A MUCH CHEAPER AND MORE EXCELLENT WAY THEN HATH HITHERTO BIN VSED OR PUT IN PRACTICE BY ANY FOR THE MELTING, CASTING, REFINING, AND FORGING OF IRON AND OTHER METTALL WITH TURFF AND PEATE CHARKED, TO THE GREATE PRESER- VACON OF WOOD AND TYMBER, WHICH HAVE OF LATE YEABES BIN VERY MUCH CONSUMED AND DESTROYED BY REASON OF THE GREAT QUANTITIES THEREOF DAYLY BURNT AND MADE VSE OF IN AND ABOUT THE IRON WORK, AND MILLE, AND OTHER MINERALL WORK IN SEVERALL COUNTIES OF THIS KINGDOME
Year: 1673

page_text: greeting.
WHEREAS Sir NICHOLAS SLANNING, Knight of the Bath and Baronett, by
his humble petičon informing vs that he hath discovered and found out "A
MUCH CHEAPER AND MORE EXCELLENT WAY THEN HATH HITHERTO BIN VSED OR PUT
IN PRACTICE BY ANY FOR THE MELTING, CASTING, REFINING, AND FORGING OF IRON
AND OTHER METTALL WITH TURFF AND PEATE CHARKED, TO THE GREATE PRESER-
VACON OF WOOD AND TYMBER, WHICH HAVE OF LATE YEABES BIN VERY MUCH
CONSUMED AND DESTROYED BY REASON OF THE GREAT QUANTITIES THEREOF DAYLY
BURNT AND MADE VSE OF IN AND ABOUT THE IRON WORK, AND MILLE, AND OTHER
MINERALL WORK IN SEVERALL COUNTIES OF THIS KINGDOME," hath besought vs to
grant him our licence and priviledge for the sole vse, benefit, and exercise of
his said Invenčon within our Kingdome of England and Dominion of Wales,
for the terme of foureteene yeares, according to the Statute in that case made
and proved.
KNOWE YE, that wee, being willing to cherish and encourage all laudable
endevours and designes of such our subiecte as have found out vsefull and
profitable arte, misteries, and invenĉons, by granting and appropriating to
them for some terme of yeares the fruit and benefit of their labour and
industry, whereby their studies and expences in the atteinment thereof may
be recompenced and rewarded vnto them, of our especiall grace, certeine
knowledge, and meere močon; have given and granted, and by theis presente,
for vs, our heires and successors, do give and grant vnto the said Sir Nicholas
Slanning, his executors, administrators, and assignes, especiall licence, power,

page_text: priuilege, and authority, that he and they, by him and themselves, and by his
and their deputies, servante, agent(', and workemen, and such others only as he,
the said Sir Nicholas Slañing, his executors, administrators, or assignes, shall
agree with, shall and may from tyme to tyme and at all and every tyme and
tymes hereafter during the terme and space of fourteene yeares next ensueing
the date of theis presente, at his and their owne proper cost and charges,
erect, vse, practice, teach, exercise, and put in vre the said newe Inventon so
by him contrived and found out as aforesaid in any parte or places whatsoever
within our kingdome of England and dominion of Wales, and also shall and
may have, receive, take, and enioy all the benefit, profit, comodity, and advan-
tage of and by his said new Invenčon to be had, made, acquired, or gotten, to
his and their owne proper benefit, vse, and vses; to have, hold, vse, exercise,
and enioy the saide licence, privilege, power, and authority, and all other the
premisses by theis presente granted or menconed to be granted, and every of
them, vnto the said Sir Nicholas Slanning, his executors, administrators, and
assignes, for and during and vnto the full end and terme of foureteene yeares
from henceforth next ensueing and fully to be compleate and ended.
And to
the intent the said Sir Nicholas Slanning, his executors, administrators, and
assignes, may the better enioy the full and wholle benefit and the sole vse and
exercise of his said Invencon, wee doe by theis presente, for vs, our heires
and successors, straightly charge, require, and comand all and every person
and persons, bodies politique and corporate, of what quality, degree, name, or
condicon soever they be, within our said kingdome of England and dominion
of Wales, that neither they nor any of them during the said terme of four-
teene yeares hereby granted, either directly or indirectly, doe vse, exercise,
or put in practice the said Invenčon so by him the said Nicholas Slanning
invented and found out, as aforesaid, nor doe nor shall counterfeit, imitate, or
resemble the said Invenčon so by him invented and found out, as aforesaid,
nor doe nor shall make any addičon therevnto or substraccon from the same
whereby to pretend themselves the inventors and devisors thereof without the
licence, consent, or agreement of the said Sir Nicholas Slanning, his exe-
cutors, administrators, or assignes, in writing vnder his or their hande and
seales first had and obteyned in that bebalfe, vpon such paines and penalties
as can or may be inflicted on such offenders for the contempt of this our
comand in that behalfe; and further, to be answerable to the said Sir Nicholas
Slanning, his executors, administrators, and assignes, according to lawe and
iustice, for his and their damages thereby susteyned; and further, wec doe by
theis presente, for vs, our heires and successors, give and grant vnto the said
Sir Nicholas Slanning, his executors, administrators, and assignes, full power

page_text: and authority that they and every of them, his, their, and every of their
deputies, agente, and servante, having first obteyned a warrant in that behalfe
from the Lord Cheife Justice of our Court of Kinge Bench for the tyme
being, with the assistance of a constable or other lawfull officers aswell within
liberties as without, at convenient tymes in the day during the terme aforesaid
and in lawful manner, shall and may enter into and may search in any house,
houses, or other place or places within our said kingdome of England and
dominion of Wales, where there shall be just cause of suspition, for discover-
ing and finding out of all such persons as shall imitate, make, or vse, or cause
to be imitated, made, or vsed, within our said kingdome of England and
dominion of Wales, the said Invencon so by him, the said Sir Nicholas
Slanning, found out and invented, as aforesaid, that so such offenders may be
proceeded against and punished according to their demerritte; and further,
wee doe by theis presente, for vs, our heires and successors, will, authorise,
require, and command all and singuler iustices of the peace, maiors, sheriffe,
bayliffe, constables, headboroughs, and all other officers and ministers of vs vs,
our heires and successors, for the tyme being, that they and every of them
respectively from tyme to tyme during the said terme hereby granted, in their
respective places be favouring, helping, ayding, and assisting vnto the said Sir
Nicholas Slanning, his executors, administrators, and assignes, and to his and
their deputy and deputies, agente, and servante, in and by all thing in and
about the accomplishing of our will and pleasure herein declared, and in the
exercise and execučon of the powers, privileges, and authorities herein and
hereby given and granted or menconed to be given and granted, as aforesaid;
and for so doing theis presente shall be vnto them and every of them a
sufficient warrant and authority in that behalfe; and, moreover, that they nor
any of them doe at any tyme hereafter molest, hinder, or interupt the said
Sir Nicholas Slanning, his executors, administrators, or assignes, or any of
their deputy or deputies, agente, or servante, or any of them, in or about the
vse or exercise of the said Invenčon, or in any other matter or thing concert.
ing the same: Provided allwayes, that if at any tyme during the saide ternie
of foureteenc yeares it shall be made appeare vnto vs, our heires and
successors, or any six or more of our or their Privy Councell, that this our
grant is contrary to lawe, or preiudiciall, or inconvenient, or not of pub-
lique vse or benefit, or that the said Invenčon is not a newe Inventon of
the said Sir Nicholas Slanning, as to the publique vse and exercise thereof
within our said kingdome of England and dominion of Wales, then vpon
significacon and declaračon to be made by vs, our heires or successors, vnder
our or their signett or privy seale, or by the lorde and others of our Privy

page_text: Councell, or any six of them for the tyme being, in writing vnder their handes,
of such preiudice or inconveniency, theis our Letters Patente and every thing
therein conteyned shall from thenceforth cease, determine, and be vtterly
voyd, any thing herein-before conteyned to the contrary notwithstanding. And
lastly, wee doe by theis presente, for vs, our heires, grant vnto the said Sir
Nicholas Slanning, his executors, administrators, and assignes, that theis our
Letters Patent or the inrollment thereof shall be in and by all thing good
and valid, sufficient and effectuall in the law according to the true intent
and meaning of theis presente, and shall be taken, construed, and adiudged
most favourably and beneficially for the best benefit and advantage of the said
Sir Nicholas Slanning, his executors, administrators, and assignes, as well in
all our Courte of Record as elsewhere, notwithstanding the not full and certeine
describing or menconing the manner and quality of the said Invenčon or of
the materialle, manner of making, vsing, or exercising thereof, or of the
certeine vse or benefit thereof, and notwithstanding any other defect, incer-
teinty, or imperfeccon in theis presente conteyned, or any law, act, statute,
ordinance, proclamačon, provision, or restricčon, or other matter, cause, or
thing whatsoever to the contrary notwithstanding.
In witnes, &c. Witnes our selfe at Westmi, the Thirtieth day of May.