A NEW WAY OF MAKEING PITCH OR TARR, WHICH WILL PRESERVE SHIPPS FROM BEING EATEN BY WORMS, OF WHAT WOOD SOEVER THEY ARE BUILT, WITHOUT SHEATHING THE VESSELL, OR MAKEING USE OF TALLOW OR ANY OTHER MATTER TO CARREEN THEM, THE SAID PITCH OR TARR PSERVING ALL SORT OF WOOD FROM CORRUPCON, AND REMAYNING VPON ITT SIX TIMES LONGER THEN THE ORDINARY SORT, WITHOUT MELTING IN THE SUN, AND FOR SOME TIME RESISTING EVEN FIRE,
Year: 1685

page_text: greeting.
WHEREAS CHARLES CORCELLIS, Gent., hath by his humble peticon repre-
sented vnto vs that hee hath found out "A NEW WAY OF MAKEING PITCH OR
TARR, WHICH WILL PRESERVE SHIPPS FROM BEING EATEN BY WORMS, OF WHAT WOOD
SOEVER THEY ARE BUILT, WITHOUT SHEATHING THE VESSELL, OR MAKEING USE OF
TALLOW OR ANY OTHER MATTER TO CARREEN THEM, THE SAID PITCH OR TARR
PSERVING ALL SORT OF WOOD FROM CORRUPCON, AND REMAYNING VPON ITT SIX TIMES
LONGER THEN THE ORDINARY SORT, WITHOUT MELTING IN THE SUN, AND FOR SOME
TIME RESISTING EVEN FIRE," and praying, in regard of the great benefitt wch by
meanes thereof will accrue to the publick, wee would be graciously pleased to
grant him our Letters Patent for the sole vse of his said Invencon, we have
thought fitt to condescend to his said request.
KNOW YEE THEREFORE, that wee, being willing that the said Charles
Corcellis may reape some reasonable recompence & compensačon for his great
paines & expences in and about the misses, and to encourage the inventers
of such arte as may bee of publick vse & benefitt, of our especiall grace, cer-
teyn knowledge, & meer močon, have given and granted, and by these
Psente, for vs, our heires & successors, do give & grant vnto the said Charles
Corcellis, his executors, adñiors, & assignes, speciall licence, full power,
priviledge & authority, that he, the said Charles Corcellis, his executors,
adiñiors, and assignes, & every of them, by themselves or their deputy and
deputies, servante or agente, or such others as the said Charles Corcellis, his
executors, adors, or assignes, shall at any time agree with, & no others,
from time to time and at all times during the terme of yeares herein expressed,
sole

page_text: shall & lawfully may vse, exercise, & enioy the said Invenčon of making pitch
or tarr within any part or parte, place or places whatsoever, of, in, or
belonging to our kingdome of England; dominion of Wales, and all & every
or any of our kingdomes & dominions whatsoever, in such manner and
according to such reasonable & lawfull rates & limitacons as to him, the said
Charles Corcellis, his executors, adors, & assignies, or any of them, shall in
their discrecons seem meet; and that he, the said Charles Corcellis, his
executors, adñiors, & assiges, shall and may have & enioy the sole benefitt,
profitt, comodity, and advantage, from time to time comeing, growing, and
arrising by reason of the said Invencon of making pitch or tarr, for and
during the full terme of yeares herein menconed; to have, hold, exercise, &
enioy the said licence, powers, priviledges, & advantages herein-before granted
or menconed to be granted vnto the said Charles Corcellis, his executors,
adiňors, & assignes, for & during and vnto the full end and terme of fourteen
yeares from the day of the date of these psente, next & iñiediately ensueing &
fully to be complete & ended, according to the Statute in this case made &
provided, and to the end that the said Charles Corcellis, his exccutors, adiiors,
& assignes, and every of then, may enioy the full benefitt & the sole vse &
exercise of the said Invencon of making pitch or tarr, according to our
gratious intencons herein-before declared, wee do, by these psente, for vs, our
heires & successors, require and strictly comand all & every person and per-
sons, bodies politique & corporat, and all other our subiecte whatsoever, of
what estate, quality, or degree, name, or condičon soever they be, within all
and every our kingdomes & dominions, that neither they nor any of them at
any time during the continuance of the said terme of fourteen yeares hereby
granted, either directly or indirectly, do vse or putt in practise the said
Invenčon of making pitch or tarr, or any part of the same, so atteyned vnto by
the said Charles Corcellis as aforesaid, nor shall in any wise counterfeit or
resemble the same, nor shall make or cause to be made any addičon thereto
or substracčon from the same, whereby to pretend themselves the inventers or
devisers thereof, without the licence, consent, or agreem of the said Charles
Corcellis, his executors, adiñiors, or assignes, in writing vnder his, their, or
some of their hands and seales first had & obteyned 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 bee answerable to the
said Charles Corcellis, his executors, adñiors, and assignes, according to law,
for his & their damages thereby occasioned; and wee do, of our further
special grace, certein knowledge, & meere močon, for vs, our heires &
successors, grant vnto the said Charles Corcellis, his executors, adñiors, &

page_text: assignes, by these psente, that hee, they, and every of them, and his, their,
and every of their deputies, servante, and agente, having first obteyned a
lawful warrant from the Lord Cheife Justice of our Court of King Bench
at Westminster for the time being, and with the assistance of a constable or.
any other lawfull' officer, at convenient times in the day, during the terme
hereby granted, and in lawful manner, may enter into and make search in any
place or places whatsoever within any of our kingdomes or dominions where
there shalbe iust cause of suspicon, for the discovery & finding ont of all and
every person and persons as shall imitate or cause to bee imitated, or shall vse
or putt in practise the said Invenčon of makeing pitch or tarr, or shall make
or counterfeit any instrum" or materialle to the same belonging, that so such
offender or offenders may be peceded against & punished according to law;
and further we do by these psente, for vs, our heires & successors, will,
authorize, & comand all & singuler justices of the peace, maiors, sheriffe,
bayliffe, constables, headboroughs, and all other officers & ministers what-
soever of vs, our heires & successors, for the time being, aswell within our
kingdome of England & dominion of Wales as within all and every other our
kingdomes & dominions, that they & every of them respectively from time to
time during the terme hereby granted in their respective offices be favoring,
ayding, helping, & assisting vnto the said Charles Corcellis, his executors,
adiiors, & assignes, and to his & their deputy & deputies, servante, & agente,
in and by all thing in and about the accomplishm' of our royall will &
pleasure herein-before declared, and in the exercise & execucon of the powers
& priviledges hereby granted as aforesaid; and moreover wee do by these
Psente, for vs, our heires & successors, will & comand that our said respective
officers & ministers before menconed, or any of them, do not nor shall at any
time hereafter during the sayd terme hereby granted, in anywise molest,
trouble, or hinder the said Charles Corcellis, his executors, adññiors, or assignes,
or any his or their deputies, servante, or agente, in or about the due and
lawfull vse or exercise of the aforesaid Invenĉon of makeing pitch or tarr, or
anything relating thereto; provided alwaies, and these our Lies Patente are
& shalbe vpon this condičon, that if at any time during the said terme hereby
granted it shalbe made appeare to vs, our heires or successors, or any six or
more of our or their Privy Councell, that this our psent grant is contrary to
law, or piudiciall or inconvenient to our subiecte in generall, or that the said
Invenčon of makeing pitch or tarr is not a new invenčon us to the publick
vse & exercise thereof within this our kingdome, and not invented & found
out by the said Charles Corcellis as aforesaid, then vpon significačon and
declaradon thereof to be made by vs, our heires or successors, vnder our or

page_text: their signett or privy seale, or by the Lorde and others of our or their Privy
Councell, or any six or more of them, vnder their hande, these our Lies
Patent shall forthwith cease, determine, & be vtterly void, to all intente &
purposes, anything herein-before conteyned to the contrary in anywise notwith-
standing; provided also, that these our Letters Patente, or anything therein
conteyned, shall not extend or be construed to extend to give priviledge vnto
the said Charles Corcellis, his executors, adññiors, or assignes, or any of them,
to vse or imitate any invenčon or work whatsoever wch hath been heretofore
found out or invented by any of our subiecte whatsoever, and publickly vsed
or exercised within our said realme and dominions, or any of them, and to
whom wee have already granted our like Letters Patente or priviledge for the
sole vse, exercise, & benefit thereof; it being our will & pleasure that the
said Charles Corcellis, his executors, adññiors, & assignes, and all and singuler
other person & persons to whom we have already granted our like Letters or
priviledges as aforesaid, shall distinctly vsc & practice their severall inven cons
by them invented & found out, according to the true intent & meaning of the
same respective Letters Patent and of these psente. And lastly, we do, by
these psente, for vs, our heires & successors, grant vnto the said Charles
Corcellis, his executors, adfiiors, & assignes, that these our Letters Patente,
or the inrollment thereof, shall be in and by all thing good, firme, valid,
sufficient, & effectuall in the law, according to the true intent & meaning
thereof, and shall be taken, construed, and adiudged in the most favorable &
beneficial sence for the best advantage of the said Charles Corcellis, his
executors, adiiors, and assignes, aswell in all courte of record as elswhere,
and by all and singuler the officers & ministers whatsoever of vs, our heires
and successors, in all and singuler our realmes & dominions whatsoever, and
amongst all and every the subiect of vs, our heires & successors whatsoever
and wheresoever, notwithstanding the not full and certeine describing the
nature or quality of the said Invencon of makeing pitch or tarr, or of the
materiall thereto conduceing and belonging, or any other defecte or incer-
teinties in these sente conteyn', or any act, statute, ordinance, pvision,
pelamacon or restriccon, or other matter, cause, or thing whatsoever to the
contrary in anywise notwithstanding.
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Westin, decimo septimo die
In witnes, &C. Witnes the King L
Octobr.
P bře de privato sigillo.