A CERTAINE EXERCISE CALLED FIVES (A DESCRIPTION OF THE PLACE WHEREIN THE SAME IS TO BE VSED IS HEREUNTO ANNEXED), WHICH IS MODERATELY EXPENSIVE, AND IN IT SELFE INNOCENT AND HARM- LESSE, AND VERY MUCH CONDUCEING TO THE HEALTH AND REFRESHMENT OF SUCH AS PRACTISE IT
Year: 1692

page_text: presents shall come, greeting.
WHEREAS THOMAS SAMBORNE hath by his humble petition represented
vnto vs that he hath by his long study and paines, and at his great charge and
expence, hath invented, contrived, and perfected "A CERTAINE EXERCISE CALLED
FIVES (A DESCRIPTION OF THE PLACE WHEREIN THE SAME IS TO BE VSED IS HEREUNTO
ANNEXED), WHICH IS MODERATELY EXPENSIVE, AND IN IT SELFE INNOCENT AND HARM-
LESSE, AND VERY MUCH CONDUCEING TO THE HEALTH AND REFRESHMENT OF SUCH AS
PRACTISE IT; the same being never heretofore publickly practised in England,
and hath prayed vs to grant him our Letters Patents for the sole vse thereof.
KNOW YEE THEREFORE, that wee, being graciously pleased to conde-
scend to that his request, of our especiall grace, certain knowledge, and inecre
močou, have given and granted, and by these presents, for vs, our heires
and successors, doe give and grant vnto the said Thomas Samborne, his
executors, administrators, and assignes, speciall lycence, full power, sole
priviledge and authority, that he, the said Thomas Samborne, his executors,
administrators, and assignes, speciall lycence, full power, sole priviledge and
authority, that he; the said Thomas Samborne, his executors and assignes, and
every of them, by themselves, or bis and their deputy and deputies, servants or
agents, or such others as the said Thomas Samborne, his executors, adminis-
trators, or assignes shall at any time agree with, and noe others, from time to
and at all times dureing the terme of yeares herein expressed, shall and
lawfully may vse, exercise, and enjoy the said Invention within any part or

page_text: →, place or places whatsoever, of or belonging to our kingdome of England,
minion of Wales, and towne of Berwick-vpon-Tweed, in such manner,
and according to such reasonable and lawfull rates and limittacons, as to him,
the said Thomas Samborne, his executors, administrators, administrators, and
assignes, or any of them, shall in their discretions seeme meet, and that he,
the said Thomas Samborne, his executors, administrators, and assignes, shall
and may have and enioy the sole publick benefitt, profitt, comodity, and advan-
tage, from time to time comeing, growing, and ariseing by reason of the said
Invenčon, 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 mentioned to be granted vnto the said
Thomas Samborne, 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 imediately 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 Thomas Samborne, his executors, administrators, and assignes, and
every of them, may enioy the publick benefitt, ve, and exercise of the said
Invention, according to our gratious intentions herein-before declared, wce doe
by these presents, for vs, our heires and successors, require and strictly
comand all and every person and persons, bodies politique and corporate, and
all other our subiects whatsoever, of what estate, quality, or degree, name or
condicon soever they be, within all and every the place or places of, in, or
belonging to our kingdome of England, dominion of Wales, and towne of
Berwick-vpon-Tweed, 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 publickly vse or put in open and publick practise, the
said Invention or any part of the same soe attained vnto by the said Thomas
Samborne as aforesaid, nor shall in any wise counterfeit or resemble the same,
nor shall make or cause to be made any addicon thereto or substraccon from the
same whereby to pretend themselves the inventers or devisors thereof, without
the lycence, consent, or agreement of the said Thomas Samborne, his execu-
tors, 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 comand, and further, to be answerable to the said Thomas
Samborne, his executors, administrators, and assignes, according to law, for
his and theire damages thereby occasioned. And morcover, wee doe by these
presents, for vs, our heires and successors, will and comand all and singular
our justices of the peace, mayors, sherriffs, bayliffs, constables, headboroughs,

page_text: ters whatsoever OT YS,
sors for the time being, that they or any of them doe no
time hereafter durcing the said terme hereby granted, in anywise more
trouble, or hinder the said Thomas Samborne, his executors, administrators, or
assignes, or any of his or their deputies, servants, or agents, in or about the
due and lawfull vse or exercise of the aforesaid Invention, or anything relateing
thereto: Provided alwayes and these our Letters Patents are and shall be vpon
this condicon, 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
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 Thomas Samborne 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
lords 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, anything before herein conteyned
to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding: Provided alsoe, that these our
Letters Patents, or anything herein conteyned shall not extend or be con-
strued to extend to give priviledge vnto the said Thomas Samborne, his
executors, administrators, or assignes, or any of them, to vse or imitate any
invention or worke whatsoever which hath beene heretofore found out or
invented by any other of our subiects whatsoever, and publickly vsed or
exercised within our said kingdome of England, dominion of Wales, and
town of Berwick-vpon-Tweed, vnto whome like Letters Patents or priviledges
have been already granted for the sole vsc, exercise, and benefitt thereof, it
being our will and pleasure that the said Thomas Samborne, 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 psents. And lastly, wee doe by
these presents, for vs, our heires and successors, grant vnto the said Thomas
Samborne, his executors, administrators, and assignes, that these our Letters
Patents, or the enrollment 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 advantage of the said Thomas

page_text: rs, administrators, and assignes, aswell in all courts of
C, and by all and singular the officers and ministers
soever of vs, our heires and successors, in our said kingdome of England,
dominion of Wales, and towne of Berwick-vpon-Tweed, and amongst all and
every the said subiects of vs, our heires and successors, notwithstanding the
not full and certaine describeing the nature or quality of the said Invention,
or of the materialls thereto conduceing and belonging.