A NEW MACHINE OR ENGINE FOR RAISING A CONTINUALL FLUX OF WATER WITH TWO BARRELLS, ONLY IN MUCH GREATER QUANTITY, WITH MORE EASE AND CERTAINTY BY LOCKS AND CHAIN WORKS THAN ANY ENGINE HITHERTO INVENTED
Year: 1716

page_text: GEORGE, by the grace of God, &c., to all to whom theso Presents shall
come greeting.
WHEREAS, THOMAS HOLLAND, of Amsbury, in the County of Wilts, Clerk,
hath by his petition humbly represented that he hath, by bis own study,
experience, and costly expence, found out and invented "A NEW MACHINE OR
ENGINE FOR RAISING A CONTINUALL FLUX OF WATER WITH TWO BARRELLS, ONLY IN
MUCH GREATER QUANTITY, WITH MORE EASE AND CERTAINTY BY LOCKS AND CHAIN
WORKS THAN ANY ENGINE HITHERTO INVENTED;" that the said machine does meet
with the generall approbation of every one for its being most advantagious to
the publick, not only in supplying at a cheap and moderate rate several cities,
towns corporate, and other places, with water, but also in draining lande,
mines, &c., and watering of barren grounde, which at present yield little or
no profit to the owners; and having therefore humbly prayed our Letters
Patents for the sole vse and benefit of his said Invention for the term of four-
teen yeares, according to the Statute in such case made and provided.
KNOW YEE, THEREFORE, that wee, being willing to give encouragement
to all arts and Inventions which may be of publick vse and benefit, of our
especial grace, certain knowledge, and meere močon, have given and granted,
and by these Presents, for vs, our heires and successors, do give and grant vnto
the said Thomas Holland, his executors, administrators and assignes, especial
lycence, full power, sole priviledge, and authority, that he, the said Thomas
Holland, his executors, administrators and assignes, and every of them, by

page_text: himselfe and themselves, or by his and their deputy and deputies, servante or
agent, or such others as he, the said Thomas Holland, his executors, adminis-
trators, or assignes, shall at any time agree with, and no others, from time to
time and at all times during the term of yeares herein expressed, shall and
lawfully may exercise, work, vse, and enioy within that part of our Kingdom
of Great Britain called England, our Dominion of Wales, and Town of
Berwick-upon-Tweed, his said new Invenčon, as is above described, in such
manner as to him, the said Thomas Holland, his executors, administrators, and
assignes, or any of them, shall in their discretions seem meet, and that he, the
said Thomas Holland, his executors, administrators, and assignes, shall and
may have and enioy the whole profit, benefit, commodity, and advantage from
time to time comeing, growing, accrewing, and ariseing by reason of the said
Invention, for and during the full term of yeares herein menconed, to have,
hold, exercise, and enioy the said lycence, powers, priviledges, and advantages
herein-before granted or menconed to be granted vnto the said Thomas Holland,
his executors, administrators, and assignes, for and during and vnto the full
end and term of fourteen yeares from the date of these Presente next and
immediately ensueing, and fully to be compleat and ended, according to the
Statute in such case made and provided; and to the end that the said Thomas
Holland, his executors, administrators, and assignes, and every of them, may
have and enioy the full benefitt and the sole vse and exercise of the said
Invention, according to our gratious intencon herein-before declared, wee
do by these Presents, for vs, our heires and successors, require and strictly
command all and every person and persons, bodies politick and corporate,
and all other our subiccts whatsoever, of what estate, quality, or degree,
name or condičon soever they be, within that part of our said King-
dome of Great Britain called England, our Dominion of Wales, and
Town of Berwick-vpon-Tweed aforesaid, that neither they or any of them
at any time during the continuance of the said term of fourteen yeares hereby
granted, either directly or indirectly do make, vse or put in practice the said
Invenĉon, or any part of the same, so attained vnto by the said Thomas
Holland as aforesaid, nor shall in any wise counterfeit, imitate or resemble the
same, nor shall make or cause to be made any addition thereunto or substrac-
tion from the same, whereby to pretend himselfe or themselves the inventor or
inventors, devisor or devisors thereof, without the lycence, consent or agree-
ment of the said Thomas Holland, his executors, administrators or assignes,
in writing vnder his or their hande and seales, first had and obtained in that
behalfe, vpon such paines and penalties as can or may be justly inflicted on
such offenders for their contempt of this our royal command, and further to be

page_text: answerable to the said Thomas Holland, his executors, administrators and
assignes, according to law, for his and their damages thereby occasioned. And,
moreover, wee doe by these Presents, for vs, our heires and successors, will
and command all and singular our justices of the peace, mayors, sheriff's,
bayliffs, constables, headboroughs, and all other officers and ministers what-
soever of vs, our heires and successors for the time being, that they or any of
them do not nor shall at any time hereafter during the said term hereby
granted, in any wise molest, trouble, or hinder the said Thomas Holland, his
executors, administrators or assignes, or any of them, or his or their deputies,
servants or agents in or about the due and lawfull making, vse, or exercise of
the aforesaid Invenčon, or any thing relating thereto. Provided always, and
these our Letters Patents are and shall be vpon this condičon, that if at any
time during the said term hereby granted it shall be made appear to vs, our
heires or successors, or any six or more of our or their Privy Councill, that
this our grant is contrary to law or Piudicial or inconvenient to our subiect(
in generall, or that the said Invencon is not a new invention as to the publick
vse and exercise thereof, within that part of our said Kingdom of Great
Britain called England, our Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick-vpon-
Tweed aforesaid, or not invented and found out by the said Thomas Holland
as aforesaid, then, vpon signification and declaration thereof, to be made by
vs, our heires or successors, vnder our or their signet or privy seal, or by the
Lorde and others of our or their Privy Council, or any six or more of them,
vnder their hande, these our Letters Patents shall forthwith cease, determine
and be vtterly void to all intents and purposes, any thing herein-before con-
tained to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding. Provided also, that these.
our Letters Patente, or any thing herein contained, shall not extend or be
construed to extend to give priviledgo vnto the said Thomas Holland, bis
executors, administrators, or assignes, or any of them, to vse or imitate any
invenčon or work whatsoever which hath heretofore been found out or in-
vented by any other of our subiects whatsoever, and publickly vsed or
exercised within that part of our said Kingdom of Great Britain called England,
our Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick-vpon-Tweed aforesaid, vnto
whom like Letters Patents or priviledges have been already granted for the
sole vse, exercise and benefit thereof, it being our will and pleasure that the
said Thomas Holland, his executors, administrators and assignes, and all and
every other person and persons to whom like Letters Patents or priviledges
have been already granted as aforesaid, shall distinctly vse and practice their
several inventions by them invented and found out, according to the true
intent and meaning of the same respective Letters Patents and of these

page_text: Presents. And lastly, wee do by these Presents, for vs, our heires and suc-
cessors, grant vnto the said Thomas Holland, his executors, administrators
and assignes, that these our Letters Patents, or the inrollment or exempli-
ficacon thereof, shall be in and by all thing good, firm, valid, sufficient and
effectuall in the law, according to the true intent and meaning hereof, and
shall be taken, construed and adiudged in the most favourable and beneficial
sense for the best advantage of the said Thomas Holland, his executors, ad-
ministrators, and assignes, aswell in all Courts of Record as elswhere, and
by all and singular the officers and ministers whatsoever of vs, our heires and
'successors, within that part of our said Kingdom of Great Britain called
England, our Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed afore-
said, and amongst all and every the subiects of vs, our heires and successors
.whatsoever and wheresoever, notwithstanding the not full and certain de-
scribing the nature or quality of the said Invenčon, or of the materials hereto
conducing and belonging.
In witnesse &c. Witnesso George Prince of Wales. &c. at West-
conducing and belonging.
In witnesse, &c. Witnesso George Prince of Wales, &c. at West-
minster the Eight-and-twentieth day of November.
By Writt of Privy Seal.