A CERTAINE NEW ART OR MANUFACTURE HOT BEPORE PRACTIZED WITHIN THIS KINGDONE, FOR THE CONVERTING INTO STEELE ALL MANNER OF EDGED TOOLES, FILES, & OTHER INSTRU- MENT FORGED & FORMED IN COFT IRON, OR ANY PARTE OF THE SAID TOOLES, FILES, & OTHER INSTRUMENT AFTER THEY ARE SOE FORGED & FORMED, AS ALSOE FOR THE LIKE CONVERTING OF ALL MANNER OF IRON WIRE AFTER ITT IS DRAWNE; AND HAVEING ALSOE CONTRIVED A NEW INVENČON CR ART OF PREPAREING AND SOFTNEING ALL CAST OR MELTED IRON, SOE THAT ITT MAY BE FYLED & WROUGHT AS FORGED IRON IS
Year: 1671

page_text: Axing
глутапа,
Scotland, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c.
WHEREAS our deare & intirely beloved cousin Prince Rupert hath, at
his owne pper charge and expence, invented, contrived, & pfected "A CERTAINE
NEW ART OR MANUFACTURE HOT BEPORE PRACTIZED WITHIN THIS KINGDONE, FOR THE
CONVERTING INTO STEELE ALL MANNER OF EDGED TOOLES, FILES, & OTHER INSTRU-
MENT FORGED & FORMED IN COFT IRON, OR ANY PARTE OF THE SAID TOOLES, FILES,
& OTHER INSTRUMENT AFTER THEY ARE SOE FORGED & FORMED, AS ALSOE FOR THE
LIKE CONVERTING OF ALL MANNER OF IRON WIRE AFTER ITT IS DRAWNE; AND
HAVEING ALSOE CONTRIVED A NEW INVENČON CR ART OF PREPAREING AND SOFTNEING
ALL CAST OR MELTED IRON, SOE THAT ITT MAY BE FYLED & WROUGHT AS FORGED
IRON IS;" the said Prince Rupert hath humbley desired our royall grant of
licence & priviledge for the sole vse and benefitt of his said Inventon within
our kingdome of England & dominion of Wales, for & dureing the terme of
fourteene yeeres, according to the statute in that behalfe made & pvided.
KNOW YEE THEREFORE, that wee, having a more especiall & favorable
reguard to the Invenĉons aforesaid, and being willing to cherrish & encourage
all laudable endeavors & designes of such our subiecte as shall finde out
vsefull & pfitable arte & invenčons, by granting & appropriateing vnto them,
for some terme of yeeres, the fruit & benefit of their industry, whereby not
only a marke of our favor may bee sett vpon such their ingenuity, but alsoo
their labors & expences in the attainment thereof may in some measure be

page_text: recompenced & rewarded vnto them, of our especiall grace, certaine know-
ledge, & meere mocon, have given & granted, and by these psente, for vs,
our heires & successors, doe give & grant vnto our said deare & intirely
beloved cousin, Prince Rupert, his executors, adñiors, & assignes, especiall
licence, full & sole power, priviledge, & authority, that hee, the said Prince
Rupert, his exccutors, adiñiors, & assignes, by him & themselves, and by his
& their deputies, servante, & workemen, and such other as he, the said Prince
Rupert, his executors, adiñors, & assignes, shall at any time agree with, within
our said kingdome of England and dominion of Wales, & noe others, shall
& may, att all and every tyme &.times hereafter dureing the terme of
fourteene yeeres next ensueing the date of these psente, vse, practise,
exercise, & enioy the said new art or Invenĉons, of converting into steele all
manner of edged tooles, files, & other instrumente, forged & formed in soft
iron, or any parte of the said tooles, files, & other instrument after they are
soe forged & formed, as alsoc for the like converting of iron wyre after itt is
drawne, and alsoe of prepareing & softening all cast & melted iron, soo that itt
may bee fyled & wrought as forged iron is, in such manner as to him or them
in their discrecons shall seeme meete, and shall & may have & enioy the sole
benefitt & advantage comeing or arriseing thereby, or by reason of the said
new arte or Invencons, or any of them, from tyme to time during the terme
hereby granted; to have, hold, & enioy the said licences, priviledges, powers,
authorities, advantages, pfitte, & other the pmisses by these presente granted,
or menčoned to be granted, & every of them, to the said Prince Rupert, his
executors, adñiors, & assignes, for & dureing the terme of fourteene yeares
from henceforth next ensueing, & fully to bee compleate & ended, yeelding &
paying therefore yeerly & every yeare dureing the said terme into the
receipt of our Excheq' at Westin, to & for the vse of vs, our heires & suc-
essors, the yearly rent or sum of twenty shilling of lawfull money of
England, at the two most vsuall feast in the yeare, that is to say, at the
Feast of the Anunciacon of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Feast of
St. Michael the Archangell, by even and equall porcons. And to the end that
the said Prince Rupert, his exec", adñiors, & assignes, & every of them, may
the better enioy the full & whole benefitt, and the sole vse & exercise of this
said Invencón, as well within liberties as without, wee doc, by these psente,
for vs, our heires & successors, require and streightly charge & comand all &
every person & psons, bodies politick & corporate, of whatsoever quality,
degree, name, or addičon they bec, that neither they nor any of them, dureing
the terme of yeeres hereby granted, either directly or indirectly, doe or shall
yse or putt in practise the said arte or Invenčons soe by the said Prince

page_text: Rupert invented or contrived as aforesaid, nor doe or shall counterfeit, imitate,
or resemble the same, nor doe or shall make any addicon therevnto or sub-
stracčon from the same, whereby to Ptend themselves the inventors or devisors
thereof, without the licence, consent, & agreement of the said Prince Rupert,
his executors, adñiors, or assignes, in writeing vnder his or their hande &
seales, first had & obteyned in that behalfe, vpon such paynes & penalties as
can or may bee inflicted on such offenders for the contempt of this our comand
in that behalfe; and further, to be answerable to the said Prince Rupert, his
executors, aduiors, & assignes, according to law & justice, for his & their
damages thereby susteyned. And further, wee doe, by these psente, for vs
our heires & successors, give & grant vnto the said Prince Rupert, his
executors, admors, & assignes, full power & authority, that hec, they, & every
of them, his & their and every of their deputies, servante, and agent, or any
of them, haveing first obteyned a warrant in this behalfe from the Lord Cheife
Justice, of the Court of Kinge Bench for the tyme being may, with tho
assistance of a constable or any other lawfull officer, as well within libties as
without, vpon request, at convenient times in the day dureing the time afore-
said, & in lawful manner, to enter & make search in any houses or other
places where there shall bee just cause of suspition, for discovering &
findeing out of all such psons as shall, within the terme of fourteene yeeres
aforesaid, imitate or cause to be imitated, or shall vse or put in practice, the
said art or Invencons, or any of them, soe by the said Prince Rupert invented
& contrived as aforesaid; that soe such offenders may be peceded against &
punished according to their demeritte. And further, wee doe by these psente,
for vs, our heires & successors, will, authorize, & require all & singuler justices
of peace, maiors, sherriffe, bayliffe, constables, headboroughs, & all other
officers and ministers whatsoever, of vs, our heires & successors, for the tyme
being, that they & every of them respectively bee from time to time dureing the
said terme hereby granted in their respective places favoring, ayding, helpeing,
& assisting vnto the said Prince Rupert, his executors, adiñors, & assignes, &
to his & their deputy & deputies, servante & agente, in and by all thing
in & about the accomplishment of our will & pleasure herein declared, and
in the exercise & execučon of the powers & priviledges berein & hereby
granted or menconed to be granted as aforesaid; and moreover wee will &
comand, by these psente, for vs, our heires & successors, that our said officers,
or any of them, doe not molest, trouble, or interrupt the said Prince Rupert,
his executors, admors, or assignes, or his or their deputy or deputies, servante
or agent, or any of them, in or about the vse or exercise of the said art or
Inventons, or any of thein, or in any matter or thing concerning the same or

page_text: any of them provided alwayes, that if att any tyme dureing the said terme of
fourtecne yeeres itt shall bee made appeare vnto 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 piudiciall or inconvenient or not of publique vse or benefitt, then,
vpon significačon or declaračon to be made by vs, our heires or successors,
vnder our or their signett or privy seale, or by the lorde & others of our
Privy Councell, or six of them, for the time being, in writeing vnder their
hande, of such piudice or inconvenience, these our Letters Patente, & all
thing therein conteyned, shall forthwith cease, determine, & be vtterly void,
to all intente & purposes, anything berein-before conteyned to the contrary
notwithstanding; and our will & pleasure is that the said Prince Rupert, his
executors, admors, or assignes, shall inroll these psente, or cause the same to
bee enrolled before the Clerke of the Pipe within six moneths next after the
date hereof. And lastly, wee doe, by these psente, for vs, our heires &
successors, grant vnto the said Prince Rupert, his executors, admors, &
assignes, that these our Lřes Patente, & the enrollm' thereof, shall be in & by
all thing good, valid, sufficient, & effectuall in the lawe, according to the
true intent & meaning of these psente, and shall bee taken, construed, &
adiudged most favorably & beneficially for the best benefitt & advantage of
the said Prince Rupert, his executors, admors, & assignes, aswell in all our
court of record as elsewhere, notwithstanding the not full & certaine
describeing the manner & quality of the said art or Invenčons, or any of
them, or of the materialls, way, or manner of workeing the same tooles or
instrumente & wyer into steele, or of Ppareing and softneing all cast or
melted iron as aforesaid, or of the true & certaine vse & benefitt thereof; and
notwithstanding any other defecte, incertainties, or impfeccons in these
Psent conteyned, or any act, statute, ordinance, provision, proclamacon, or
restraint, to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding.
In witnesse, &c. Teste rege
Teste rege apud West sexto die Maii.

page_text: SURRENDER.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PSENTS SHALL COME, His Hignesse
Prince RUPERT, Duke of Cumberland, &c., sendeth greeting.
WHEREAS Our Soveraigne Lord the King, by Letters Patents under His
greate Scale of Enland, bearing date the Eigth day of May now last past,
did give and grant vnto the said Prince, the sole priviledge, benefitt, and
advantage of his new Inventions of "CONVERTING INTO STEELE ALL MANNER OF
EDGED TOOLES, FILES, & OTHER SUCH INSTRUMENTS, FORGED AND FORMED IN SOFT
IRON, OR ANY PART OF THE SAID TOOLES, FILES, OR OTHER INSTRUMENTS, AFTER THEY
ARE FORGED AND FORMED; AS ALSOE FOR THE LIKE CONVERTING OF ALL MANNER OF
IRON WYRE AFTER ITT IS DRAWNE, AND ALSOE OF PREPARING AND SOFTENING ALL
CAST AND MELTED IRON, SOE THAT IT MAY BE FILED AND WROUGHT AS FORGED
IRON IS;" to hold to the said Prince, his executors and assignes, from thence-
forth for and during the terme of fourteene yeares att and vnder the yearly
rent of twenty shillings, payable as by the said Letters Patent amongst other
things may appeare.
NOW KNOWE YEE, that the said Prince, for good consideračons him
thereunto moveing, hath surrendred and yeilded vpp, and by these pisents doth
surrender and yeild vpp vnto our said Soveraigne Lord the King, his heires and
successors, the said Letters Patents, and all his estate, right, title, interest,
clayme, and demand whatsoever, of, in, and vnto the pmisses by force or vertue
thereof.
In witnes whereof, the said Prince hath hereunto sett his hand and
seale, the First day of November, in the three and twentieth yeare of
the raigne of our Soveraigne Lord Charles the Second, by the grace
of God King of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, Defender of
the Faith, &c.