DIVERSE INSTRUMENTS OF WOOD, IRON, STEELE, AND OTHER MATERIALLS. FOR RAISEING OF WATER, ASWELL FROM STANDING WATER AS RUNNING STREAMES, TO GOE OF ITSELFE PPETUALLY, TO PERFORME ANY MILL WORKE, OR OTHER WORKE IT SHALL BE PUTT VNTO
Year: 1693

page_text: Presents shall come.greeting.
WHEREAS our trusty and wellbeloved Captaine JOHN POYNTZ bath by his
humble peticon represented vnto vs, that he hath found out severall new
Inventons, consisting of "DIVERSE INSTRUMENTS OF WOOD, IRON, STEELE, AND
OTHER MATERIALLS. FOR RAISEING OF WATER, ASWELL FROM STANDING WATER AS
RUNNING STREAMES, TO GOE OF ITSELFE PPETUALLY, TO PERFORME ANY MILL WORKE,
OR OTHER WORKE IT SHALL BE PUTT VNTO," and that the said Invenčons are
new, and have never before been vsed in England, and may be of publick
vse and benefitt, and hath prayed our Letters Patents for the sole vse, exercise,
and benefitt of his said new Invenĉon.
KNOW YEE, THEREFORE, that wee, being graciously pleased to con-
descend to that his request, and willing to incourage the inventers of such
arts as may be of publick vse and benefitt, of our especiall grace,
certaine knowledge, and meer močon, have given and granted, and by these
Presents, for vs, our heires and successors, doe give and grant vnto the.
said John Poyntz, his executors, administrators, and assignes, speciall
lycence, full power, sole priviledge and authority, that he, the said John
Poyntz, his executors, administrators, and assignes, and every of them, by
themselves, or his and their deputy and deputyes, servants or agents, or such
others as the said John Poyntz, his executors, administrators, or assignes,
shall at any time agree with, and noe others, from time to time and at all
tymes dureing the terme of yeares herein expressed, shall and lawfully may
make, vse, exercise, and enioy the said new invented instruments for raiseing

page_text: of water, aswell from standing water as running streames, to goe of itselfe
perpetually, to perform any mill worke, or other worke it shall be putt vnto,
within our Kingdom of England, Dominion of Wales, and Towne of Berwick-
vpon-Tweed, or any other our dominions, in such manner and according to
such reasonable and lawfull rates and lymittacons as to him, the said John
Poyntz, his executors, administrators, and assignes, or any of them, shall in
their discretions seem meet; and that he, the said John Poyntz, his executors,
administrators, and assignes, shall and may have and enioy the sole proffitt,
benifitt, comodity, and advantage from time to time comeing, growing,
accrewing, and ariseing by reason of the said Invenĉons, for and dureing the
full terme of yeares hercin menconed; to have, hold, exercise, and enioy the
said licence, powers, priviledges, and advantages herein-before granted or
menconed to be granted vnto the said John Poyntz, his executors, adminis-
trators, and assignes, for and dureing and vnto the full end and terme of
fourteen yeares from the date of these Presents next and immediately ensueing
and fully to be compleat and ended, according to the Statute in that case made
and provided. And to the end that the said John Poyntz, his executors,
administrators, and assignes, and every of them, may have and enioy the full
benefitt and the sole makeing, vse, and exercise of the said Invenčons,
according to our gracious intenĉons herein-before declared, wee doe by these
Presents, for vs, our heires and successors, require and strictly command 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 our kingdomes and dominions, that
neither they or any of them, at any time dureing the continueance of the said
terme of fourteen yeares hereby granted, either directly or indirectly, doe make,
vse, or putt in practice the said Invenĉons, or any part of the same, soe
attained vnto by the said John Poyntz as aforesaid, nor shall in anywise
counterfeite, imitate, or resemble the same, nor shall make or cause to be
made any addicon there vnto or substracčon from the same, whereby to pretend
themselves the inventor or inventors, deviser or devisors thereof, without the
licence, consent, or agreement of the said John Poyntz, his executors, admi-
nistrators, or assignes in writeing vnder his, their, or some of their hands and
seales first had and obteined 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 command, and further to be answerable to the said John Poyntz,
his executors, administrators, and assignes, according to law, for his and theire
damages thereby occasioned. And moreover, wee doe by these Presents, for
vs, our beires and successors, will and comand all and singuler our justices of

page_text: the peace, mayors, sherriffes, bayliffes, constables, headboroughs, and all other
officers and ministers whatsoever, of vs, our heires and successors, for the tyme
being, that they or any of them doe not, nor shall at any time hereafter dureing
the said terme hereby granted, in any wise molest, trouble, or hinder the said
John Pointz, his executors, administrators, or assignes, or any of his or theire
.deputyes, servants, or agents; in or about the due and lawfull makeing, vse, or
exercise of the aforesaid invenĉons or any thing relateing therevnto: Provided
alwaies, 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
Councell, that this our grant is contrary to law or preiudiciall or inconvenient
to our subiecte in generall, or that the said invenĉons are not new invencons
as to the publick vse or exercise thereof in this our Kingdome of England,
and not invented and found out by the said John Poyntz as aforesaid, then
vpon significačon and declaracon thereof to be made by vs, our heires or
successors, vnder our or theire signett or privy seale, or by the Lorde and others
of our or theire Privy Councell, or any six or more of them, vnder theire
hande, these our Letters Patents shall forthwith cease, determine, and be
vtterly void to all intents and purposes, any thing before herein contained to
the contrary, in anywise notwithstanding: Provided also, that these our
Letters Patente or any thing herein contained shall not extend or be construed
to extend to give priviledge vnto the said John Poyntz, his exccutors, admi-
nistrators, or assignes, or any of them, to vse or imitate any invenčon or worke
whatsoever, which hath been heretofore found out or invented by any other
of our subiecte whatsoever, and publickly vsed or exercised within our said
realmes and dominions, or any of them, vnto whome like Letters Patente or
priviledge bave been already granted for the sole vse, exercise, and benefitt
thereof; it being our will and pleasure that the said John Poyntz, his execu-
tors, administrators, and assignes, and all and singuler other person and
persons to whome like Letters Patente or priviledges have been already
granted as aforesaid, shall distinctly vse and practice theire severall invencons
by them invented and found out, according to the true intent and meaneing
of the same respective Letters Patente and of these Presente. And lastly,
wee doe by these Presente, for vs, our heires and successors, grant vnto
the said John Poyntz, bis extors, administrators, and assignes, that these our
Letters Patente, or the inrollment thereof, shall be in and by all thing good,
firme, valid, sufficient, and effectuall in the law, according to the true intent
and meaneing thereof, and shall be taken, construed, and adiudged in the
most favourable and beneficiall sence for the best advantage of the said John

page_text: Poyntz, his executors, administrators; and assignes, aswell in all Courte of
Record as elcewhere, and by all and singuler the officers and ministers what-
soever of vs, our heires and successors, in all and singuler our realmes and
dominions. whatsoever, and amongst all and every the subiects of vs, our
heires and successors, whatsoever and wheresoever, notwithstanding the not
full and certaine describeing the nature or quality of the said Invenĉons, or
any of them, or of the materialls thereto conduceing. and belonging.
In witnesse, &c. Witnesse the King and Queen at Westin, the Twenty-
fourth day of November.
By writt of Privy Seale.