CERTAIN IMPROVE- MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CLOTH OR FABRICK, WHICH I DENOMINATE BRITISH CACHMERE'
Year: 1824

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JONATHAN
SCHOFIELD, of Rastrick, in the Parish of Halifax, in the County of York,
Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Fourth did,
by His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of that part of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called England, bearing date at
Westminster, the Seventh day of April, One thousand eight hundred and
twenty-four, in the fifth year of His reign, give and grant unto me, the said
Jonathan Schofield, my exors, adñors, and assigns, His especial licence, full
power, sole privilege and authority, that I, the said Jonathan Schofield, my
exors, admors, and assigns, during the term of years therein mentioned, should
and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, .
and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CLOTH OR FABRICK, WHICH I DENOMINATE BRITISH
CACHMERE';" in which said Letters Patent there is contained a proviso that if
I, the said Jonathan Schofield, shall not particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal, and cause the
same to be inrolled in His Majesty's High Court of Chancery within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent, that then the said Letters Patent, and all liberties and advantages
whatsoever thereby granted, shall utterly cease, determine, and become void,
as in and by the same, relation being thereunto had, will more fully and at
large appear.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Jonathan Schofield, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention,
and the manner in which the same is to be performed, are particularly
described and ascertained in the following description thereof (that is to
say):
First, I claim as an invention or improvement in the manufactory of the
above article, that is, spinning-the yarn very fine, and afterwards, doubling and
twisting the same together for warp, and afterwards taking the twist out of the
yarn before it is wove, which makes the yarn smooth and even for warp.
2nd, after weaving I clean the pieces and rase them with cards, and cut
them with shears the same as a piece of plain cloth is finished.
Third, we then mill the cloth or pieces in the fulling mill, and afterwards
roll the pieces tight on a wooden roller_made for the purpose, and boil them
on that roller for several hours.
Fourth, I afterwards dye the goods, and dry and finish them on a machine
without tentering or-making and. leaving any holes in the edges of the pieces.
The machine on which we dry and finish the goods is constructed of three large
tin or copper cylinders made hollow and fixed in a frame, into which we turn
steam to heat them, and, by the aid of a wooden roller placed at each side of
the frame we pass the pieces. over the cylinders till dry.
I'n witness whereof, I, the. said Jonathan, Schofield, have hereunto, set
my hand and seal, this Fourth day of October, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty-four.
JONATHT ANT
SCHAFLEID