A NEW WAIE & MEANES FOR MAKING OF CANDELLS, Taps, LINKS, & TORCHES, CHEIFLIE WITH FORRAINE COMODITIES, AS OYLES NOT FORMSLY VSED IN CANDELLS
Year: 1640

page_text: CHARLES, by the grace of God King of England, Scotland, Fraunce, &
Ireland, Defendor of the Faith, &c. to all to whome these psents shall come,
greeting.
WHEREAS we are informed by the humble peticon of our welbeloved
subiects MATHIAS BURGES, THOMAS BARBOR, & SMITH WILKINSON, that: at
their great charge & paines they haue invented & found out "A NEW WAIE &
MEANES FOR MAKING OF CANDELLS, Taps, LINKS, & TORCHES, CHEIFLIE WITH
FORRAINE COMODITIES, AS OYLES NOT FORMSLY VSED IN CANDELLS," whereby our
customes wilbe increased, much sweete suet serving for victuall, both by sea &
land spared, & the price of candells abated, to the great benefitt & comoditie of
our subiects; & their humble suite vnto vs is that wee would be graciously
pleased out of our princely inclinacon for cherishing of Invenčon to graunt
vnto them our Lies Patents, of priviledge for the free & sole vsing, excising,
& enioying of their said Invenčon within our Kingdomes of England, Ireland,
& Dinon of Wales, for the terme of foureteene yeares, according to the lawes
& statutes in that case made & pvided. In consideračon whereof they humbly
offer to pay into our Excheq, the yearlie some of twenty pound during the
said terme.
KNOW YE, that wee, graciously pleasing & favouring such ingenious
Invenčons of our especiall grace, ten knowledge, & meere mocion haue given
& graunted, & by these psents, for vs, our heires & successors, doe give &
graunt to them, the said Mathias Burges, Thomas Barbor, & Smith Wilkinson,

page_text: or any of
their & euy of their executors, admis, & assignes, full, free, and absolute
licence, power, priviledge, & authoritie, that the said Mathias Burges,
Thomas Barbor, & Smith Wilkinson, their executors, adiñs, & assignes, &
their & euy of their deputie & deputies, substitute & substitutes, Guants, agents,
& workemen, &, none other pson or psons whomsoever, shall & may from time
to time & at all time & times hereafter during the terme of yeares hereafter
menčoned, at their & euy of their wille & pleasures, vse, excise, & put in vse
within our Kingdomes of England, Ireland, & Dnion of Wales, euy
them, the free & sole making of candells, taps, lincke, & torches with oile & other
thing, after the new waie & meanes aforesd by them, the sd Mathias Burges,
Thomas Barbor, & Smith Wilkinson, or any of them, found out & invented, &
the same to vse & put in practise, vtter, & vent at their, euy or any of their
wills & pleasures for their, euy or any of their best benefitt & advantage.
Wherefore our will & pleasure is, & wee doe hereby, for vs, our heires & succes-
sors, straightly charge & comaund, inhibite, & forbidd all & euy other pson &
psons whomesoeuer, of what estate, degree, or condicon soever he, they, or anie
of them be or shalbe, that none of them, other then the said Mathias Burges,
Thomas Barbor, & Smith Wilkinson, their executors, admis, or assignes,
deputies or substitutes, Suants or workemen, within our said Kingdomes of
England, Ireland, or Dnion of Wales, doe or shall during the terme of yeares
hereinafter menconed, directly or indirectly vse, practise, or put in vse the
making of candells, tape, lincks, or torches after the waie & manner by them
the said Mathias Burges, Thomas Barbor, & Smith Wilkinson, found out &
invented, without the speciall licence & consent of them, the said Mathias
Burges, Thomas Barbor, & Smith Wilkinson, their ex", adñis, or assignes, first
had & obteyned; to have, hold, vse, excise, & enioye the said licences, priviledges,
powers, & authorities, & other the pmisses by these psents graùnted or men-
coned to be graunted, from the date of these psents vnto .the full end & terme
of foureteene yeares from thence next ensüeing, fully to be compleate & ended,
yeilding & paying therefore; & the sd Mathias Burges, Thomas Barbor, &
Smith Wilkinson, for them'selues & euy of them, their & euy of their executors,
admis, & assignes, & for elly of them, doe seulally & respectively coveñnt & pmise
to & with vs, our heires & successors, by these psents, to yeild & pay yearly
during the said terme vnto vs; our heires & successors, the yearlie rent of twenty
pound of lawfull monie of England, at the receipt of the Excheq of vs, our
heires & successors, at the Feast of the Birth of our Lord God only. And wee
doe by these sents, for .vs, our heires & successors, give full power &
authority vnto the said Mathias Burges; Thomas Barbor, & Smith Wilkinson,
their executors, admis, & assignes, with the assistance of a constable or other

page_text: officer, at all convenient time & times, to search in all place or places, house or
houses, where any iust cause of suspicion shalbe, for discovery of such as shall
vse the making of candells, taps, lincks, & torches contrary to our will & plea-
sure herein declared, & the true intent & meaning of these psents, to the end
the delinquents may be discovered, & receive condign punishm* according to
their demeritts. And wee doe also require all maiors, sheriffe, justices of peace,
bailiffe, constables, headboroughs, & other the officers, ministers, & subiects of
vs, our heires & successors, whome the same shall concerne, that they & euy of
them be from time to time during the terme aforesaid, aiding, helping, further-
ing, & assisting vnto them, the said Mathias Burges, Thomas Barbor, & Smith
Wilkinson, & elly of them, their & euy of their exec", adiis, & assignes, in all
things about the accomplishing of our pleasure herein declared, & in the excise
& execucon of this our graunt; & that they nor anie of them doe in any wise
hinder or infrupt them or any of them conning the same, as they tender our
pleasure, & will avoid the contrary at their pills; & these psents or thin-
rollment thereof shalbe their sufficient warrant in that behalfe: Provided
allwaies, that if the said yearely rent of twenty pounds hereby to vs, our heires
& suce', reserved as aforesaid, or anie pte or parcell thereof, shall happen to
be behind or vnpaid in part or in all by the space of forty daies next after
the said feast in wch the same ought to be paid as aforesaid, or if the said
Mathias Burges, Thomas Barbor, & Smith Wilkinson, their ex', adñis, or
assignes, shall not enroll or cause to be enrolled this our psent graunt before
the Clerke of the Pipe for the time being, within three moneths next after the
date of these Psents, that then the said Mathias Burges, Thomas Barbor, &
Smith Wilkinson, their ex', adnis, & assignes, shall forfeite & pay vnto vs, our
heires & successors, as well the some of five pounds of currant English monie
for euy moneth in weh the said rent shall happen to be behind & vnpaied next
after the said fortie daies as aforesaid, & also the like some of five pounds in
the name of a paine for euy three moneths default of thinrollment of these
Psents before the Clerke of the Pipe as aforesaid; & lastly, if at anie time
during the saide terme of foureteene yeares it shall appeare vnto vs, our heires
& successors, or vnto the Lorde & others of our Pryvy Counsell, that this our
graunt shalbe inconvenient or piudiciall to the commonwealth, then vpon signi-
ficacon & declaračon to be made by vs, our heires or successors, vnder our or
their signett or Pryvy Seale, or by the Lorde & others of our Privy Counsell,
or six of them for the time being, under their hande in writing, of such piudice
or inconvenience, these our Lřes Patents shall forthwith cease, delmine, &
be vtfly void, & of none effect, any thing in these psente conteyned to the
contry in any wise notwithstanding. And wec doe hereby graunt, for vs, our

page_text: heires & successors, that these our Lřes Patents, or thinrollm* thereof, shalbe
firme, good; & effcuall according to the true intent & meaning of the same,
although expresse mencion, &c.
In witnes, &c. Witnes our selfe at Westñ, the Eight. daie o
February.
P bře de priuato sigillo, &c.