NEW ENGINES, KILNES, AND OTHER INSTRUMENT FOR THE MAKING OF LARGE ROUGH LOOKING GLASSE PLATES, GLASSE PANNELL, AND CHIMNEY PRICES FOR ROOMES
Year: 1700

page_text: WILLIAM THE THIRD, by the grace of God, King of England, Scotland,
France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c., to our trusty and welbeloved
Councellor Sir Nathan Wright, Knight, Keeper of our Great Seal of England,
greeting: wee will and command you that vnder our said Great Seal of
England remaining in your custody, you cause these our Letters to be made
forthwith Patente, in forme following.
WILLIAM THE THIRD, by the grace of God, &c., to all to whom these
Present shall come greeting.
WHEREAS RICHARD LAWRENCE DU MANIOR and LEWIS ANNE ST. MARIE,
have by their humble petičon represented vnto vs, that they have at their
great expence, trouble, and charge, invented and brought to perfeccon severall
NEW ENGINES, KILNES, AND OTHER INSTRUMENT FOR THE MAKING OF LARGE
ROUGH LOOKING GLASSE PLATES, GLASSE PANNELL, AND CHIMNEY PRICES FOR
ROOMES," after a new method or way never before practised or used in this our
kingdome; and that the said Invention will be of great advantage and
benefit to our subiecte; and the said Richard Lawrence Du Manoir and
Lewis Anne St. Marie have humbly prayed vs to grant them our Letters
Patent for the sole vse of the said Invenčon.
KNOW YEE, THEREFORE, that wee, being gratiously pleased to con-
descend to that their request, and willing to encourage the inventers of such
art as may be of publick vse and benefit, of our especiall grace, certaine
knowledge, and meer močon have given and granted, and by these Presente;
for vs, our heires and successors, doe give and grant vnto the said Richard
Lawrence Du Manoir and Lewis Anne St. Marie, their executors, administrators,
and assignes, speciall licence, full power, sole priviledge and authority, that

page_text: they they the said Richard Lawrence Du Manoir and Lewis Anne St. Maric,
their executors, administrators, and assignes, and every of them, by themselves
or their deputy and deputyes, servante, or agente, or such others as the said
Richard Lawrence Du Manoir and Lewis Anne St. Marie, their executors, admi-
nistrators, or assignes, shall at any time agree with, and no others, from time to
time and at all times dureing the terme of yeares herein after expressed, shall
and lawfully may make, vse, exercise, and enjoy the said new invented engines,
kilnes, and instrumente for making of large rough looking glasse plates, glasse
pannells, and chimney peices, within any part or parte, place or places what-
soever, of, in, or belonging to our Kingdom of England, Dominion of Wales, and
Towne of Berwick-vpon-Tweed, and all and every or any of our kingdoms and
dominions whatsoever, in such manner and according to such reasonable and
lawfull rates and limitačons as to them, the said Richard Lawrence Du Manoir
and Lewis Anne St. Marie, their executors, admininistrators, and assignes,
or any of them shall in their descretions seem meete; and that the said Richard
Lawrence Du Manoir and Lewis Anne St. Marie, their executors, administra-
tors, and assigues shall and may have and enioy the sole benefit, profit, comodity,
and advantage, from time to time, coming, growing, and arising by reason of
the said Invention, for and dureing the full terme of yeares herein menconed; to
have hold, exercise, and enjoy the said lycense, powers, priviledge, and advantages
herein and hereby granted or menconed to be granted vnto the said Richard
Lawrence Du Manoir and Lewis Anne St. Marie, their executors, administra-
tors, and assignes, for and dureing and vnto the full end and terme of fourteene
yeares from the date of these Presente, 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 Richard Lawrence Du Manoir and
Lewis Anne St. Marie, their executors, administrators, and assignes, and every
of them, may enioy the full benefit, and the sole making, vse, and exercise of
the said new invented engines, kilnes, instrumente, and every of them, accord-
ing to our gracious intentions herein-before declared, we doe by these Presente,
for vs, our heires and successors, require and strictly command all and every
person and persons, bodyes politick and corporate, and all other our subiect
whatsoever, of what estate, quality, or degree, name or condičon soever they
be, within all and every our kingdomes and dominions, that neither they nor
any of them at any time dureing the continuance of the said terme of fourteene
yeares hereby granted, either directly or indirectly, doe make vse of, or putt
in practice the said new invented engines, kilnes, and instrument, or any of
them so invented by the said Richard Lawrence Du Manoir and Lewis Anne
St. Maric, as aforesaid, nor shall in any wise counterfeit or resemble the

page_text: same, nor shall make or cause to be made any addition thereto, or substraccon
from the same, whereby to pretend themselves the inventors or devisers thereof,
without the license and consent, or agreement of the said Richard Law-
rence Du Manoir and Lewis Anne St. Marie, their executors, administrators,
or assignes, in writeing vnder their hand 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 comand; and further to
be answerable to the said Richard Lawrence Du Manoir and Lewis Anne
St. Marie, their executors, administrators, and assignes according to law, for their
or any of their damages thereby occasioned. And moreover, wee due by these
Presente, for vs, our heires and successors, will and command all and singular
justices of the peace, mayors, sheriffes, bayliffes, constables, headboroughs, and
all other officers and ministers whatsoever of vs, our heires and successors, for
the time being, that they or any of them doe not, nor shall at any time hereafter
dureing the said terme hereby granted, in any wise molest, trouble, or hinder
the said Richard Lawrence Du Manoir and Lewis Anne St. Marie, or either of
them, their, or either of their executors, administrators, or assignes, or their
deputies, servante, workmen, or agente, in or about the due and lawfull vse
or exercise of the aforesaid Invention, or any thing relating thereunto: Pro-
vided alwayes, and these our Letters Patente are and shall be vpon this
condičon, that if, at any time dureing the said terme of fourteene yeares
hereby granted, it shall be made appeare to vs, our heires or successors, or
any six or more of our or their Privy Councell, that this our grant is contrary
to law or prejudiciall or inconvenient to our subiecte in generall, or that the
said Invention is not a new invention as to the publick vse and exercise
thereof within this our kingdome, and not invented and found out by the said
Richard Lawrence Du Manoir and Lewis Anne St. Marie, or either of them, .
as aforesaid, then, vpon signification and declaration thereof to be made by vs.
our heires or successors, vnder our or their signett or privy seale, or by
the Lorde and 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 void to all intent and purposes, any thing before herein
contained to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding: Provided also, that these
our Letters Patente, or any thing herein contained, shall not extend or be con-
strued to extend to give priviledge vnto the said Richard Lawrence Du
Manoir and Lewis Anne St. Marie, or either of them, their or either of their
executors, administrators, or assiges, 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 subiecte whatsoever, and publickly vsed or exer-

page_text: cised within our said realmes and dominions, or any of them, vnto whom like
Letters Patent or priviledge have been already granted for the solo vsc,
exercise, and benefit thereof, it being our will and pleasure that the said
Richard Lawrenco Du Manoir and Lewis Anne St. Marie, their executors,
administrators, and assignes, and all and singular other person and persons to
whom like Letters Patente or priviledge have been already granted as afore-
said shall distinctly vse and practice their severall inventions by them invented
and found out, according to the true intent and meaning of the same respec-
tive Letters Patente and of these Presente. And lastly, wee doo by these
Presente, for vs, our heires and successors, grant vnto the said Richard Law-
rence Du Manoir and Lewis Anne St. Maric, their executors, administrators,
and assignes, that these our Letters Patente, or the inrollment thereof, shall
be 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, construed,
and adiudged in the most favourable and beneficiall sence for the best advan-
tage of the said Richard Lawrence Du Manoir and Lewis Anne St. Maric,
their executors, administrators, and assignes, as well in all Courte 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 subiect of vs, our heires and
successors, notwithstanding the not full and certaine describing the nature or
quality of the said Invention, or of the materialle thereto conducing and
vlonging.
weronging.
In witnesse, &c. Witnesse ourselfe at Westin, the Twelfth day of
September.
By Writt of Privy Seale.