A WAY FOR THE MEARING OF SHIPPS WITH IRON CHAYNES BY FINDING OUT THE TRUE HEATING, PPAREING, AND TEMPING OF IYRON FOR THAT PROSE, AND THAT HE HATH NOWE ATTAINED TO THE TRUE VSE OF THE SAID CHAYNES, AND THAT THE SAME WILBE FOR THE GREAT SAVEING OF CORDAGE AND SAFETY OF SHIPPES, AND WILL REDOUND TO THE GOOD OF OUR COMON WEALTH
Year: 1634

page_text: CHARLES, by the grace of God King of England, Scotland, France, and
Ireland, Defendor of the Faith, &c., to all to whom these psente shall come
greeting.
WHEREAS wee are given to vnderstand, by the humble peticon of PHILLIPP
WHITE, Blacksmith, that he, the said Phillip White, hath, att his extraordinary
costes and charges, endeavoured to find out "A WAY FOR THE MEARING OF
SHIPPS WITH IRON CHAYNES BY FINDING OUT THE TRUE HEATING, PPAREING, AND
TEMPING OF IYRON FOR THAT PROSE, AND THAT HE HATH NOWE ATTAINED TO THE TRUE
VSE OF THE SAID CHAYNES, AND THAT THE SAME WILBE FOR THE GREAT SAVEING OF
CORDAGE AND SAFETY OF SHIPPES, AND WILL REDOUND TO THE GOOD OF OUR COMON
WEALTH," and hath therefore humbly besought vs to grant vnto him our Lřes
Patente, lycence, and priuiledge for the sole vse of his said Invenĉon during the
terme of foureteene yeares nowe next ensewing, with prohibicon to all others,
during that tyme, to make or vse the said chaynes soe by him invented, or
any mere ymitateing thervnto, within any of our domynions.
KNOWE YEE, that wee, to th'end the said Phillipp White may reape the
fruite and benefitt of his owne Invenčon which hath not heretofore bin knowne
and vsed by any other within any of our realmes or domynions, and recom-
pence himselfe for the costes, charges, and expences which hee hath susteyned,
and is to bee att, in, and about the said devise and Invenčon, and the putting
in vre thereof to the incouragement of all others in the like laudable studyes
and endeavours, and for said other good causes and consideračons vs herevnto
moveing, of our especiall grace, teine knowledge, and meere močon, have

page_text: given and graunted, and by theis psente for vs, our beires and successors, doe
give and graunt vnto the said Phillipp White, his executors, administrators,
and assignes, and to his, theire, and every of theire deputy and deputyes,
servauntes, workemen, factors, and agente, and to all and everie such pson
and psons as shall have power and authoritie from him, them, or any of them
in that behalfe, full and free lycence, priviledge, power, and authority that bee
and they only, and none other, shall or may from tyme to tyme during the
terme of yeares hereafter graunted, devise, make, frame, exercise, and putt in
vre within our realme of England and domynion of Wales, or either of them,
or any part of them or either of them, the said new-invented chaynes, way, and
meanes for the vse and pose before expressed; wherefore our will and plea-
sure is, and wee doe by theis psente, for vs, our heires and successors, straightly
prohibitt, forbidd, charge, and comaund all and every the subiect of vs, our
heires and successors, and all and every other pson or psons, that they and anie
of them doe not psume, attempt, or take in hand. to make, frame, devise, or
imitate, vse, exercise, practise, or putt in vre the said newe-invented chaynes,
devise, invenčon, way; or meanes, or count feite by the patterne, example, or
fashion of the same chaynes, any other like, chaynes whatsoed, within our said
realme of England and domynion of Wales, or either of them, for the
purposes aforesaid, without the speciall lycence, consent, and agreement of the
said Phillipp White, his executors, administrators, or assigns, or some of them,
first had and obteyned in writeing vnder his or theire hand and seale, or hands
and seales, vppon payne to haue the same chaynes and everie of them wholly
defaced, broken, and destroyed, and vpon such paynes, penalties, and imprisonm
as by the lawes of this our realme or otherwise can or may be inflicted vpon
them as contemners and breakers of our royall comaundement; and further,
our expresse pleasure and coññiaundement is, that for the avoyding of all subtile,
malitious, pverse, and cantelous practizes and devises that may be pretended
or attempted to defraud and abuse the good and true meaneing of theis our
Lřes Patente, the infptacon, correccon, and punishment of all manner of
offences which shalbe comitted in this behalfe to the disadvantage and hindrance
of the said Phillipp White, his executors, administrators, or assignes, shalbee re-
ferred to the Privy Councell of vs, our heires and successors for the tyme being,
by their direccon to bee, punished according to justice; and for the better execucon
of this our graunt, lycence, and priviledge, wee doe by theis psent, for vs, our
beires and successors, give and graunt full and free lycence, power,, and autho-
rity vnto the said Phillipp White, his executors, administrators, assignes, or
.deputyes, or any of them, att all tymes and from tyme to tyme during the said
terme of yeares hereafter graunted, with the assistance of a constable or

page_text: other officer, by all lawfull wayes and meanes, and in lawfull and convenient
manner,, to enter and goc into all and singuler place and places convenient for
discoverie of the said offences, and search for all such iron chaynes, devises, or
inventons as shalbe by any pson or psons whatsoed other then the said Phillipp
White, his executors, administrators, or assignes, or his or theire factors, work-
men, servante, or agente during the said terme made, framed, countfeited,
practized, or vsed to or for the pposes aforesaid, contrio to the true meaneing
of theis sente, and if he, they, or any of them, shall find any such chaynes,
devises, or invenčons, soe made, counterfeited, practized, or vsed contry to the
true meaneing of theis psente, or any opposičon or resistance in the execučon
of any part of this our graunt, that he, they, or some of them, doe thereof
spedily certefy the said Privy Councell, or some of them, to th'end the
offendors therin may receive condigne punishment for theire offences; to have,
hold, exercise, practise; and enioy the said libties, priviledges, lycences, autho-
rityes, ymunityes, and all and singuler other the pmisses before by theis
Psente given and graunted vnto the said Phillipp White, his executors,
administrators; and assignes, for and during the terme and to the full end and
terme of fourteene yeares from the date of theis Psente next ensewing, fully
to bee compleate and ended, yeilding and paying therefore yeirly during
the said terme, vnto vs, our heires and successors, att the receipt of our
Exchequer at Westii, the yeirlie rent or some of five pound of lawfull Eng-
lish money att the Feast of the Añuncacon of the Blessed Virgyn and Saint
Michaell th'Archangell, by even and equall porcons, the first payment thereof
to bee made at the Feast of the Añuncačon of the Blessed Virgyn Mary next
ensewing the date of theis sente; and to th'end the said Phillip White, his
executors, administrators, and assignes, may the better pceed in the execucon
of the libtyes and powers hereby to him and them given and graunted, wee doe
further hereby, for vs, our heires and successors, will and comaund all admiralle,
viceadmiralle, justices of peace, mayors, sheriffe, bayliffe, constables, and all
other the officers and ministers of vs, our heires and successors, to be from
tyme to tyme aydeing, helpeing, and assisting to the said Phillipp White, his
executors, administrators, deputyes, and assignes; in the execucon of theis our
Lřes Patente, according to the tenor and true meaneing thereof, as they tender
our pleasure and will avoyd our indignacon and displeasure att their perille.
Provided alwayes, that if att any tyme hereafter it shall appeare and be
made manifest vnto vs, our heires or successors, that this our sent graunt
shalbe any way Piudicial to our cömon wealth, in part or in all, or other-
wise, that we, our heires or successors, shall find the same to bec vsed
to the Piudice of vs, our heires or successors, or of our said kingdome

page_text: or domynions, that then and immediately after declaračon made thereof
by vs, our heires or successors, vnder the Privy Seale or Greate Seale of vs,
our heires or successors, or by any six or more of the Privy Councell of
.vs, our heires or successors, in writeinge vnder theire handes, theis our Lřes
Patent for soe much as shalbe soe signified to bee piudiciall shalbe from
thenceforth vtterlie voyd and frustrate, yet in the rest shalbe good and of force,
anything in theis psente conteyned to the contry notwithstanding; provided
likewise, that if the said iron chaynes hereby menconed to be priviledged, and
by the said Phillipp White, his executors, administrators, or assignes, to bee
framed, made, devised, invented, putt in vre, and practized, have, before the date
of theis sente, beene framed, made knowne, practized, and vsed by any other
pson or persons then onelie by the said Phillip White within our said kingdome
,and domynions, or anie of them, that then theis our Lřes Patente, soe farr
forth as to the said chaynes soe heretofore or nowe kuowne, vsed, and putt in
practize, shalbe voyd and of none effect, and in the residewe, notwithstanding,
.good and sufficient in law, anything herein conteyned to the contrary notwith-
standing. And lastly, our will and pleasure is that theis our Lřes Patente, or the
inrollment thereof, shalbee in all thinge firme and avaylable in lawe according
to the true meaneing of the same, without any further or other graunt, lycence,
confirmacon, or tolleračon, from vs, our heires or successors, to bee had,
-peured, or obteyned, and shalbe taken, construed, and aiudged in all and
ely of our courte of justice to bee avayleable vnto the said Phillipp White, his
executors, administrators, and assignes, against vs, our heires or successors,
although expresse mencon, &c.
In witnes &c. Witnes our selfe att Cañbury, the Twelueth day of