A WAYE TO MAKE AND DYE THE SAME OF ALL COLOURS IN WHOLE PEECES, WHICH WILL SETT MANY OF OUR POORE SUBJECT ON WORKE, AND DOE MUCH GOOD IN GENERALL
Year: 1637

page_text: CHARLES, by the grace of God, King of England, Scotland, Fraunce, and
Ireland, Defendor of the Faith, &c., to all to whome theise presente shall come,
greeteing.
WHEREAS our welbeloved subiecte SAMUELL MASON, by his humble peticon
to vs lately exhibited, hath shewed vnto vs that there is a greate abuse in the
makeing of buckromes and tillette. with ould rotten peeced stuffe, and
cloathes, which comes from beyond the seas, none being made within this
kingdome; and in regard the said Mason hath found out "A WAYE TO MAKE
AND DYE THE SAME OF ALL COLOURS IN WHOLE PEECES, WHICH WILL SETT MANY
OF OUR POORE SUBJECT ON WORKE, AND DOE MUCH GOOD IN GENERALL;" and the
said Mason will be able, within a yeare or twoe, to furnishe the whole king.
dome, as by his said petičon hee hath informed vs; and therefore he hath
humbly besought vs to graunt vnto him our Letters Patente of priviledge for
the terme of fowerteene yeares, to make vse of his said invention within our
kingdomes of England, Ireland, and dominion of Wales, and hath offered
to paie vnto vs twoe shillinge and sixe pence for everie dozen of buckromes soe
made or dyed according to his said Invention:
KNOWE YEE, that wee, graciouslie favouring and willing to cherrish suche
ingenious inventions tending to the good of the cōmon wealth, of our especiall
grace, certaine knowledge, and meere mocion, have given and graunted, and
by theise presente, for vs, our heires and successors, doe give and graunt vnto
the said Samuell Mason, his executors, administrators, and assignes, full, free,

page_text: and absolute lycence, power,' previledge, and authority, that hee, the said
Samuell Mason, his executors, administrators, and assignes, and his and
theire deputies and substitutes, servante, agente, and assignes, and none other
person or persons whatsoever, shall and may from tyme to tyme, and at all
and everie tyme and tymes hereafter during the terme of yeares hereafter
mencioned, att his and theire and everie of theire wills and pleasures, vse,
exercise, practise, and put into vse within theise our kingdomes of England,
Ireland, and dominion of Wales, according to his owne waye and invention,
the sole makeing and dyeing of buckromes or tillette in whole peeces, and
the same soe made and dyed to vtter, sell, or put to sale within our said
kingdomes and dominion, for his and theire proffitt and advantage: Wherefore
our will and pleasure is, and wee doe hereby, for vs, our heires and successors,
straightly charge and comaund, prohibite and forbidd, all and everie other
person and persons whatsoever, of what estate, degree, or condičon soever they
or anie of them shall be, that none of them (other then the said Samuel
Mason, his executors, administrators, deputies, substitutes, workemen, or
assignes) doe or shall, during the terme of yeares herein-after mencioned,
directly or indirectly make or vse, exercise, practise, or put in vse the makeing
or dyeing of buckromes or tillette, after the waye and manner by him, the said
Samuell Mason, first invented, and not vsed or practised by any others, without
the speciall licence and consent of him, the said Samuell Mason, his executors,
administrators, or assignes, or one of them, first had and obteyned; to have
and to hold, vse, exercise, and enjoy the said licences, viledges, powers, and
authorities, and other the pmisses by theise psente graunted or mencioned to
be granted, from the date of theise presente vnto the full end and terme and
for and during the full tyme and terme of fowerteene yeares from thence next
ensueing and fully to be compleate and ended; yeilding and paieing therefore,
and the said Samuell Mason, for himselfe, his executors, administrators, and
assignes, and for everie of them, doth hereby covenant and promise, to and
with vs, our heires and successors, by theise sente, to yeild and paye
during the said terme, vito vs, our heires and successors, the some of twoe
shillings and sixe pence of currant English money for everie dozen pieces of
buckrome or tillette (none of the same peeces exceeding the length of sixe
yarde) by him the said Samuell Mason, his executors, administrators, deputies,
substitutes, workemen, or assignes, to be by him, them, everie, or anie of them
made or dyed within the terme aforesaid, at the receipte of the Exchequer of
vs, our heires and successors, at the twoe vsuall feastes or termes in the yeare
of Sainct Michaell Tharchangell and the Añunciacon of the Blessed Virgyn
Marie, or within forty dayes after either of the said feastes; provided alwaies,

page_text: ,and our will and pleasure is, and the said Samuell Mason, for himselfe, his
executors, administrators, and assignes, and for everie of them, doth hereby
covenant and promise, to and with vs, our heires and successors, by theise
present, that bee, the said Samuell Mason, his executors, administrators,
deputies, substitutes, workemen, or assignes, or some or one of them, shall and
will, att eache of the feaste aforesaid, or within twenty dayes imediately next
ensueing either of the said feastes. yearely and everie yeare, for and during the
said terme of fowerteene yeares hereby graunted, deliver into the receipte of
the Exchequer of both of our said kingdomes respectively a true and iust
accompte in wryting vpon his and theire corporall oath or oathes, to be from
tyme to tyme made and taken before the barrons of the Exchequer or anio
of them for the tyme being, and signified vnder theire or one of theire hande,
of everye dozen of the said peeces of buckrome or tillette by him, them, or
anie of them to be made or dyed within and betweene everie of the said
feastes duringe the said terme respectively, to the end the officer or officers of
the said receipte for the tyme being whome yt shall concerne maic thereby
knowe the certaine some of money then due and payeable vnto vs, our heires
and successors, in regard thereof; and wee doe by theise presente, for vs, our
heires and successors, give full power and authority vnto the said Samuell
Mason, bis executors, administrators, and assignes, and everie of them, with
the assistance of a constable or other officer, att all convenient tyme and tymes
to search in all place or places, house or houses, where anie iust cause of
suspičon shalbe, for discovery of suche as shall make, vse, or put in practise the
Pmisses herein-before mencioned and conteyned, in theise our kingdomes or
dominions, contrarie to our will and pleasure herein declared, and the true
intente and meaning of theise presente, to the end the delinquente maie be
knowne, and receave condigne punishment according to theire demeritte; and
wee doe alsoe by theise present will, require, and comaund all and singuler
mayors, sheriffe, justices of peace, bayliffe, constables, headboroughes, and
other officers, ministers, and subject of vs, our heires and successors, that
they and everie of them be from tyme to tyme during the terme aforesaid
helpeing, furthering, and assisting to the said Samuell Mason, his executors,
administrators, deputies, agente, workemen, and assignes, and to everie of
them, in all thing in and aboute the accomplishment of our pleasure herein
declared, and in the exercise and execučon of this our graunt, and that they
nor anie of them doe in anie wise hinder or interrupte him, them, or anie of
them concerning the same, as they tender our pleasure, and will avoyd the
contrary at their perills, and theise presente, or the inrollment thereof, shalbe
theire sufficient warrant, in that behalfe: provyded allwaies that yf the said

page_text: Samuell Mason, his executors, administrators, deputies, substitutes, workemen,
or assignes, shall not bring in a true and iust accompte vpon oath as aforesaid
at either of the feastes dayes aforesaid, or within twenty daies imediately nexte
ensueing either of the said feastes as aforesaid, of every dozen pecces of buck-
romes or tillette by him, them, or anie of them to be made or dyed, within
and between either of the said feastes respectively as is aforesaid, and yf the
said severall sōmes of twoe shilling and sixe pence for everie dozen peeces of
buckrome or tillette yearely to be made or dyed within or betweene either of
the said feastes as aforesaid, not exceeding the length aforesaid, hereby to vs,
'our heires and successors, reserved, shall happen to be behind and vnpaid in
parte or in all
the space of fortie dayes nexte after either of the said feastes
as aforesaid in which the same ought to be paide as aforesaid, or yf the said
Samuell Mason, his executors, administrators, or assignes, or some or one of
them, shall not inroll or cause to be inrolled this our psent graunt before the
Clarke of the Pipe for the tyme being of both of our said kingdomes
respectively within sixe monethes nexte after the date of theise psente, that
then the said Samuell Mason, his executors, administrators, and assignes, shall
forfeite and paye vnto vs, our heires and successors, the sōme of fyve pounde
of currant money for everie defaulte of not bringing in a true and iust
accompte vpon oath as aforesaid within the tyme herein-before lymitted and
declared, together with the some of fyve pound of like currant money for
everie moneth in which the said rente or rente shall happen to behind and
vnpaide nexte after the said forty dayes as aforesaid, and alsoe the some of
fyve pound in the name of a paine for everie sixe monethes defaulte of the
inrollment of theise present respectively as aforesaid, and lastly, yf att anye
tyme during the said terme of fowerteene yeares yt shall appeare vuto vs
our heires or successors, or vnto the lorde and others of our privie councell,
that this our graunt shalbe inconvenient or preiudiciall to the cōmon wealth,
then vpon significačon and declaračon to be made by vs, our heires or
successors, vnder our or theire signett or pryvie seale, or by the lord and
others of our Privic Councell, or sixe of them for the tyme being, in wryting
vnder theire hande, of such preiudice or inconvenience, theise our Letters
Patent shall forthwith cease, determyne, and be utterly voyde and of none
effecte, anie thing in theise psente conteyned to the contrarie thereof in anie
wise notwithstanding; provided alsoe, and our will and pleasure is, that theise
our Letters Patente, or anie thing herein conteyned, shall not att anie tyme
hereafter during the terme aforesaid by theise presente graunted or mencioned
to be graunted, extend, or be taken or construed to extend, to debarr, hinder,
or interrupte the importacon and bringing into our said kingdomes of England;

page_text: Ireland, and dominion of Wales, of anie buckrome or tillette from anye
forraine partes whatsoever, but that the same shall and maye be ymported as
freelie and lawfully as att anie tyme heretofore hath byn vsed and accustomed;
and wee doe hereby graunt, for vs, our heires and successors, that theise our
Letters Patente, or the inrollment thereof, shalbe firme, good, and effectuall,
according to the true intente and meaneing of the same. Although expresse
mencon, &c.
In witnes, &c. Wittnes our selfe at Westminster, the Eighteenth daye
of May.
P bře de priuato sigillo, &c.