A NEW WAY OF CASTING IRON BELLIED POTTS, AND OTHER IRON BELLIED WARE IN SAND ONLY, WITHOUT LOAM OR CLAY, BY WHICH IRON POTS AND OTHER WARE MAY BE CAST FINE AND WITH MORE EASE AND EXPEDITION, AND MAY BE AFFORDED CHEAPER THAN THEY CAN BE BY THE WAY COMONLY VSED, AND IN REGARD TO THEIR CHEAPHESSE MAY BE OF GREAT ADVANTAGE TO THE POORE. OF THIS OUR KINGDOME, WHO FOR THE MOST PART VSE SUCH WARE, AND IN ALL, PROBABILITY WILL PREVENT THE MERCHANTS OF ENGLAND GOING TO FORREIGN MARKETS FOR SUCH WARE, FROM WHENCE GREAT QUANTITIES ARE IMPORTED, AND LIKEWISE MAY IN TIME SUPPLY FOREIGN MARKETS WITH THAT MANUFACTURE OF OUR OWN DOMINIONS
Year: 1707

page_text: come, greeting.
WHEREAS our trusty and welbeloved ABRAHAM DARBY, of our city of
Bristol, Smith, hath by his petition humbly represented vnto vs that by
his study and industry and expence he hath found out and brought to
perfection "A NEW WAY OF CASTING IRON BELLIED POTTS, AND OTHER IRON
BELLIED WARE IN SAND ONLY, WITHOUT LOAM OR CLAY, BY WHICH IRON POTS
AND OTHER WARE MAY BE CAST FINE AND WITH MORE EASE AND EXPEDITION,
AND MAY BE AFFORDED CHEAPER THAN THEY CAN BE BY THE WAY COMONLY VSED,
AND IN REGARD TO THEIR CHEAPHESSE MAY BE OF GREAT ADVANTAGE TO THE POORE.
OF THIS OUR KINGDOME, WHO FOR THE MOST PART VSE SUCH WARE, AND IN ALL,
PROBABILITY WILL PREVENT THE MERCHANTS OF ENGLAND GOING TO FORREIGN
MARKETS FOR SUCH WARE, FROM WHENCE GREAT QUANTITIES ARE IMPORTED, AND
LIKEWISE MAY IN TIME SUPPLY FOREIGN MARKETS WITH THAT MANUFACTURE OF
OUR OWN DOMINIONS," and hath humbly prayed vs to grant him our Letters
Patents for the sole vse and benefit of the said Invention for the terme of
fourteen yeares.
KNOW YEE THEREFORE, that wee, being graciously pleased to
condescend to that his request, and willing to encourage the inventors of such
arts as may be of publick vse and benefit, of our especial grace, certain
knowledge, and meer motion, have given and granted, and by these presents,
for vs, our heires and successors, do give and grant, vnto the said Abraham
Darby, his executors, administrators, and assignes, especiall lycence, full

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power, sole privilege and authority, that he, the said Abraham Darby, his
executors, administrators, and assignes, and every of them, by themselves or his
or their deputy and deputies, servants or agents, or such others as the said
Abraham Darby, his executors, administrators, or assignes, shall at any time
agree with, and noe others, from time to time and at all times during the termo
' yeares herein expressed, shall and lawfully may make, vsc, exercise, and
enioy, within our kingdome of England, dominion of Wales, and towne of
Berwick-vpon-Tweed, the said Invention of casting iron bellied pots and
other iron bellied ware in sand only, without loam or clay, in such manner as to
him the said Abraham Darby, his exccutors, administrators, or assignes, or
any of them, shall in their discretions seem meet, and that he, the said Abraham
Darby, his executors, administrators, and assignes, or any of them, shall in their
discretions seem meet; and that he, the said Abraham Darby, his executors,
alministrators, and assignes, shall and enioy the sole profit, benefit, comodity,
and advantage from time to time coming, growing, accrewing, and ariseing by
reason of the said Invention for and dureing the full terme of yeares herein
mentioned, to have, hold, vse, exercise, and enioy the said licence, powers,
privileges and advantages herein-before granted or mentioned to be granted
vnto the said Abraham Darby, his executors, administrators, and assignes, for
and during and vnto the full end and terme of fourteen yeares from the date of
these presents next and immediately ensucing, and fully to be compleat and ended,
according to the statute in this case made and provided. And to the end that
the said Abraham Darby, his executors, administrators, and assignes, and every
of them, may have and enjoy the full benefit and the sole makeing, vending, vse,
and exercise of the said Invention, according to our gracious intention herein-
before declared, wec doe by these presents, for vs, our heires and successors,
require and strictly command all and every person and persons, bodies politick
and corporate, and all other our subiects whatsoever, of what estate, quality, or
degree, name, or condicon soever they be, within our said kingdome of
England, dominion of Wales, and towne of Berwick-vpon-Tweed, that
neither they or any of them at any time during the continuance of the said
terme of fourteen yeares hereby granted, either directly or indirectly, do make,
vse, or put in practice the said Invention, or any part of the same, soe attained
vuto by the said Abraham Darby as aforesaid, nor shall in any wise counterfeit,
imitate, or resemble the same, nor shall make or cause to be made any
addition thereunto or substracčon from the same, whereby to pretend them-
selves the inventor or inventors, devisor or devisors thereof, without the
licence, consent, or agreement of the said Abraham Darby, his executors,
administrators, or assignes, in writing vnder his, their, or some of their

page_text: hand and seales first had and obteined in that behalfe, vpon such paines and
penalties as can or may be iustly inflicted on such offenders for their contempt
of this our royall comand, and further to be answerable to the said Abraham
Darby, his executors, administrators, and assignes, according to law, for his and
their damage thereby occasioned. And moreover wee do by these presents,
for vs, our heires and successors, will and comand all and comand all
and singular our justices of the peace, mayors, sheriffs, bayliffs, con-
stables, headboroughs, and all other officers and ministers whatsoever of vs;
our heires or successors, for the time being, that they or any of them
do not nor shall at any time hereafter during the said terme hereby
granted, in any wise molest, trouble, or hinder the said Abraham Darby,
his executors, administrators, or assignes, or any of his or their deputies,
servants, or agents, in or about the due and lawfull making vse or exercise of
the aforesaid Invention, or any thing relateing thereto. Provided always, and
these our Letters Patents are and shall be vpon this condicon, that if at any
time during the terme hereby granted it shall be made appeare to vs, our
heirus or successors, or any six or more of our or their Privy Councill, that
this our grant is contrary to law, or preiudicial or inconvenient to our subiects
in generall, or that the said Invention is not a new invention as to the publick
vso and exercise thereof within this our kingdome of England, and not
invented and found out by the said Abraham Darby, as aforesaid, then, vpon
signification and declaračon thereof, 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 or
their Privy Council, or any six or more of them, vnder their hande, these our
Letters Patents shall forthwith cease, determine, and be vtterly void to all
intents and purposes, any thing herein-before contained to the contrary in
anywise notwithstanding. Provided also, that these our Letters Patents, or
anything herein contained, shall not extend, or be construed to extend, to give
priviledge to the said Abraham Darby, his executors, administrators, or
assignes, or any of them, to vse or imitate any invention or worke whatsoever
which hath been heretofore found out or invented by any other of our subiects
whatsoever, and publickly vsed or exercised within our said realme, vnto
whome like Letters Patents or privilege have been already granted for the
solo vsc, exercise, and benefitt thereof, it being our will and pleasure that the
said Abraham Darby, his executors, administrators, and assignes, and all and
every other person and persons to whom like Letters Patents or privileges
have been already granted, as aforesaid, shall distinctly vse and practice their
several inventions by them invented and found out, according to the true
intent and meaning of the same respective Letters Patents and of these

page_text: presents. And, lastly, wee doo by these presents, for vs, our heires and
successors, grant to the said Abraham Darby, his executors, administrators,
and assignes, that those our Letters Patents, or the inrollment thereof, shall bo
in and by all things good, firme, valid, sufficient, and effectuall in the law,
according to the true intent and meaning thereof, and shall be taken, con-
strued, and adiudged in the most favourable and beneficial sense for the best
advantage of the said Abraham Darby, his executors, administrators, and
assignes, as well in all courts of record as elsewhere, and by all and singular
the officers and ministers whatsoever of vs, our heires and successors, in all
and singular our realmes and dominions whatsoever, and amongst all and
every the subiects of vs, our heires and successors, whatsoever and wheresoever,
notwithstanding the not full and certaine describeing the nature and quality
of the said Invention, or of the materials thereto conduceing and belonging.
of Aprill.
By Writt of Privy Seale.