A SOET OP CHAINE PUMPS AN HAND PUMPS WHICH ARE MORE SERVICEABLE AND OF GREATER ADVANTAGE FOR SHIPPS OF WARR AND MERCHANT SHIPPS THEN ANY THAT HAVE BEEN HITHERTO DISCOVERED, BOTH IN REGARD OF CARRYING OFF NEARE DOUBLE QUANTITY OF WATER, AND WITHALL THE SHELTRING VERY MUCH THE MEN EXPOSED TO SHOTT
Year: 1695

page_text: LEDGI
WILLIAM THE THIRD, by the grace of God, &c., to all to whome theso
psente shall come greeting.
WHEREAS our trusty and welbeloved ROBERT LEDGINGHAM, Merchant,
hath by bis humble peticon repsented vnto vs that hee hath invented "A SOET
OP CHAINE PUMPS AN HAND PUMPS WHICH ARE MORE SERVICEABLE AND OF GREATER
ADVANTAGE FOR SHIPPS OF WARR AND MERCHANT SHIPPS THEN ANY THAT HAVE BEEN
HITHERTO DISCOVERED, BOTH IN REGARD OF CARRYING OFF NEARE DOUBLE QUANTITY
OF WATER, AND WITHALL THE SHELTRING VERY MUCH THE MEN EXPOSED TO SHOTT,"
and hath therefore humbly prayed vs to grant him our Letters Patente for tho
sole vse thereof..
KNOW YEES THEREFORE, that wee being willing to cherish and encou-
rage all laudable endeavours and designes of such our subjecte as have by their
industry found out vsefull and pfitable arte, misteries, and invenčons, and
that the said Robert Ledgingham may accordingly reape some fruit and benefitt
of his labour and charge in and concerning the Pmisses, of our especiall grace.
certaine knowledge, and meer močon, wee have given and granted, and by
these sent doe give and grant vnto the said Robert Ledgingham, his
psente
executors, administrators, and assignes, especiall lycence, power, priviledge,
and authority, that hee and they, by him and themselves, and by his and their
deputies, servante, agente, and workmen, and such others only as hee, the
said Robert Ledgingham, his executors, administrators, and assignes, shall
agree with, shall and may from time to time and at all times hereafter during
the space of fourteen yeares next ensueing the date of these sente, at his
and their own pper coste and charges, erect, vse, teach, excise, and put in

page_text: practice the said new Invenĉon soe by him contrived and found out as afore-
said, in any place or places within our seas and dominions; and also shall
and may receive, take, and enioy all the benefitte, pfitte, comodities, . and
advantages of and by the said new Invencen to be had, made, acquired, or
gotten to his and their owne pper benefitt, vse, and vses, to have, hold, vse,
excise, and enioy the said lycence, powers, priviledges, and authorities, and all
other the misses by these psente granted or menconed to be granted vnto
the said Robert Ledgingham, his executors, administrators, and assignes, for
and during and vnto the full end and terme of fourteen yeares from the day
of the date of these sente next ensueing, and fully to be compleate and
ended according to the Statute in that case made and pvided. And to the end
that the said Robert Ledgingham, his executors, administrators, and assignes,
may the better enioy the full and whole benefitt, and the sole vse and excise of
his said new Invenĉon, wee doe by these psente, for vs, our heires and suc-
cessors, streightly charge, require, and command all and every person and
persons, bodies politick and corporate, of what quality, degree, name, or
condicon soever they be, within all our seas and dominions, that neither they
nor any of them, during the said terme of fourteen yearês hereby granted,
either directly or indirectly, doe vse, excise, or put in practice the said new
Invencon so by the said Robert Ledgingham invented and found out as afore-
said, nor doe nor shall counterfeit, imitate, or resemble the said new Inventon,
or any materialle therevnto belonging, nor doe or shall make any addicon
therevnto or substracčon therefrom, whereby to tend themselves the
inventers or devisors thereof, without the lycence or agreement of the said
Robert Ledgingham, his executors, administrators, or assignes, in writeing
vaider his or their hand and scales first had and obteined in that behalfe,
vnder such paines and penalties as can or may be inflicted on the offender or
offenders therein for the contempt of this our royall command, and further to
be answarable to the said Robert Ledgingham, his executors, administrators,
and assignes, according to the vtmost rigour of the law, for his and their
damages thereby susteyned. And further, wee doe by these our Letters
Patente, for vs, our heires and successors, will, authorize, require, and comand
all and singular justices of the peace, mayors, sheriffe, bayliffe, constables,
headboroughs, and all other officers and ministers whatsoever of vs, our heires
and successors, now and for the time being whome it may concerne, that they
and every of them respectively be from time to time during the terme hereby
granted, in their respective offices, and according to their and every of their
best skill and endeavours, ayding, helping, and assisting vuto the said Robert
Ledgingham, bis executors, administrators, and assignes, deput'es, agent, and

page_text: servante, in and by all thing in and about the accomplishment of our. royall
will and pleasure herein-before declared, and in the execučon of the severall
powers and priviledges hereby granted as aforesaid. And moreover, wee doe.
by these Psents, for vs, our heires and successors, will and command that our
said respective officers and ministers before menčoned, or any of them, doe not
nor shall at any time hereafter during the terme. hereby granted in any wise
molest, trouble, or hinder the said Robert Ledgingham, his, executors, admi-
nistrators, or assignes, deputies, agente, or servante, in and about the vse or
excise of the aforesaid Invencon, or any part thereof, or any thing relating
thereto: pvided allwayes, and these our Letters Paleute are and shall be
vpon this conditon, that if at any time during the said terme of fourteen
yeares hereby granted it shall be made appeare to vs, our heires or successors,
or any six or more of our or their Privy Councill, that this our grant is
contrary to law or Piudiciall or inconvenient to our subiecte in generall, or
that the Inventon before menconed is not a new invenčon as to the publick
vse and excise of the same, and not invented and found out by the said Robert
Ledgingham as aforesaid, then, vpon significačon and declaračon of such
Piudice or inconveniency, to be made by vs, our heires or successors, vnder
our or their signet or privy seale, or by the Lorde or others of our or their
Privy Councill, or any six or more of them, vnder their hande, these our
Letters Patente shall forthwith cease, determine, and be vtterly voyd to all
intent and purposes, any thing herein-before contayned to the contrary not-
withstanding: prided also, that those our Letters Patent, or any thing
herein contayned, shall not extend or be construed to extend to give priviledge
vnto the said Robert Ledgingham, his executors, administrators, or assignes,
to imitate any Invenčon or worke whatsoever which hath been heretofore
invented or found out by any other of our subiecte whatsoever, and publickly
excised within our seas or dominions aforesaid, to whome wee have already
granted our like Letters Patente of priviledge for the sole excise and benefitt
thereof, it being our will and pleasure that the said Robert Ledgingham, his
executors, administrators, and assignes, and all and singular other person and
persons to whome weo have already granted our like Letters Patente, shall
distinctly vse and practice their severall Invenĉons by them respectively found
out, according to the true meaneing of such our Letters Patente, and of these
Peente. And lastly, wee doe hereby, for vs, our heires and successors, grant
vnto the said Robert Ledgingham, his executors, administrators, and assignes,
that these our Letters Patente, or the inrollment thereof, shall Le and con-
tinue in and by all thing good, valid, firme, and effectuall in the lane,
according to the true meaneing of the same, notwithstanding the not full' and

page_text: certaine describeing or menconing of the said Invencon, or of the materialle,
wayes, or meanes of makeing, vseing, or exciseing of the same, or of the
certaine vse or benefitt thereof, or any other defect, incertainety, or impfeccon
in these sent, or any other matter, cause, or thing whatsoever to the con-
trary in any wise notwithstanding.
In witnesse, &c. Witnesse Thomas Archbishop of Canterbury, and the
rest of the Keepers and Justices of the Kingdome at Westin, the
Twelfth day of July.