THE CONSTRUCTION OF CANNON AND OTHER GUNS AND GUN CARRIAGES, THE TOUCH HOLE AND CASCABLE OF THE CANNON AND GUNS BEING SO CONSTRUCTED THAT LOCKS MAY BE FITTED THERETO WITH THE GREATEST EASE AND CONVENIENCE AND BETTER SECURITY FOR THE BREECHINGS, AND THE GUN CARRIAGES ARE SO CONTRIVED THAT THE ORDNANCE MOUNTED THEREON CAN BE LOADEN WITH CONVENIENCE AND EXPEDITION
Year: 1779

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME,
RICHARD BLIGHT, of Plymouth, in the County of Devon, Block and
Gun Carriage Maker, sends greeting.
WHEREAS the King's most Excellent Majesty did, by His
Letters Patent, under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date
at Westminster, the Tenth day of April last, give and grant to the
said Richard Blight, his executors, administrators, and assigns, His
Majestie's especial licence, full power, sole priviledge, and authority
for him, the said Richard Blight, his executors, admors, and
assigns, and every of them by himself and themselves, or by his and
their deputy or deputies, servants, or agents, or such others as he,
the said Richard Blight, his executors, admors, or assigns,
should at any time agree with and no others, from time to time to
make, use, exercise, and vend his method or Invention in "THE
CONSTRUCTION OF CANNON AND OTHER GUNS AND GUN CARRIAGES, THE TOUCH
HOLE AND CASCABLE OF THE CANNON AND GUNS BEING SO CONSTRUCTED THAT
LOCKS MAY BE FITTED THERETO WITH THE GREATEST EASE AND CONVENIENCE
AND BETTER SECURITY FOR THE BREECHINGS, AND THE GUN CARRIAGES ARE SO
CONTRIVED THAT THE ORDNANCE MOUNTED THEREON CAN BE LOADEN WITH
CONVENIENCE AND EXPEDITION," within that part of Great Britain called

page_text: England the dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick upon Tweed,
for the term of fourteen years, according to the statute in that case
made and provided; in such manner as to the said Richard Blight,
his executors, admors, and assigns, or any of them, should
in their discretions seem meet, and that he and they should and
might lawfully have and enjoy the whole profit, benefit, commodity,
and advantage from time to time arising by reason of the said
Invention during the said term, to hold, exercise, and enjoy the
said licence, powers, priviledges, and advantages therein granted
unto the said Richard Blight, his executors, adñiors, and assigns,
for and during and unto the full end and term of fourteen years
from the date of the said Letters Patent, next and immediately
ensuing, and fully to be compleat and ended according to the statute
in such case made and provided; in which said Letters Patent is
contained a proviso, that if the aforesaid Richard Blight should not
particularly describe and ascertain the nature of his said Invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, by an instrument
in writing under his hand and seal, and cause the same to be
inrolled in the High Court of Chancery within four callendar months
next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent, that
then the said Letters Patent and all liberties and advantages what-
soever thereby granted should utterly cease, determine, and become
void, as by the said Letters Patent, relation being thereunto had,
may more fully appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that, I, the said Richard Blight, in pursuance of
the said provisoe in the said Letters Patent contained, do hereby
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention and the
manner in which the same is to be performed as follows, (that is to
say):-
The cannons and guns and carriages are made of the same sort
of materials as usual and in the manner and form as in the plan
and reference to the same hereto annexed, and signed by me.
In witness whereof, I, the said Richard Blight, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Second day of August, in the Nine-
teenth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the

page_text: Third, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and
Ireland King, Defender of the Faith, &c., and in the year of
our Lord One thousand seven hundred and seventy nine.
JOHN ADAMS,
Clerk to Mr Cooper, Quality Court, Chancery Lane.
AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the same Second day of
August, in the year above mentioned, the aforesaid Richard Blight
came before our said Lord the King in His Chancery and acknow-
ledged the Specification aforesaid and all and every thing therein
contained and specified in form above written; and also the Specifi-
cation aforesaid was duly stampt according to the tenor of the
statute made in the Sixth year of the reign of Their late Majesty's
King William and Queen Mary of England, and so forth.
Inrolled the same day and year last above mentioned.