A CERTAINE ENGINE WHICH WILL BE VERY VSEFULL FOR DRAINING OF MINES, MEARES, AND MARSHES, AND RAISHING WATERS FOR SUPPLYING THE INHABITANTS OF SUCH TOWNES, VILLAGES, OR HOUSES AS MAY WANT THE SAME, AND WILL LIKEWISE BE FITT FOR SEVERALL OTHER VSES, AND WORKETH BY DIFFERENT MEANES AND IN A DIFFERENT MANNER FROM ANY ENGINE FOR THE LIKE J. PURPOSES NOW IN PRACTICE
Year: 1698

page_text: WILLIAM THE THIRD, by the grace of God, &c., to all to whome theso
Presents shall come greeting.
WHEREAS our trusty and welbeloved JOHN YARNOLD, Gentleman, hath
by bis petition humbly represented vnto vs that with long study and great
expence he hath found out "A CERTAINE ENGINE WHICH WILL BE VERY VSEFULL
FOR DRAINING OF MINES, MEARES, AND MARSHES, AND RAISHING WATERS FOR
SUPPLYING THE INHABITANTS OF SUCH TOWNES, VILLAGES, OR HOUSES AS MAY WANT
THE SAME, AND WILL LIKEWISE BE FITT FOR SEVERALL OTHER VSES, AND WORKETH BY
DIFFERENT MEANES AND IN A DIFFERENT MANNER FROM ANY ENGINE FOR THE LIKE
J. PURPOSES NOW IN PRACTICE;" and forasmuch as the said Invention is new and
may be of great advantage to our subiects in generall, the said John Yarnold
hath humbly besought vs to grant him our Letters Patents for the solo vso
and benefitt thereof.
KNOW YEE, THEREFORE, that wee being graciously pleased to con-
descend to that his request, and willing to encourage the inventers of all such
arts as may be of publick vse and benefitt, of our especiall grace, certaine
· knowledge, and meere močon, have given and granted, and by these Presents,
for vs, our heires and successors, doe give and grant vnto the said John
Yarnold, his executors, administrators, and assignes, speciall lycence, full
0. power, sole privilege and authority, that he, the said John Yarnold, his
executors, administrators, and assignes, and every of them, by themselves, or
his or their deputy or deputies, servants or agents, or such others as the said

page_text: John Yarnold, bis executors, administrators, or assignes, shall at any time agre
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times dureing the terme o
Jeares herein expressed, shall and lawfully may make, vse, exercise, and enio
the said new invented engine for draining of mines, meares, and marshes, and
raising waters as aforesaid, within our Kingdome of England, Dominion o
Wales, and Towne of Berwick-vpon-Tweed, or any other our dominions, in
such manner and according to such reasonable and lawfull rates and limitacon
as to him, the said John Yarnold, his executors, administrators, and assignes
or any of them, shall in their discretions seemo meet. And that he, the said
John Yarnold, his executors, administrators, and assignes, shall and may have
and enioy the sole profitt, benefitt, commodity, 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 menconed, to have, hold, exercise
and enioy the said lycence, powers, priviledges, and advantages herein-before
granted or menčoned to be granted vnto the said John Yarnold, his executors,
administrators, and assignes, for and dureing and to the full end and terme of
fourteen yeares from the date of these Presents next and immediately ensueing,
and fully to be compleate and ended according to the Statute in this case
made and provided. And to the end that the said John Arnold, his executors,
administrators, and assignes, and every of them, may have and enioy the
full benefitt and sole makeing, vse, and exercise of the aforesaid Invention,
according to our gratious intentions herein-before declared, wee doe by these
Presents, for vs, our heires and successors, require and strictly command all and
every person and persons, bodies politique and corporate, and all other our
subiects whatsoever, of what estate, quality, or degree, name or condičon soever
they be, within all and every our kingdomes and dominions, that neither they
or any of them, at any time dureing the continuance of the said terme of
fourteen yeares hereby granted, either directly or indirectly, doe make, vse, or
put in practice the said Invention, or any part of the same soe attained vnto
by the said John Yarnold as aforesaid, nor shall in any wise counterfeite,
imitate, or resemble the same, or shall make or cause to be made any addičon
thereunto or substracčon from the same, whereby to pretend themselves the
inventer or inventers, deviser or devisers thereof, without the lycence, consent,
or agreement of the said John Yarnold, his executors, administrators, or
assignes, in writeing vnder his, theire, or some of their hande and seales first
had and obtained 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
command; and further to be answerable to the said John Yarnold, his executors,
administrators, and assignes, according to law, for his and their damages

page_text: thereby occasioned. And moreover, wee doe by these Presents, for vs, our
heires and successors, will and comand all and singular our justices of, the
peace, mayors, sherriffes, bayliffs, constables, headboroughs, and all other
officers and ministers whatsoever of vs, our heires and successors, now and for
the time being, that they or any of them doe not nor shall at any time here-
after, dureing the said terme hereby granted, in any wise molest, trouble, or
hinder the said John Yarnold, his executors, administrators, or assignes, or any
of his or theire deputies, servants, or agents, in or about the due and lawfull make-
ing, vsc, or exercise of the aforesaid Invention, or anything relateing thereto :
Provided 'alwaise, and these our Letters Patents are and shall be vpon this con-
dičon, that if at any time dureing the terme 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 preiudiciall or incon-
venient to our subiects in generall, or that the said Invention is not a new
invention as to the publick vse and exercise thereof within this our Kingdome
of England, and not invented and found out by the said John Yarnold as afore-
said, then, vpon signification and declaration 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 Councill, or any six or more of them, vnder
their hands, these our Letters Patents shall forthwith cease, determine, and be
vtterly void to all intents and purposes, any thing before herein contained to
the contrary in any wise notwithstanding: Provided alsoe, that these our
Letters Patents, or any thing herein contained, shall not extend or be con-
strued to extend to give priviledge vnto the said John Yarnold, his executors,
administrators, or assignes, or any of them, to vse or imitate any Invention or
worke whatsoever which hath been herefore found out or invented by any
other of our subiects whatsoever and publickly vsed or exercised within our
said realmes and dominions, or any of them, vnto whome like Letters Patents
or priviledge have been already granted for the sole vse, exercise, and benefitt
thereof, it being our will and pleasure that the said John Yarnold, his execu-
tors, administrators, and assignes, and all and singular other person and persons
to whome like Letters Patents or priviledges have been already granted as
aforesaid, shall distinctly vse and practice their severall Inventions by them
invented and found out according to the true intent and meaning of the
same respective Letters Patents and of these Presents. And lastly, wee doe
by these Presents, for vs, our heires and successors, grant vnto the said
John Yarnold, his executors, administrators, and assignes, that these our
Letters Patents, or the inrollment thereof, shall be in and by all things
goo, firme, valid, sufficient, and effectuall in the law according to the

page_text: true intent and meaning thereof, and shall be taken, construed, or adiudged in
the most favourable and beneficiall sence for the best advantage of the said
John Yarnold, his executors, administrators, and assignes, aswell in all Courts
of Record as elswhere, and by all and singular the officers and ministers what-
soever 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 describcing the nature or quality of the said Invention, or of the
materialls thereto conduceing and belonging.
In witnesse. &c.
Witnesse ourselfe at Westminster, the Nineteenth day
In witnesse. &c.
Witnesse ourselfe at Westminster, the Nineteenth day
of July.
By Writt of Privy Seale.