THE ARTE OR MISTERIE CONCERNING THE MAKEING, ORDERING, OR CONTRIVEING OF SAPPRON INTO A MANNER OF FORME, WHICH VPON TRIALL OR VSE SHALL DISSOLVE INTO TINCTURE, AND GAINE OUT OF EVERIE POUND OF SAFFRON SOE MADE VPP SEVERALL OUNCES, WHICH SHALL CONTINUE AND REMAINE IN FULL STRENGTH AND VIRTUE FOR MANIE YEARES MORE THEN SAFFRON IN THE SHEYVE OR LEAFE VSUALLY DOTH OR CAN, BEING MORE READIE AND EASIE FOR VSE THEN SAFFRON NOWE IS OR HATH BEENE; AND HATH ALSOE FURTHER INFORMED VS, THAT BY THE LIKE INVENCON, INDUSTRY, AND CHARGE, SHEE HATH FOUND OUT THE ARTE AND MISTERIE OF MAKEING, ORDERING, OR CONTRYVING OF DIVERS OTHER VEGE- TABLES, AS OF ROSES AND GILLY FLOWERS OF ALL SORTES, AND ALSOE OF MARIGOLDE,ROSEMARIE FLOWERS, COWESLIPPS, AND LAVENDER FLOWERS) INTO AN ESSENCE, AFTER THE MANNER AND FORME AFORESAID, WHICH SHEE IS ABLE TO PERFORME FOR THE GOOD OF THE COMON WEALTH
Year: 1637

page_text: CHARLES, by the grace of God, King of England, Scotland, Fraunce, and
Ireland, Defendor of the Faith, &c., to all to whom theise Presente shall
come greeting.
WHEREAS our wellbeloved subiecte, AMYE EVERARD ats BALL, Widowe, by
her humble Petičon to vs exhibited, hath informed us that shee by her owne
invention and industry, and by infallible experience, att her owne charge, hath
found out "THE ARTE OR MISTERIE CONCERNING THE MAKEING, ORDERING, OR
CONTRIVEING OF SAPPRON INTO A MANNER OF FORME, WHICH VPON TRIALL OR VSE
SHALL DISSOLVE INTO TINCTURE, AND GAINE OUT OF EVERIE POUND OF SAFFRON SOE
MADE VPP SEVERALL OUNCES, WHICH SHALL CONTINUE AND REMAINE IN FULL
STRENGTH AND VIRTUE FOR MANIE YEARES MORE THEN SAFFRON IN THE SHEYVE
OR LEAFE VSUALLY DOTH OR CAN, BEING MORE READIE AND EASIE FOR VSE THEN
SAFFRON NOWE IS OR HATH BEENE; AND HATH ALSOE FURTHER INFORMED VS, THAT
BY THE LIKE INVENCON, INDUSTRY, AND CHARGE, SHEE HATH FOUND OUT THE ARTE
AND MISTERIE OF MAKEING, ORDERING, OR CONTRYVING OF DIVERS OTHER VEGE-
TABLES, AS OF ROSES AND GILLY FLOWERS OF ALL SORTES, AND ALSOE OF MARIGOLDE,
ROSEMARIE FLOWERS, COWESLIPPS, AND LAVENDER FLOWERS) INTO AN ESSENCE,
AFTER THE MANNER AND FORME AFORESAID, WHICH SHEE IS ABLE TO PERFORME FOR
THE GOOD OF THE COMON WEALTH;" and therevpon shee hath humbly besought vs
for our grace and favour in graunting vnto her and her assignes our Letters
Patent of priviledge for the terme of fowerteene yeares for the sole making,
ordering, or contryveing of saffron, and other the premisses according to her

page_text: said invencon, within our realme of England, and dominion of Wales, with
prohibicon to all others to practise or imitate the same.
KNOWE YEE, that wee, graciously favouring and willing to incourage our
subiect in all lawful and vsefull inventions, and tendring the benefitt that
thereby maye redound to our realine and people, and in reward and recom-
pence of the industrye and charge of the Peticoner in the premisses by
appropriating vnto her and her assignes for some terme of yeares the benefitt
of her said invenčon, of our especiall grace, certaine knoweledge, and meere
mocion, have given and graunted, and by theise Presente for vs, our heires, and
successors, doe give and graunte to the said Amye Everard ats Ball, her
executors, administrators, and assignes, full and sole lycence, libertie, power,
priviledge, and authority, that shee, the said Amye Everard, her. executors,
administrators, or assignes, by her or themselves, or by her, theire, or anie of
theire deputies, servant, or workemen, att all tymes and from tyme to tyme
hereafter for and during the terme of yeares by theise Presente graunted, shall
and maie lawfully vse, exercise, and put in practise the said arte, misterie,
skill, science, and invention of making, ordering, or contriveing of the saide
saffron, and other the vegetables before mencioned, in the said manner, forme,
and waie by her soe newely devised or invented as aforesaid, within our
realme of England and dominion of Wales, and the same tincture of saffron,
and of other the said vegetables (after the same newe waye and invention
being soe made and ordered) to vtter, sell, and dispose of att moderate
rates and prices to and for her and theire moste benefitt, profitt, and advan-
tage; and to the end the said Amye Everard, her executors, administrators,
and assignes, maie have and enioy the full and sole benefitt and comodity of
the said arte and invention by her soe invented, devised, and found out as
aforesaid, our will and pleasure is, and wee doe by theisc Presente, for vs, our
heires and successors, require, comaund, charge, and inhibitt all and everic
person and persons, of what estate, degree, or condičon soever they or anic of
them be, that they or anie of them other then the said Amye Everard, her
executors, administrators, or assignes, or her or theire deputies, servante, agente,
or workemen, shall not during the said terme hereafter in theise Present
graunted, directly or indirectly vse, exercise, or put in practise the said arte
and invenčon of makeing, ordering, or contry veing the said saffron, or anie
other the said vegetables (after the waye or manner by her soe devised as
aforesaid), nor shall counterfeite, imitate, or resemble the same, nor shall make
'anie addičon therevnto or substracčon from the same, whereby to pretend
themselves inventors or devisors thereof, without the lycence; consente, and
agreement of the said Amie Everard, her executors, administrators, or assignes

page_text: first had and obteyned in that behalfe, vpon paine of the high indignacon and
displeasure, and vpon the losse and forfeiture of the same tincture, and other
the said premisses, to vs, our heires or successors, and vpon suche further
paines and penalties as by the lawes or statutes of this realme or otherwise can
or maie be inflicted vpon suche offenders for theire contempte of our royall
pleasure and comaund in this behalfe; to have and to hold the saide lycences,
liberties, powers, priviledges and authorities by theise Presente graunted or
mencioned to be graunted vnto the said Amye Everard, her executors,
administrators, and assignes, for and during the terme and vnto the full end
and terme of fowerteene yeares from thenceforth nexte ensueing and fullie to
be compleate and ended, yeilding and payeing therefore yearely, and the said
Amye Everard, for herselfe, her executors, administrators, and assignes, and for
everie of them respectively, doe covenant and promise to and with vs, our
heires and successors, to answeare and paye during the said terme hereby
graunted the yearely rente or some of fyve pound of lawfull money of
England into the receipte of our Exchequer at Westminster at the Feast of
the Birth of our Lord God and Sainct John Baptist yearely during the said
terme, by even and equall porcions. And wee doe by theise Presente, for vs, our
heires and successors, give and graunt full power and authority vnto the said
Amie Everard, her executors, administrators, and assignes, and her and theire
deputies, servante, and agente, with the assistance of a constable or anie other
lawfull officer att convenient tyme and tymes, and in lawful manner to enter
and make search in all or anie house or houses, workehouse, warehouse,
shopp, or other place and places in our said realme of England and dominion
of Wales where any iust cause of suspicon shalbe bad for discovering and
finding of all suche person or persons as shall vse, exercise, or put in practico
the said arte, mistery, or science of making of the said tinctures of saffron,
and of other the vegetables before named soe invented and devised by the said
Amy Everard as aforesaid, contrarie to the true intente and meaneing of theise
Presente, and the same tinctures soe found in the name of vs, our heires and
successors, to seize and take as forfeited to vs as aforesaid, and the delinquente
being discovered to be proceeded againste and punnished according to theire
demerritte; and wee doe by these Presente, for vs, our heires and successors,
will, authorize, and require, as well the Lord Threasurer, Chauncellor, Vnder-
threasurer, Chamberleines, and Barrons of the Exchequer, as alsoe all and
singuler mayors, sheriffe, justices of peace, bayliffe, constables, headboroughes,
and other officers and ministers of vs, our heires and successors, for the tyme
being, that they and everie of them. from tyme to tyme during the terme
aforesaid be. favouring, aydeing, helpeing, and assisting to the said Amy

page_text: Everard, her executors, administrators, and assignes, and ber and theire
deputies, servante, and agente, in all thinge in and about the accomplishment
of our pleasure herein declared, and in the exercise and execuĉon of the said
premisses hereby graunted or mencioned to be graunted as aforesaid, and that
they or anie of them doe not att any time hinder, molest, or interrupte the said
Amy Everard, her executors, administrators, deputies, or assignes, or anie of
them in anie wise as they tender our royall pleasure and will avoyde the
contrarie at theire perills, and theise our Letters Patente, or the inrollment
thereof, shalbe theire sufficient warrant and discharge in that behalfe: Pro-
vided alwaies, that yf the said yearely rente hereby reserved as aforesaid shail
happen to be behind and vnpaid by the space of thirtie days nexte after
either of the said feastes in which the same is lymitted and covenanted to be
paid as aforesaid, or yf the said Amye Everard shall not inroll or cause to be
inrolled this our present graunt before the Clarke of the Pipe for the tynie
being within sixe monethes after the date hereof, that then the said Amye
Everard, her executors, administrators, and assignes, shall forfeite and paye to
vs, our heires and successors, the sōme of fortie shilling (noie pene) as well
for everie suche thirty dayes defaulte of paiemente, as the some of fyve markes
for everie six monethes in which theise Presente shall not be inrolled as
aforesaid; and our will and pleasure is, that yf att anie tyme during the said
terme of fowertcene yeares graunted yt shall appeare to vs, our heires or
successors, or vnto the lorde and others of the Privie Councell of vs, our heires
and successors, that this our graunt or Letters Patent of lycence and
priviledge is contrarie to our lawes, or in anie sorte mischeivous or inconvenient
to the state of this our realme, then, vpon significacon and declaracon to be
made by vs, our heires or successors, vnder our signett or privie seale, or by or
from the lorde and others of the Privie Councell of vs, our heires and
successors, or anie sixe or more of them respectively for the tyme being, of
suche mischeife or inconvenience, theise our Letters Patente shall forthwith
cease, determyne, and be vtterly voyd to all intent and purposes, anie thing
in theise Presente conteyned to the contrarie notwithstanding, although
expresse mencion, &c.
In witnes whereof, &c. Witnes our selfe att Westminster, the Nyneteenth
daye of Aprill.