patents shall forthwith coase, determine, & become vtterly void to all intents
and purposes, any thing herein-before contained to the contrary notwith-
standing. Provided also, that these our Letters Patents or any thing herein
contained shall not extend or be construed to extend to give priviledge vnto
the said Martin Eele, Thomas Hancock, & William Portlock, theire executors,
administrators, or assignes to imitate any Invenčon or worke whatsoever which
hath been heretofore invented and found out by any other of our subiects
whatsoever, and publiquely exercised within our kingdomes or dominions
aforesaid, to whome wee have already granted our like Letters Patents of
priviledge for the sole exercise and benefitt thereof; it being our will and
pleasure that the said Martin Eele, Thomas Hancock, and William Portlock,
theire executors, administrators, and assignes, and all singular other person and

page_text: persons to whome wee have already granted our like Letters Patents, shall
distinctly vse and practice theire severall Invenčons by them respectively found
out according to the true meaneing of such our Letters Patents and of these
Presents. And lastly, wee doe hereby for vs, our heires and successors, grant
vnto the said William Eele, Thomas Hancock, and William Portlock, theire
executors, administrators, and assignes, that these our Letters Patents or the
enrollment thereof, shall bee and continue in and by all things good, firme,
yalid, and effectuall in the law according to the true intent & meaneing of the
same, notwithstanding the not full and certaine describeing or menconing
of the said Invencon, or of the materialls, ingredients, wayes, or meanes of
makeing, vseing, or exerciseing of the same, or of the certaine vse or benefit
thereof, or any other defect, incertainty, or imperfeccon in these Presents, or
any other matter, cause, or thing whatsoever to the contrary in any wise
notwithstanding.
In witnesse, &c. Witnesse the King & Queene at Westin, the Twenty-

page_text: LONDON:
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PRINTERS TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY :
PUBLISHED AT THE GREAT SEAL PATENT OFFICE,
25, SOUTHAMPTON BUILDINGS, HOLEORN.

page_text: WILLIAM AND MARY, by the grace of God, &c., to an to wa
Psents shall come greeting.
WHEREAS our trusty and wellbeloved subiect, MARTIN EELE, hath by his
humble petičon represented vnto vs, that he, after much paines and expences,
hath certainely found out " A WAY TO EXTRACT AND MAKE GREAT QUANTITYES OF
PITCH, TARE, AND OYLE OUT OF A SORT OF STONE," of which there is sufficient plenty
within our Dominions of England and Wales, and hath prayed our Letters
Patents vnto him and to our trusty and wellbeloved subiects, THOMAS HANCOCK
and WILLIAM PORTLOCK, for the sole makeing thereof out of the aforesaid
materialls, wee are graciously pleased to condescend to his request.
KNOW YEE, THEREFORE, that wee, being willing to cherish and en-
courage all laudable endeavours & designes of all such persons as have by
theire industry found out vsefull and profitable arts, misterye, and invenčons,
and that the said Martin Eele, Thomas Hancock, and William Portlock may
accordingly reap some fruit and benefit of their labour and charge in and
concerning the Pmisses, of our especiall grace, certaine knowledge and meer
močon, wee have given and granted, and by these Presents doe give and grant
vnto the said Martin Eele, Thomas Hancock, and William Portlock, theire
executors, adminstrators, and assignes, especiall lycence, power, priviledge, and
authority, that they, by themselves, and by theire deputyes, servants, agente, or
workemen, and such others onely as they the said Martin Eele, Thomas Hancock,
and William Portlock, theire executors, administrators, and assignes, shall agree
with, shall and may from time to time and at all times hereafter dureing the
space of fourteen yeares next ensueing the date of these Presents, at theire

page_text: proper cost and charges, erect, vse, teach, exercise, and put in practice the
said new Invenčon soc by them or some or one of them contrived and found
out, as aforesaid, in any place or places within our Kingdome of England, Do-
minion of Wales; and Towne of Berwick-vpon-Tweed, and also shall and may
receive, take; & enioy all the benefitte, profitts, comodityes, and advantages of
and by the said new Invenĉon to be had, made, acquired, or gotten to theire
own proper benefit, vse, and vses, to have, hold, vsc, exercise, and euioy the
said lycence, powers, priviledges, and authorityes, and all other the premisses
by these Presents granted or menconed to be granted vnto the said Martin
Eele, Thomas Hancock, and William Portlock, theire executors, administrators,
and assignes, for and dureing.and to the full end and terme of fourteen yeares
from the day' of the date of these Presents next ensucing, and fully to be
compleat and ended according to the Statute in that case made and provided,
and to the end the said Martin Eele, Thomas Hancock, and William Portlock,
theire executors, administrators, and assignes, may the better. enioy the full
and whole benefit, and the sole vse and exercise of the said new Invencon,
.wee doc by these Presents for vs, our heires and successors, streightly charge,
require, and command all and every person and persons, bodies politique, and
corporate, of what quality, degree, name, or condicon soever thoy be, within
our Kingdom of England, Dominion of Wales, and Towne of Berwick-vpon-
Tweed, that neitheir they nor any of them dureing the said terme of. fourteen
Jeares hereby granted, either directly or indirectly doe vse, exercise, or put in
practice the said new Invencon soe by the said Martin Ecle, Thomas Hancock,
and William Portlock, or some or one of them, invented and found out as
aforesaid, nor doe, nor shall counterfeit, imitate, or resemble tho said new
Invenĉon or any materialls or ingredients thereunto belonging, nor doc nor
shall make any addičon therevnto or substracčon therefrom whereby to Ptend
themselves the inventers or devisers thereof without the lycence, consent, or
agreement of the said Martin Ecle, Thonias Hancock, & William Portlock,
theire executors, administrators, and assignes, in writeing vnder theire hands
and scales first had and obtained in that behalfe vnder such paines and penaltyes
as ean or may be inflicted on the offender or offenders therein, for the contempt
of this our royall comand; and further to be answerable to the said Martin
Eele, Thomas Hancock, and William Portlock, their executors, adininis-
trators, and assignes, according to the vtmost rigour of the law, for their
damages thereby sustained. And further wee doe by these our Letters
Patents for vs, our heires & successors, will, authorize, require and command
all & singuler justices of the peace, mayors, sheriffes, bayliffes, constables,
headboroughs, and all other officers and ministers whatsoever of vs, our heires

page_text: d successors, now and for the time being whome it may concerne, that they
nd every of them respectively be from time to time durcing the terme
ereby granted in their respective offices, and according to theire and every of
eire best skills and endeavours, aiding, helping, and assisting. vnto the said
Tartin Ecle, Thomas Hancock, and William Portlock, theire: executors,
dministrators, and assignes, deputyes, agents, and servants, in and by all things
and about the accomplishment of our royall will and pleasure bercin-before
eclared, and in the execučon of the severall powers and priviledges hereby
ranted as aforesaid. And moreover, wee doc by these Presents for vs, our
eires and successors, will and command that our said respective officers and
ninisters before menčoned, or any of them, doo not nor shall at any tyme
hereafter durcing the terme hereby granted, in any wise molest, trouble, or
hiuder the said Martin Ecle, Thomas Hancock, and William Portlock, theire
executors, administrators, or assignes, deputyes, agents, or servants, in or about
the vse or exercise of the aforesaid Invencon, or any part thereof, or anything
relateing therevnto. Provided alwaies and these, our Letters Patents are and
shall be vpon this condicon, that if at any tyme dureing the said terme of
fourteen yeares hereby granted it shall be made appeare to vs, our heires &
successors, or any six or more of our or theiro Privy Councell, that this our
grant is contrary to law, or preiudiciall or inconvenient to our subiects in
generall, or that the Invenčon before menconed is not a new inventon as to
the publick vse and exercise of the same, and not invented and found out by
the said Martin Ecle, Thomas Hancock, & William Portlock, or some or one
of them as aforesaid; then vpon siguificačon-and declaračon of such preiudice
or inconveniency to be made by vs, our heires and successors, vnder our or
theire signet or privy seale, or by the Lords or others of our or theiro Privy
.Councell, or any six or more of them vnder theiro hands, these our Letters
-Patents shall forthwith cease, determine, & become vtterly void to all intents
and purposes, any thing herein-before contained to the contrary notwith-
O standing. Provided also, that these our Letters Patents or any thing herein
contained shall not extend or be construed to extend to give priviledge vnto
the said Martin Eelc, Thomas Hancock, & William Portlock, theire executors,
administrators, or assignes to imitate any Invenčon or worke whatsoever which
hath been heretofore invented and found out by any other of our subiects
35 whatsoever, and publiquely exercised within our kingdomes or dominions
aforesaid, to whome wee have already granted our like Letters Patents of
priviledge for the sole exercise and beuefitt thereof; it being our will and
pleasure that the said Martin Eele, Thomas Hancock, and William Portlock
theire executors, administrators, and assignes, and all singular other person and

page_text: persons to whome wee have already granted our like Letters Patents, shall
distinctly vse and practice theire severall Invenčons by them respectively found
out according to the true meaneing of such our Letters Patents and of these
Presents. And lastly, wee doe hereby for vs, our heires and successors, grant
vnto the said William Eele, Thomas Hancock, and William Portlock, theire
executors, administrators, and assignes, that these our Letters Patents or the
enrollment thereof, shall bee and continue in and by all things good, firme,
valid, and effectuall in the law according to the true intent & meaning of the
same, notwithstanding the not full and certaine describeing or menconing
of the said Invenĉon, or of the materialls, ingredients, wayes, or meanes of
makeing, vseing, or exerciseing of the same, or of the certaine vse or benefit
thereof, or any other defect, incertainty, or imperfeccon in those Presents, or
any other matter, cause, or thing whatsoever to the contrary in any wise
notwithstanding.
In witnesse, &c. Witnesse the King & Queeue at Westñ, the Twenty-