A NEW, BETTER, AND CHEAPER WAY OF MAKEING ALL SORTS OF BLEW, PURPLE, AND OTHER COLOURED PAPER
Year: 1691

page_text: WHEREAS our trusty and welbeloved NATHANIEL GIFFORD hath by his
humble peticon represented vnto vs that he hath by his industry and at his
great exence and labour found out and invented "A NEW, BETTER, AND
CHEAPER WAY OF MAKEING ALL SORTS OF BLEW, PURPLE, AND OTHER COLOURED
PAPER," by severall wayes, meanes, methods, engines, and instruements that
were never yet vsed or practised within this our kingdome, and will be much
for the benefitt of our subiccts, and hath prayed vs to grant him our Letters
Patents for the sole vse thereof.
KNOW YEE, THEREFORE, that wee, being graciously pleased to con-
discend to that his request, and willing to incourage the Inventers of such arts
as may be of publick vse and benefit, of our especiall grace, certain knowledge,
and meer močon, have given and granted, and by these psents, for vs, our
heires and successors, do give and grant vnto the said Nathaniel Gifford,
his executors, administrators, and assignes, speciall lycence, full power, sole
priviledge and authority, that he, the said Nathaniel Gifford, his executors.
administrators, and assignes, and every of them, by themselves or his or their
deputy and deputies, servant, or agents, or such others as the said Nathaniel
Gifford, his executors, administrators, or assignes, shall at any time agree with,
and noe other, from time to time and at all times durcing the terme of yeares
herein expressed, shall and lawfully may make, vse, exercise, and enioy tho'

page_text: said Invention within any part or parts, place or places whatsoever, of, in,
or belonging to our Kingdome of England, Dominion of Wales, and Towne
of Berwick-vpon-Tweed, and all and every or any of our kingdomes and
dominions whatsoever, in such manner and according to such reasonable
and lawful rates and limitacons as to him, the said Nathaniel Gifford, his
executors, administrators, and assignes, or any of them, shall in their discretions
seeme meet; and that he, the said Nathaniel Gifford, his executors, adminis-
trators, and assignes, shall and may have and enioy the sole benefitt, profitt,
commodity, and advantage from time to time comeing, growing, 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 menconed to be granted
vnto the said Nathaniel Gifford, his executors, administrators, and assignes,
for and dureing and vnto the full end and terme of fourteen yeares from
the date of these Presents next and immediately ensucing, and fully to
be compleate and ended, according to the Statute in this case made and
provided. And to the end that the said Nathaniel Gifford, his executors,
administrators, and assignes, and every of them, may enjoy the full benefitt
and the sole makeing, vse, and exercise of the said Invention according to
our gracious intencons 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 corporate and politick, and all other our subiects whatso-
ever, of what estate, quality, or degree, name, or condičon soever they be, within
al and every our kingdomes and dominions, that neither they nor any of them,
at any time during the continance of the said terme of fourteen yeares hereby
granted, either directly or indirectly, doc make, vse, or put in practise the said
Invention, or any part of the same, doe attained vnto by the said Nathaniel
Gifford as aforesaid, nor shall in any wise counterfeit or resemble the same,
nor shall make or cause to be made any addition thereto or substracčon from
the same, whereby to pretend themselves the inventers or devisers thereof,
without the lycence, consent, or agreement of the said Nathaniel Gifford, his
executors, administrators, or assignes, in writeing vnder his, their, or some of
their hands 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
Nathaniel Gifford, his executors, administrators, and assignes, according to
law, for his and their damages thereby occasioned. And wee doe, of our further
especiall grace, certaine knowledge, and meer mocon, for vs, our heires and
successors, grant vnto the said Nathaniel Gifford, his executors, administrators,

page_text: and assignes, by these Presents, that he, they, and every of them, and his;
their, and every of their deputies, servants, and agents (haveing first obtained
a lawfull warrant from the Lord Cheife Justice of our Court of King's Bench
at Westminster for the time being, and with the assistance of a constable or
any other lawfull officer), at convenient times in the day, durcing the terme
hereby granted, and in lawful manner, may enter into and make search in
any place or places whatsoever within any of our kingdomes or dominions
(where there shall be just cause of suspicion) for the discovery and finding out
of all and every person and persons as shall imitate or cause to be imitated, or
shall vse or put in practise the said Invention, or shall make or counterfeit
any instruñi or materialls to the same belonging, that soc such offender or
offenders may be proceeded against and punished according to law. And
further, wee do by these Presents, for vs, our heires and successors, will,
authorize, and command all and singular justices of the peace, mayors, sheriffs,
bayliffs, constables, headboroughs, and all other officers and ministers what-
soever of vs, our heires and successors for the time being, aswell within our
Kingdome of England and Dominion of Wales as within all and every other
our kingdomes and dominions, that they and every of them respectively be
from time to time durcing the terme hereby granted in their respective offices
favouring, aiding, helping, and assisting vnto the said Nathaniel Gifford, his
exccutors, administrators, and assignes, and to his and their deputy and
deputies, servants, and agents, in all and by all things in and about the accom-
plishment of our royall will and pleasure herein-before declared, and in the
exercise and execution of the powers and priviledges hereby granted, as afore-
said. And moreover, wee doe by these Presents, for vs, our heires and successors,
will and command that our respective officers and ministers before menconed,
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 Nathaniel Gifford,
his executors, administrators, or assignes, or any of his or their deputies, cer-
vants, or agents, in or about the due and lawfull makeing, vse, or exercise of
the aforesaid Invention, or any thing relateing thereto. Provided alwaies, and
these our Letters Patents are and shall be vpon this condition, 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 Councell, that
this our grant is contrary to law or preiudiciall or inconvenient 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, and not invented and
found out by the said Nathaniel Gifford as aforesaid, then, vpon signification
and declaračon thereof, to be made by vs, our heires or successors, vnder our

page_text: or their signet or privy seale, or by the Lords and 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 beforo 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 construed to extend to give privi-
ledge vnto the said Nathaniel Gifford, his executors, administrators, or
assignes, 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 subiects
whatsoever, and publickly vsed or exercised within our said realmes and
dominions, or any of them, vnto whome the like Letters Patents or privi-
ledge have been already granted for the sole vse, exercise, and benefitt thereof,
it being our will and pleasure that the said Nathaniel Giffard, his executors,
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 practise 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 doc
by these Presents for vs, our heires and successors, grant vnto the said
Nathaniel Gifford, his executors, administrators, and assignes, that these our
Letters Patent, 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 meaneing thereof, and shall be taken, construed, and adiudged in the
most favourable and beneficiall sence for the best advantage of the said
Nathaniel Gifford, his executors, administrators, and assignes, aswell in all
Courts 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 subiects
of vs, our heires and successors, whatsoever and wheresoever, notwithstanding
the not full and certaine describeing the nature or quality of the said Inven-
tion, or of the materialls thereto conduceing and belonging.
In witnesse, &c. Witnesse ourselves at Westin, the Sixth day of
In witnessc, &c. Witnesse ourselves at Westin, the Sixth day or
November.
By Writt of Privy Seale.