NEW-INVENTED SPRINGS FOR SADDLES, PILLIONS, AND THEIR STIRRUPS, WHEREBY THE SHAKE AND HARD MOTION OF A HORSE IS TAKEN AWAY AND THE RIDER SETS MUCH STEADIER AND EASIER THAN UPON THOSE NOW USED, AND WILL ALSO GREATLY EASE THE HORSE
Year: 1764

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, RICHARD
TREDWELL, of Rotheram, in the County of York, Coach Spring Maker, send
greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third, by His
Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date
the Twenty-ninth day of October, in the fifth year of His reign, and in the
year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and sixty-four, did give and
grant unto me, the said Richard Tredwell, His especial licence, full power,
sole priviledge and authority, that I, the said Richard, my exors, adñiors,
and assigns, should and might, during the term of years therein expressed,
make, use, excrcise, and vend, throughout that part of His Majestie's Kingdom
of Great Britain called England, His Dominion of Wales, and Town of
Berwick-upon-Tweed, my "NEW-INVENTED SPRINGS FOR SADDLES, PILLIONS, AND
THEIR STIRRUPS, WHEREBY THE SHAKE AND HARD MOTION OF A HORSE IS TAKEN
AWAY AND THE RIDER SETS MUCH STEADIER AND EASIER THAN UPON THOSE NOW USED,
AND WILL ALSO GREATLY EASE THE HORSE;" in which said recited Letters Patent
is contained a provisoe obliging me, the said Richard Tredwell, by writing
under my hand and seal, to cause a description of my said Invention to
be inrolled in His Majesty's High Court of Chancery within four calendar
months from the date of the said recited Letters Patent, as in and by the
same, relation being thereunto bad, may more fully and at large appear.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said provisoe, I, the said
Richard Tredwell, do hereby declare that my said Invention is made and
performed in manuer following (that is to say) :-
A thin steel plate screwed or rivetted to the hind or fore part of the saddle-
tree, and a steel bow fixed with two swivels at four corners of the saddle, with
a loop or loops to fix the webb or leather to, worm springs fixed within the
tree of the saddle, with loops at the end to fasten the leather or webb to,
either with or without the bow, and plate springs fixed on both sides of the
tree, worm and plate springs fixed on both sides of the saddle for the stirrups,
which may be done and fixed in various shapes and forms as shall be thought
fit to answer the purposes above menčoned for all kinds of saddles, pillions,
and pads.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, the Twentyeth
day of February, in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred
and sixty-five.
RICHARD TREDWELL. (L.S.)
Signed and sealed (being first duly
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, RICHARD
TREDWELL, of Rotheram, in the County of York, Coach Spring Maker, send
greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third, by His
Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date
the Twenty-ninth day of October, in the fifth year of His reign, and in the

page_text: year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and sixty-four, did give
and grant unto me, the said Richard Tredwell, His especial licence, full
power, sole priviledge and authority, that I, the said Richard Tredwell,
my exors, admors, and assigns, should and might, during the term of
years therein expressed, make, use, exercise, and vend, throughout that part
of His Majesty's Kingdom of Great Britain called England, His Dominion of
Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my "NEW-INVENTED SPRINGS FOR
SADDLES, PILLIONS, AND PADS, AND THEIR STIRRUPS, WHEREBY THE SHAKE AND
HARD MOTION OF A HORSE IS TAKEN AWAY, AND THE RIDER SITS MUCH STEADIER AND
EASIER THAN UPON THOSE NOW USED, AND WILL ALSO GREATLY EASE THE HORSE;" in
which said recited Letters Patent is contained a provisoe obliging me, the
said Richard Tredwell, by writing under my hand and seal, to cause a descrip-
tion of my said Invention to be inrolled in His Majesty's High Court of
Chancery within four calendar months from the date of the said recited
Letters Patent, as in and by the same, relation being thereunto had, may
more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in complyance of the said provisoe, I, the said
Richard Tredwell, do hereby declare that my said Invention is made and
performed in manner following (that is to say):-
A steel bow or bows fixed with swivels, loops, or staples to two or four
corners of the saddletree to fix the webbs or leather to, with a steel plate or
plates screwed or rivetted to the hind or fore part of the said saddletree bow
or bows, worm or plate spring or springs fixed within the tree of the saddle or
pillion at each or either end, sides, or middle of said tree or pillion, either with
or without a bow or bows, swivel or swivels, loop or loops, to fix the webbs or
leather to, worm and plate springs fixed on both sides of the saddle or pillion
for the stirrups, which may be done and fixed in various shapes and forms as
shall be thought fit to answer the purposes above mentioned for all kinds of
saddles, pillions, and pads.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, the Twenty
day of February, in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred
and sixty-five

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBRED, that the First day of March, in the year of
our Lord 1765, the aforesaid Richard Tredwell came before our said Lord the
King in His Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification aforesaid, and
all and every thing therein contained and specifyed, in form above written.
And also the Specification aforesaid was stampt according to the tenor of the
Statute made in the sixth year of the reign of the late King and Queen
William and Mary of England, and so forth.
Inrolled the First day of March, in the year of our Lord One thousand
seven hundred and sixty-five.