A CHAIN PUMP ENTIRELY UPON A NEW CONSTRUCTION, FOR RAISING WATER OUT OF SHIPS, OR DRAINING OF LANDS, OR FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE WHERE A CHAIN PUMP CAN BE APPLIED OR MADE USE OF ;
Year: 1768

page_text: GEORGE THE THIR. by the grace of God, &c., to all to whom these
Presents shall come greeting.
WHEREAS WILLIAM COLE, of Saint Mary, Lambeth, in our County of
Surry, Engine Maker, hath by his petition humbly represented unto us that he
hath, with great labour, study, and application, found out and invented "A
CHAIN PUMP ENTIRELY UPON A NEW CONSTRUCTION, FOR RAISING WATER OUT OF
SHIPS, OR DRAINING OF LANDS, OR FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE WHERE A CHAIN PUMP
CAN BE APPLIED OR MADE USE OF ;" and that the same is so contrived that any
defect therein can be repaired in a very short space of time, which no other
chain pump on the old construction can be; his said pump having been
tried before our trusty and welbeloved Admiral Sir John Moore, Baronet, on
board our ship Seaford, and several of our navy, and has been fully approved
of, the petitioner therefore most humbly prayed us that we would be graciously
pleased to grant unto him, his executors, admors, and assigns, our Royal
Letters Patent for the sole making and vending his said new Invention in that
part of our Kingdom of Great Britain called England, our Dominion of
Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, for the term of fourteen years,
according to the Statute in that case made and provided; we being willing to
give encouragement to all arts and inventions which may be for the publick
good are graciously pleased to condescend to the petitioners request.
KNOW YE, THEREFORE, that we, of our espial grace, certain know-
ledge, and meer motion, have given and granted, and by these Presents, for
us, our heirs and successors, do give and grant unto the said William

page_text: Cole, his executors, admors, and assigns, our especial licence, full power,
sole privilege and authority, that he, the said William Cole, his executors,
admors, and assigns, and every of them, by himself and themselves, or by his
and their deputy or deputies, servants or agents, or such others as he, the said
William Cole, his exccutors, admors, or assigns, shall at any time agree with,
and no others, from time to time and at all times hereafter during the term of
years herein expressed, shall and lawfully may make, use, exercise, and vend
his said Invention within that part of our Kingdom of Great Britain called
England, our Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, in such
manner as to him, the said William Cole, his executors, adñiors, and assigns,
or any of them, shall in their discretions seem meet; and that he, the said
William Cole, his executors, admors, and assigns, shall and lawfully may
have and enjoy the whole profit, benefit, commodity, and advantage from
time to time coming, growing, accrewing, and arising by reason of the said
Invention, for and during the term of years herein mentioned; to have,
hold, exercise, and enjoy the said licence, powers, priviledges, and advan-
tages berein-before granted or mentioned to be granted unto the said William
Cole, his executors, adiñors, and assigns, for and during and unto the full end
and term of fourteen years from the date of these Presents next and imme-
diately ensuing, and fully to be compleat and ended, according to the Statute
in such case made and provided. And to the end that he, the said William
Cole, his executors, admors, and assigns, and every of them, may have and
enjoy the full benefit and the sole use and exercise of the said Invention
according to our gracious intention herein-before declared, we do by these
Presents, for us, our heirs and successors, require and strictly command
all and every person and persons, bodies politick and corporate, and all other
our subjects whatsoever, of what estate, quality, degree, name, or condi-
tion soever they be, within that said part of our Kingdom of Great Britain
called England, our Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed
aforesaid, that neither they nor any of them, at any time during the con-
tinuance of the said term of fourteen years hereby granted, either directly
or indirectly, do make, use, or put in practice the said Invention or any
part of the same, so attained unto by the said William Cole as aforesd, nor
in any wise counterfeit, imitate, or resemble the same, nor shall make
or cause to be made any addition thereunto or substraction from the same,
whereby to pretend himself or themselves the inventor or inventors, devisor
or devisors thereof, without the licence, consent, or agreement of the said
William Cole, his executors, adñors, or assigns, in writing under his or their
hands and seals first had and obtained in that behalf, upon such pains and

page_text: penalties as can or may be justly inflicted on such offenders for their contempt
of this our royal command, and further to be answerable to the said William
Cole, his executors, admors, and assigns, according to law for his and their
damages thereby occasioned. And moreover, wee do by these Presents, for
us, our heirs and successors, will and command all and singular the justices
of the peace, mayors, sheriffs, bailiffs, constables, headboroughs, and all other
officers and ministers whatsoever of us, our heirs and successors for the time
being, that they or any of them do not, nor shall at any time hereafter during
the said term hereby granted, in any wise molest, trouble, or hinder the said
William Cole, his executors, adññors, or assigns, or any of them, or his or
their deputies, servants, or agents, in or about the due and lawful use or
exercise of the aforesaid Invention, or any thing relating thereto: Provided
always, and these our Letters Patent are and shall be upon this condition,
that if at any time during the said term hereby granted it shall be made
appear to us, our heirs or successors, or any six or more of our or their
Privy Council, that this our grant is contrary to law, or prejudicial or in-
conven to our subjects in general, or that the said Invenčon is not a new
invention as to the publick use and exercise thereof in that said part of
our Kingdom of Great Britain called England, our Dominion of Wales,
and Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed aforesaid, or not invented and found out
by the said William Cole as aforesaid, then upon signification or declaration
thereof, to be made by us, our heirs or successors, under our or their signet
or privy seal, or by the Lords and others of our or their Privy Council, or
any six or more of them, under their hands, these our Letters Patent shall
forthwith cease, determine, and be utterly void to all intents and purposes,
any thing herein-before contained to the contrary thereof in any wise notwith-
standing: Provided also, that these our Letters Patent, or any thing herein
contained, shall not extend or be construed to extend to give privilege unto
the said William Cole, his executors, admors, or assigns, or any of them,
to use or imitate any invention or work whatsoever which hath heretofore
been found out and invented by any other of our subjects whatsoever, and
publickly used and exercised in that said part of our Kingdom of Great
Britain called England, our Dominion of Wales, or Town of Berwick-upon-
Tweed aforesaid, unto whom like Letters Patent or priviledges have been
already granted for the sole use, exercise, and benefit thereof, it being our
will and pleasure that the said William Cole, his executors, admors, and
assigns, and all and every other person and persons to whom like Letters
Patent and priviledges have been already granted as aforesaid, shall distinctly
use and practice their several inventions by them invented and found out,

page_text: according to the true intent and meaning of the same respective Letters
Patent and of these Presents: Provided likewise, nevertheless, and theso
our Lotters Patent are upon this express condition, that if the said William
Cole, his executors or admors, or any person or persons which shall or
may at any time or times hereafter during the continuance of this grant
have or claim any right, title, or interest in law or equity of, in, or to
the power, priviledge, and authority of the sole use and benefit of the said
Invention hereby granted, shall make any transfer or assignment or any pre-
tended transfer or assignment of the said liberty and priviledge, or any share
or shares of the benefit or profit thereof, or shall declare any trust thereof to
or for any number of persons exceeding the number of five, or shall open or
cause to be opened any book or books for publick subscriptions to be made by
any number of persons exceeding the number of five, in order to the raising
any sum or sums of money under pretence of carrying on the said liberty
or priviledge hereby granted, or shall, by him or themselves, or his or their
agents or servants, receive any sum or sums of money whatsoever of any
number of persons exceeding in the whole the number of five for such or the
like intents or purposes, or shall presume to act as a corporate body, or shali
divide the benefit of these our Letters Patent, or the liberty & priviledges
hereby by us granted, into any number of shares exceeding the number of
five, or shall commit or do or procure to be committed or done any act, matter,
or thing whatsoever during such time as such person or persons shall have
any right or title, either in law or equity, in or to the said prenies which
will be contrary to the true intent and meaning of a certain Act of Parlia-
ment, made in the sixth year of the reign, of our late Royal Great
Grandfather, King George the First, intituled (An Act for the better
securing certain Powers and Priviledges intended to be granted by His
Majestie by Two Charters for Assurance of Ships and Merchandizes at
Sea, and for lending Money upon Bottomry, and for restraining several
extravagant and unwarrantable Practices therein mentioned), or in case
the said power, priviledge, or authority shall at any time hereafter become
vested in or in trust for more than the number of five persons or their
representatives at any one time (reckoning executors or admors as and for
the single person whom they represent, as to such interest as they are or
shall be entitled to in right of such their testator or intestate), that then.
and in any of the said cases, these our Letters Patent and all liberties and
advantages whatsoever hereby granted shall utterly cease, determine, and
become void, any thing herein-before contained to the contrary thereof in any
wise notwithstanding: Provided also, that if the said William Cole shall not

page_text: particularly describe and ascertain the nature of his said Invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, by an instrument in writing under
his hand and seal, and cause the same to be inrolled in our High Court of
Chancery within four calendar months next and immediately after the date of
these our Letters Patent, that then these our Letters Patent, and all liberties
and advantages whatsoever hereby granted, shall utterly cease, determine, and
become void, any thing herein-before contained to the contrary thereof in
any wise notwithstanding. And lastly, we do by these Presents, for us,
our heirs and successors, grant unto the said William Cole, his executors,
adiñiors, and assigns, that these our Letters Patent, or the inrollment or
exemplification thereof, shall be in and by all things good, firm, valid,
sufficient, and effectual in the law, according to the true intent and
meaning thereof, and shall be taken, construed, and adjudged in the most
favourable and beneficial sense for the best advantage of the said William
Cole, his executors, adñiors, and assigns, as well in all our Courts of Record
as elsewhere, and by all and singular the officers and ministers whatsoever
of us, our heirs and successors, in that part of our said Kingdom of Great
Britain called England, our Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick-
upon-Tweed aforesaid, and amongst all and every the subjects of us, our heirs
and successors, whatsoever and wheresoever, notwithstanding the not full and
certain describing the nature or quality of the said Invention, or of the
materials thereto conducing and belonging.
In witness, &c. Witness our self at Westminster, the Sixteenth day of
In witness, &c. Witness our self at Westminster, the Sixteenth day of
December.
By Writt of Privy Seal.