BOYLING AND HEATING WATERS AND ALL OTHER LIQUORS, AS ALSOE FOR MELTING AND REFINEING SUGARS AND ALL OTHER THINGS THAT ARE DONE BY FIRE, WITH LESSE CHARGE AND GREATER EXPEDITION THEN IS NOW VSED IN OUR DOMINIONS
Year: 1692

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WHEREAS our trusty and welbeloved subiect ANTHONY FORESTER SMITH
hath by his humble peticon represented vnto vs that he hath, with great charge,
paines, and industry, found out a way for "BOYLING AND HEATING WATERS AND
ALL OTHER LIQUORS, AS ALSOE FOR MELTING AND REFINEING SUGARS AND ALL OTHER
THINGS THAT ARE DONE BY FIRE, WITH LESSE CHARGE AND GREATER EXPEDITION
THEN IS NOW VSED IN OUR DOMINIONS," and that the said Invention hath not as
yet been practised within our kingdoms of England and Ireland, or any other
of our forreigne plantations, and will be of great vse and benefitt to the
publick, and hath humbly prayed vs to grant him our Letters Patents for the
sole vse of the said Invention within our kingdomes of England and Ireland,
and our forreigne plantations, for the terme of fourteen yeares.
KNOW YEE THEREFORE, that wee, being graciously pleased to con-
descend to that his request, and willing to encourage the inventers of such
arts as may be of publick vse and benefitt, of our especiall grace, certaine
knowledge, and meere močon, have given and granted, and by these presents,
for vs, our heires and successors, doe give and grant, vnto the said Anthony
Forester Smith, his executors, administrators, and assignes, especiall lycence,
full power, sole priviledge and authority, that he, the said Anthony Forester
Smith, his executors, administrators, and assignes, and every of them, by
themselves, or his or their deputy and deputies, servants, or agents, or such
others as the said Authony Forester Smith, his executors, administrators, or

page_text: assignes, shall at any time agree with, and noe others, from time to time and
at all times durcing the terme of yeares herein expressed, shall and lawfully
may make, vse, exercise, and enioy within our kingdomes of England and
Ireland, and dominion of Wales, and town of Berwick-vpon-Tweed, or any
other our dominions, the said Invention of boyling and heating waters and
all other liquors, as alsoe of melting and refineing sugars and all other things
that may be done by fire, and by comunicateing the heat of a small quantity
of any hot or boyleing liquors in a short time to any greater quantities, in such
manner and according to such reasonable and lawfull rates and lymittačons as
to him, the said Anthony Forester Smith, his executors, administrators, and
assignes, or any of them, shall in their discretion seeme meet; and that he,
the said Anthony Forester Smith, his executors, administrators, and assignes,
or any of them shall in their discretion seeme meet; and that he, the said
Anthony Forester Smith, his executors, administrators, and assignes, shall
and may have and enioy the sole profitt, benefitt, comodity, and advan-
tage from time to time comcing, growing, accruing, and ariseing by reason of
the said Invention, for and dureing the full terme of yeares herein mentioned,
to have, hold, exercise, and enioy the said lycence, powers, privilidges, and
advantages herein-before granted or mentioned to be granted vnto the said
Anthony Forester Smith, his executors, administrators, and assignes, for and
durcing and vnto the full end and terme of fourteen yeares from the date of
these presents next and imediately ensueing, and fully to be compleat and
ended, according to the statute in this case made and provided. And to the
end that the said Anthony Forester Smith, 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 Invention according to our gratious
intentions herein-before declared, wee doc by these presents, for vs, our heires
and successors, require and strictly comand 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 bec, within all and
every our kingdomes and dominions, that neither they nor any of them, at any
time dureing the continuance of the said terme of fourteen yeares hereby
granted, either directly or indirectly, doe make, vse, or put in practice the said
Invention, or any part of the same soe attained vnto by the said Anthony
Forester Smith 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 substracčon from the same, whereby to pretend themselves the inventer or
inventers, deviser or 'devisers thereof, without the lycence, consent, or agree-
ment of the said Anthony Forester Smith, his executors, administrators, or

page_text: assignes, in writeing vnder his, their, or some of their hands and scales, first
bad and obtained 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
comand, and further to be answerable to the said Anthony Forester Smith,
bis 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 comand all and singular our iustices of
the peace, mayors, sherriffs, 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 doe not, nor shall at any time hereafter dureing
the said terme hereby granted, in any wise molest, trouble, or hinder the said
Anthony Forester Smith, his executors, administrators, or assignes, or any of
his or their deputies, servants, or agents, in or about the due and lawfull make-
ing vse or exercise of the aforesaid Invention, or any thing relateing thereto.
Provided alwaies, and these our Letters Patents are and shall be vpon this
condicon, that if at any time durcing the terme hereby granted it shall be mado
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 preiudicall or incon-
venient to our subiccts in generall, or that the said Invention is not a new
invention as to the publick vse and exercise thereof within this our kingdome
of England, and not invented and found out by the said Anthony Forester
Smith as aforesaid, then vpon signification and declaration thereof, to be made
by vs, our heires and successors, vnder our or their signet or privy seale, or by
the lords and others of our or their Privy Councill, or any six or more of them
vnder their hands, 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 any wise notwithstanding. Provided alsoe, that these our Letters
Patents, or any thing herein contained, shall not extend or be construed to extend
to give priviledge vnto the said Anthony Forester Smith, his executors, adminis-
trators, or assignes, or any of them, to vse or imitate any invention or worke what-
soever which hath been heretofore found out or invented by any other of our
subiects whatsoever, and publickly vsed or exercised within our said realmes
and dominions, or any of them, vnto whome like Letters Patents or priviledge
have been already granted for the sole vse, exercise, and benefitt thereof, it
being our will and pleasure that the said Anthony Forester Smith, his
executors, administrators, and assignes, and all and singuler other person and
persons to whome like Letters Patents or priviledges have been already
granted as aforesaid, shall distinctly vse and practise their severall inventions
by them invented and found out according to the true intent and meaning of

page_text: the same respective Letters Patents and of these presents. And, lastly, wee
doe by these presents, for vs, our heires and successors, grant vnto the said
Anthony Forester Smith, his executors, administrators, and assignes, that
these our Letters Patents, or the inrollment thereof, shall be in and by all
things good, firme, valid, sufficient, and effectuall in the law, according to the
true intent and meaning thereof, and shall be taken, construed, and adiudged
in the most favourable and beneficiall sence for the best advantage of the said
Anthony Forester Smith, his executors, administrators, and assignes, aswell in
all courts of record as elsewhere, and by all and singuler the officers and
ministers whatsoever of vs, our heires and successors, in all and singular 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 Invention or
of the materialls thereto conduceing and belonging.
In witnesse, &c. Witnesse our selves at
3373
minster, the Twenty fourth
day of March.
By Writt of Privy Seale.
SOLTOS