TANNING ALL SORTS OF SKINNS FOR LEATHER, WITHOUT MAKEING VSE OF THE INGREDIENTS NOW VSED FOR TANNING OF LEATHER, AND ALSOE FOR CONVENTING SOME SORTS OF THE SAID LEATHER IN IMITACON, AND WITH THE SAME TINCTURE, GRAIN, AND SMELL OF RUSHIA LEATHER
Year: 1692

page_text: WILLIAM AND MARY, by the grace of God, &c., to all to whome these
Presents shall come greeting.
WHEREAS ROBERT DOUGHTY, JOHN TYZACKE, TOBIAS LE GROS, RICHARD
BARRY, Gentlemen, and JAMES MELL, Merchant, have by their humble peticon
represented vnto vs, that with great industry and charges, they, or some or one
of them, have found a secret and new Invention of "TANNING ALL SORTS OF
SKINNS FOR LEATHER, WITHOUT MAKEING VSE OF THE INGREDIENTS NOW VSED FOR
TANNING OF LEATHER, AND ALSOE FOR CONVENTING SOME SORTS OF THE SAID LEATHER
IN IMITACON, AND WITH THE SAME TINCTURE, GRAIN, AND SMELL OF RUSHIA
LEATHER," which Inventions were never yet vsed or practised within this our
kingdome, and will be much for the benefitt of our subiects; and have prayed
vs to grant them our Letters Patents for the sole vse thereof; and wee being
graciously pleased to condescend thereunto.
KNOW YEE, THEREFORE, that wee being willing to cherish and
encourage all laudable endeavours and designes of such our subiects as have by
their industry found out vsefull and profitable arts, misteries, and inventions, and
that the said Robert Doughty, John Tyzacke, Tobias le Gros, Richard Barry,
and James Mell may accordingly reap some fruit and benefitt of their labour
and charge, in and concerning the premisses, of our especiall grace, certaine
knowledge and meer motion, wee have given and granted, and by these
Presents doe give and grant vnto the said Robert Doughty, John Tyzacke,
Tobias le Gros, Richard Barry, and James Mell, their executors, adminis-
trators, and assignes, especiall lycence, power, priviledge, and authority, that

page_text: they, by themselves, and by their deputies, servants, agents, and workmen, and
such others onely as they the said Robert Doughty, John Tyzacke, Tobias le
Gros, Richard Barry, and James Mell, their exccutors, administrators, and
assignes, shall agree with, shall, and may from time to time, and at all times
hereafter dureing the space of fourteen yeares next ensueing the date of these
Presents, at their own proper costs and charges, erect, vse, teach, exercise, and
put in practice the said new Inventions, soe by them, or some or one of them,
contrived and found out as aforesaid, in any place or places within our King-
dome of England, Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick-vpon-Tweed,
and alsoe shall and may receive, take, and enioy all the benefits, profits,
commodities and advantages of and by the said new Inventions to be had, made,
acquired, or gotten to their own proper benefitt, vse and vses; to have, hold,
vse, exercise, and enioy the said lycence, powers, priviledges, and authorities,
and all other the premisses by these psents granted or mentioned to be
granted vnto the said Robert Doughty, John Tyzacke, Tobias le Gros, Richard
Barry, and James Mell, their executors, administrators, and assignes, for and
dureing and vnto the full end and terme of fourteen yeares from the day of
the date of these Presents next ensueing, and fully to be compleate and ended
according to the Statute in that case made and provided. And to the end
that the said Robert Doughty, John Tyzacke, Tobias le Gros, Richard Barry,
and James Mell, their executors, administrators, and assignes, may the better
enioy the full and whole benefitt, and the sole vse and exercise of their said new
Inventions, wee do by these Presents for vs, our heires and successors, streightly
charge, require and command all and every person and persons, bodies politique
and corporate, of what quality, 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 nor any of them dureing the said terme of
fourteen yeares hereby granted, either directly or indirectly, doe vse, exercise,
or put in practice the said new Inventions soe by the said Robert Doughty,
John Tyzacke, Tobias le Gros, Richard Barry, and James Mell, or some or
one of them invented and found out as aforesaid; nor doc nor shall counterfeit
imitate, or resemble the said new Inventions, or any materialls or ingredients
thereunto belonging, nor doe nor shall make any addition thereunto or
substracton therefrom, whereby to pretend themselves the inventers and
devisors thereof, without the lycence, consent, or agreement of the said
Robert Doughty, John Tyzacke, Tobias le Gros, Richard Barry, and James
Mell, their executors, administrators, or assignes, in writeing, vnder their hands
and seales, first had and obteined in that behalfe, vnder such paines and penal
ties as can or may be inflicted on the offender or offenders therein, for the con

page_text: tempt of this our royall command; and further, to be answerable to the said
Robert Doughty, John Tyzacke, Tobias le Gros, Richard Barry, and James,
Mell, their executors, administrators, and assignes, according to the vtmost
rigor of the law, for their damages thereby susteyned. And further, wee doc
by these our Letters Patents for vs, our heires and successors, will, authorize,
require, and command all and singular justices of the peace, mayors, sheriff's,
baliffs, constables, headboroughs, and all other officers and ministers what-
soever, 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 dureing the terme hereby granted in their respective offices, and accord..
ing to their and every of their best skills and endeavours, aiding, helping, and
assisting vnto the said Robert Doughty, John Tyzacke, Tobias le Gros,
Richard Barry, and James Mell, their executors, administrators, and assignes,.
deputies, agents and servants, in and by all things in and about the accomplish-
ment of our royall will and pleasure herein-before declared, and in the execution
of the severall powers and priviledges hereby granted as aforesaid. And more-
over wee doe by these Presents, for vs, our heires and successors, will and.
comand that our said respective officers and ministers before mentioned, or
any of them, doe not nor shall at any time hereafter dureing the terme hereby
granted in any wise molest, trouble, or hinder the said Robert Doughty,
John Tyzacke, Tobias le Gros, Richard Barry, and James Mell, their exccu-.
tors, administrators, or assignes, deputies, agents, or servants in or about the
vse or exercise of the aforesaid Inventions, or any part thereof, or anything.
relateing thereunto: Provided always, and these our Letters Patents are
and shall be vpon this condicon, that if, at any time dureing 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 Councell
that this our grant is contrary to law or preiudicial or inconvenient to
our subiecte in generall, or that the Inventions before menčoned is not
or are not a new Invention or Inventions, as to the publique vse and
exercise of the same, and not invented and found out, or introduced into
this our kingdome by the said Robert Doughty, John Tyzacke, Tobias le Gros,
Richard Barry and James Mell, or some or one of them, as aforesaid, then,
vpon signification and declaracon 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 Lords or others of our or their Privy Councell, 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 herein-before con-
teyned to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided also, that these our Letters

page_text: Patents, or any thing herein conteyned, shall not extend or be construed to
extend to give priviledge vnto the said Robert Doughty, John Tyzacke, Tobias
le Gros, Richard Barry, and James Mell, their executors, administrators, or
assignes to imitate any invention or worke whatsoever which hath been hereto-
fore invented and found out by any other of our subiects whatsoever, and
publickly exercised within our kingdome or dominion aforesaid, to whome wee
have already granted our like Letters Patents of priviledge for the sole
exercise and benefitt thereof; it being our will and pleasure that the said
Robert Doughty, John Tyzacke, Tobias le Gros, Richard Barry, and James
Mell, their executors, administrators, and assignes, and all and singular other
person and persons to whome wee have already granted our like Letters Patents,
shall distinctly vse and practice their severall inventions by them respectively
found out according to the true meaning of such our Letters Patents and of
these Presents. And lastly, wee doe hereby for vs, our heires, and successors,
grant vnto the said Robert Doughty, John Tyzacke, Tobias le Gros, Richard
Barry, and James Mell, their executors, administrators, and assignes that these
our Letters Patents, or the enrollment thereof, shall be, and continue in, and
by all things good, firme, valid, and effectuall in the law, according to the true
intent and meaning of the same, notwithstanding the not full and certain
describeing or mentioning of the said Invention, or of the materialls, ingre-
dients, wayes, or meanes of makeing, vseing, or excrciseing of the same, or
of the certain vse or benefitt thereof, or any other defect, incertainty, or imper-
feccon, in these psents, or any other matter, cause, or thing whatsoever to the
contrary in any wise notwithstanding.
In witness, &c. Witnesse ourselves at Westminster, the Eighteenth day of
March.