A WAY OR METHOD TO MAKE STARCH OF AND FROM THE ROOTES CALLED BY THE NAME OF POTATOES, NEVER YET PRACTISED, BY THE MAKING WHEREOF GREAT BENEFIT WILL ARISE TO THE PUBLICK
Year: 1717

page_text: GEORGE, by the grace of God, &c., to all to whom these presents shall
come, greeting.
WHEREAS our trusty and welbeloved SAMUEL NETON, CHARLES NOWELL,
LAWRENCE CLARK, and CLEMENT JOYNES, have, by their peticon, humbly
represented vnto vs, that by their industry and great expence, they have
found out "A WAY OR METHOD TO MAKE STARCH OF AND FROM THE ROOTES CALLED
BY THE NAME OF POTATOES, NEVER YET PRACTISED, BY THE MAKING WHEREOF GREAT
BENEFIT WILL ARISE TO THE PUBLICK;" and haveing therefore humbly prayed vs
to grant them our Letters Patents for the sole makeing of starch of and from
the said rootes within England, our kingdome of Ireland, and all other our
islande, plantačons, and colonies, during the terme of fourteen yeares, -
KNOW YEE THEREFORE, that wee, being willing to give encouragement
to all arts and invenčons which may be of publick vse and benefit, of our
especiall grace, certain knowledge, and meer močon, have given and granted,
and by these presents, for vs, our heires and successors, do give and grant
vnto the said Samuel Newton, Charles, Nowell, Lawrence Clark, and Clement
Joynes, their executors, administrators, and assignes, especiall lycence, full
power, sole priviledge and authority, that they, the said Samuel Newton,
Charles Nowell, Lawrence Clark, and Clement Joynes, their executors, adıni-
nistrators, and assignes, and every of them, by themselves, or by their deputy
and deputies, servants or agents, or such others as they, the said Samuel
Newton, Charles Nowell, Lawrence Clark, and Clement Joynes, their exe-
cutors, administrators, or assignes, shall at any time agree with, and no others,
from time to time and at all times during the terme of yeares herein expressed,

page_text: shall and lawfully may work, vsc, exercise, and vend their said Invenĉon for
makeing of starch of and from the rootes of potatoes as aforesaid, within
England, our kingdom of Ireland, and all our islands, plantacons, and colo-
nies abroad, in such manner as to them, the said Samuel Newton, Charles
Nowell, Lawrence Clark, and Clement Joynes, their executors, administrators,
and assignes, or any of them, shall in their discretions seem meet; and that
they, the said Samuel Newton, Charles Nowell, Lawrence Clark, and Clement
Joynes, their executors, administrators, and assigues, and every of them, shall
and lawfully may have and enioy the wholo profit, benefit, comodity, and
advantage from time to time comeing, groweing, accrueing, and ariseing by
reason of the said Invencon, for and during the term of yeares herein men-
čoned, to have, hold, exercise, and enioy the said lycence, powers, priviledges,
and advantages herein-before granted, or menčoned to be granted, vnto the
said Samuel Newton, Charles Nowell, Lawrence Clark, and Clement Joynes,
their executors, administrators, and assignes, for and during the full end and
term of fourteen yeares from the day of the date of these presents next and
imediately ensuing, and fully to be compleat and ended, according to the
statute in that case made and provided; and to the end that the said Samuel
Newton, Charles Nowell, Lawrence Clark, and Clement Joynes, their exe-
cutors, administrators, and assignes, and every of them, may have and enioy
the full benefit, and the sole vse and exercise of the said Invenčon, accroding
to our gracious intenčon 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 subiecte whatso-
ever, of what estate, quality, or degree, name or condičon soever they be,
within England, our kingdomo of Ireland, and our islande, plantacons, and
colonies aforesaid, that neither they or any of them, at any time during the
continuance of the said terme of fourteen yeares hereby granted, either directly
or indirectly, do make, vse, or put in practice the said Invenĉon so attained
vnto by the said Samuell Newton, Charles Nowell, Lawrence Clark, and
Clement Joynes, as aforesaid, nor shall in anywise counterfeit, imitate, or
resemble same, nor shall make or cause to be made any addition thereunto
or substraction from the same, whereby to pretend himselfe or themselves the
inventor or inventors, devisor or devisors thereof, without the lycence, con-
sent, or agreement of the said Samuel Newton, Charles Nowell, Lawrence
Clark, and Clement Joynes, their executors, administrators, or assignes, vnder
their hand and seales first had and obtained in that behalfe, vpon such paines
and penalties as can or may be inflicted on such offenders for their contempt
of this our royall command, and further to be answerable to the said Samuel

page_text: Newton, Charles Nowell, Lawrence Clark, and Clement Joynes, their exe-
cutors, administrators, and assignes, according to law, for their damages
thereby occasioned; and moreover, wee do by these presente, for vs, our
heires, and successors, will and command all and singular our justices of the
peace, mayors, sheriffs, bayliffs, constables, headboroughs, and all other officers
and ministers whatsoever 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 anywise molest, trouble, or hinder the said Samuel
Newton, Charles Nowell, Lawrence Clark, and Clement Joynes, their executors,
administrators, or assignes, or any of them, or their or any of their deputies,
servante, or agente, in or about the due and lawfull makeing vse or exercise
of the aforesaid Invenčon, or anything relating thereto; provided always,
and these our Letters Patente are and shall be vpon this condičon, that if
at any time during the said term hereby granted, it shall be made appear to
v's, our heires or successors, or any six or more of our or their Privy Councill,
that this our grant is contrary to law, or Piudiciall or inconvenient to our
subiects in generall, or that the said Invenčon is not a new invenčon as to
the publick vso and exercise within England, our kingdome of Ireland, and.
our islande, plantačons; and colonies aforesaid, or not invented and found out
by the said Samuel Newton, Charles Nowell, Lawrence Clark, and Clement
Joynes, as aforesaid, then, vpon significačon 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 Councill, or any six or more
of, vnder their hande, these our Letters Patents shall forthwith cease; deter-
mine, and be vtterly void, to all intents and purposes, anything herein-before
contained to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding; provided also,
that these our Letters Patents, or anything herein contained, shall not extend,
or be construed to extend, to give priviledge vnto to the said Samuel Newton,
Charles Nowell, Lawrence Clark, and Clement Joynes, their executors, admi-
nistrators, or assignes, or any of them, to vse or imitate any inventon or
work whatsoever which hath heretofore been found out or invented by any
other of our subiect whatsoever, and publickly vsed or exercised within Eng-
land, our kingdome of Ireland, and our islande, plantations, and colonies
aforesaid, or any of them, vnto whom like Letters Patente or priviledges
have been already granted for the sole vse, exercise, and benefit thereof, it
being our will and pleasure that the said Samuell Newton, Charles Nowell,
Lawrence Clark, and Clement Joynes, their 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

page_text: vse and practice their severall invenčons by them invented and found out,
according to the true intent and meaning of the same respective Letters
Patents and of these presente. And, lastly, wee do by these presents, for
vs, our heires and successors, grant vnto the said Samuel Newton, Charles
Nowell, Lawrence Clark, and Clement Joynes, their executors, administrators,
and assigues, that these our Letters Patente, or the inrollment thereof, shall
be in and by all thing good, firm, valid, sufficient, and effectual in the law,
according to the true intent and meaning bereof, and shall be taken, construed,
and adiudged in the most favourable and beneficiall sense for the best advan-
tage of the said Samuel Newton, Charles Nowell, Lawrence Clark, and
Clement Joynes, their executors, administrators, and assignes, as well in all
court of record as elsewhere, and by all and singular the officers and ministers
whatsoever of vs, our heires and successors, within England, our kingdom of
Ireland, and our islande, plantačons, and colonies aforesaid, and amongst all
and every the subiects of vs, our heires and successors, whatsoever and
wheresoever, notwithstanding the not full and certain describeing the nature or
quality of the said Invention, or of the materials thereto conduceing and
belonging.
By Writt of Privy Seal.
day of May.
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