, workeing, and make
Year: 1667

page_text: CHARLES THE SECOND, by the grace of God King of England, Scot-
land, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c., to all to whom theis
sent shall come, greeting.
WHEREAS wee are informed that EUSTACE BURNEBY, Gentleman, hath,
by his industry and expences abroad, gayned the art, mistery, & skill of
ordering, workeing, and makeing "CERTAYNE SORT OF HEMPE CALLED STEELE
HEMPE," wch, though of great and necessary vso in theise our kingdomes,
hath never yett byn wrought in thy of our dominions, butt is altogether
imported att deare rates from forraign parte; And whereas the said Eustace
Burneby hath humbly desired our royall-graunt of lycence & priviledge for
the sole ordering, workeing, and makeing of the said manufacture of steele
hempe dureing the terme of fourteene yeares, according to the Statute made
& pvided in such cases, and to the end the said comodity may bee sould tho
cheaper, and the planting of hempe in the fenns & other parte of England
more incouraged, as alsoe that many poore people may thereby find good
ymploym².
KNOW YEE, therefore, that wee, of our princely inclynacon, being willing
to give all due and fitting incoragement to the inventors of such arte as
may bee of publique vse and benefitt, of our especiall grace, certaine knowledge,
& meere močon, and vpon the humble peticon of the said Eustace Burneby,
have given and graunted, & by theise sente, for vs, our heires and successors,
doc give and graunt, vnto the said Eustace Burneby, his executors, adminis-

page_text: trators, & assignes, especiall lycence, full power, priviledge, and authority,
that hee, they, and every of them, by him or themselves, his, their, or any
of their deputye or deputyes, servante, workemen, and assignes, at all tymes
and from tyme to tyme hereafter durcing the tearme of yeares hereafter in
theise sente expressed, shall and may have, vse, exercise, ymploy, and enioye
the said new invenčon in and throughout our realme of England and domi-
nion of Wales, in such manner as to him, them, or any of them, in his, theire,
or any of their discreĉons, shall seeme meete, and shall and may have and
enioy the sole benefitt and advantage comeing or ariseing by reason thereof
dureing the tearme of yeares hereby graunted, and to the end the said
Eustace Burneby, his executors, administrators, and assignes, and every of
them, may the better enioy the full and whole benefitt and the sole vse and
exercise of his said invenĉon, wee doe by theise psente, for vs, our heires, &
successors, require, and streightly comand all and every pson & psons, bodyes
politique and corporate, of whatsoever quality, degree, name, or addicon they
bee, that neyther they nor any of them, dureing the tearme of yeares hereby
graunted, either directly or indirectly, doe or shall vse or putt in practise the
said invenčon soe by the said Eustace Burneby invented or attayned vnto as
aforesaid, nor doe or shall counterfeite, ymitate, or resemble the same, nor
doe or shall make any addičon therevnto or substracčon from the same,
whereby to tend themselves the inventors or devisors thereof, without the
lycence, consent, and agreem of the said Eustace Burneby, his executors,
administrators, or assignes, in writeing vnder his or theire hande & seales
first had and obtayned in that behalfe, vpon such paines & penaltyes as can or
may bee inflicted on such offenders for their contempt of this our comand in
that behalfe, and further to bee answereable to the said Eustace Burneby, his
executors, administrators, & assignes, according to lawe & justice, for his and
their damages thereby susteyned, to have and to hold all and every the
lycences, powers, priviledges, & authorityes hereby graunted or menconed to
bee graunted as aforesaid, vnto the said Eustace Burneby, his executors, admi-
nistrators, & assignes, for & dureing the tearme of fourteene yeares from the
makeing of theise psente next ensueing, and fully to bee compleate & ended,
according to the Statute in such case made and pvided. And further, wee
doe by theise psente, for vs, our heires and successors, give and graunt vnto
the said Eustace Burneby, his executors, administrators, & assignes, full
power & authority, that they and every or any of them, their, every or any
of their, deputyes, servante, & agente, or any of them, (having first obteyned
a warrant in this behalfe from the Lord Cheife Justice of the Court of King
Bench for the tyme being) may, with the assistance of a constable or any other

page_text: lawful officer, att convenient tymes of the day during the tearme aforesaid,
and in lawfull manuer, enter into and make search in any howses, shopps, or
other places where there shall bee iust cause of suspition for discovering and
finding out of all such psons as shall, within the tearme of fowerteene yeares
aforesaid, imitate or cause to be imitated, or shall vse or putt in practice the
said Invenĉon soc by the said Eustace Burneby invented & attayned vnto as
aforesaid, that soe such offenders may bec' peceded against & punished according
to their demeritte, and their invenĉons & workes tending to the end
aforesaid then & there found, bee seized vpon and left in the hande &
custody of some constable or officer, to bee disposed of according to the lawe.
And further, wee doe by theise psente, for 'vs, our heires and successors, will,
authorize & require all & singuler justices of the peace, maiors, sheriffe,
bayliffe, constables, headburroughes, & all other officers and ministers what-
soever, of vs, our heires & successors for the tyme being, that they and every of
them respectively bee from tyme to tyme during the said tearme hereby
graunted, in their respective places, favouring, ayding, helping, & assisting
vnto the said Eustace Burneby, his executors, administrators, & assignes, &
to his, their, & every of their deputy & deputyes, servante & agente, in & by
all thing in & about the accomplishment of our will & pleasure herein
declared, and in the exercise & execucon of the powers and priviledges
herein and hereby graunted or menconed to bee graunted, as aforesaid. And
moreover, wee will and comand by theise sente, for vs, our heires and
successors, that our said officers & ministers, or any of them, doe not molest,
trouble, or interrupt the said Eustace Burneby, his executors, administrators,
or assignes, or his, theire, or any of theire deputy or deputyes, servante or
agente, or any of them, in or about the vse or exercise of the said invenĉon,
or in any matter or thing concerning the same: Provided allwayes, that if att
any tyme during the said tearme of fourteene yeares itt shall bee made
appeare vnto vs, our heires or successors, that this our graunt is contrary
to lawe or Piudiciall, or inconvenient, or not of publique vse or benefitt, or
that the makeing or workeing of hempe, comonly called steele hempe, within
theise our dominions is not a new invenĉon of the said Eustace Burneby, then
vpon significacon and declaračon thereof to bee made by vs, our heires or
successors, theise our Letters Patente shall forthwith cease, determine, and
bee voyd to all intente and purposes, and the said invencon not to bec
further vsed, exercised, or ymployed by vertue or colour thereof, any thing
herein conteyned before menconed to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided
alsoc, that theise our Letters Patente, or any thing herein conteyned, shall
not extend or bee construed to extend to give priviledge vnto the said

page_text: Eustace Burneby, his executors, administrators, or assignes, or any of them,
to vse or imitate any invenĉon or worke found out or invented by any other
pson or psons, or publiquely exercised within theise our said realme, or any
the clominions or territoryes therevnto belonging, vnto whome wee have already
graunted our like Letters Patente of Priviledge for the sole vse, exercise, and
benefitt thereof; itt being our will and pleasure that the said Eustace Burneby,
his executors, administrators, and assignes, and all and singuler other pson and
psons to whomme wee have already graunted our like Letters Patente of Privi-
ledge as aforesaid, shall distinctly vse and practice theire severall inventons by
them invented and found out, according to the true intent and meaneing of the
said severall and respective Letters Patente and of these psente. And lastly,
wee doe by these psente, for vs, our heires & successors, graunt vnto the said
Eustace Burneby, his executors, administrators, and assignes, that these our
Letters Patent, or the inrollment thereof, shalbee in and by all thing good,
valid, suflicient, and effectuall in the law, according to the true intent and
meaneing thereof, and shall bee taken, construed, and adiudged most favour-
able and beneficiall for the best benefitt and advantage of the said Eustace
Burneby, his executors, administrators, & assignes, as well in all our Courte of
Record as else where, notwithstanding the not full and certaine describeing the
name and quality of the said invencon, or of the materiall way and manner
of makeing and workeing of the said hempe, comonly called steele hempe, or
of the true and certaine vso and benefitt thereof; and notwithstanding any
other defect, incertainty, or imperfeccons in these psente conteyned, or any
act, statute, ordinance, pvision, pelamacon, or restraint to the contrary thereof
in any wise notwithstanding.
In wittnee, &c. Wittnes our solfe, at Wastiri, the Foure and twentieth
day of December.
By Writt of Privy Seale.