A NEW ENGINE, CONSISTING OF SCREWS, WHEELES, AND WRENCHES, WHEREBY HE IS ABLE TO DRAW AND RAISE GREAT WEIGHTS WITH MUCH MORE EASE AND ADVANTAGE THEN BY ANY OTHER WAYES OR MEANES NOW PRACTISED, AND WILL BE OF GREAT VSE IN RAYSING MINERALLS, BUILDINGS, AND MERCHANTS' GOODS, LOADING AND VNLOADING SHIPPS, &c.
Year: 1692

page_text: presents shall come, greeting.
WHEREAS JOSEPH WILLIAMS, Gentleman, hath, by. his humble peti-
tion, represented vnto vs, that he hath by his paines and industry, and
with great charge, found out "A NEW ENGINE, CONSISTING OF SCREWS,
WHEELES, AND WRENCHES, WHEREBY HE IS ABLE TO DRAW AND RAISE GREAT
WEIGHTS WITH MUCH MORE EASE AND ADVANTAGE THEN BY ANY OTHER WAYES
OR MEANES NOW PRACTISED, AND WILL BE OF GREAT VSE IN RAYSING MINERALLS,
BUILDINGS, AND MERCHANTS' GOODS, LOADING AND VNLOADING SHIPPS, &c.," which
hath not been heretofore knowne or practised by any of our subiccts, and
hath humbly prayed vs to grant him our Letters Patents for the sole vse
thereof for the terme of fourteen yeares, according to the statute in that
case provided.
KNOW YEE, THEREFORE, that wee, being willing to cherish and encou-
rage all laudable endeavours and designes of such our subiects as have by their
industry found out vsefull and profittable arts, misteries, and inventions, and
that the said Joseph Williams may accordingly reape some fruit and benefitt
of his labour and charge in and concerning the premisses, of our especiall
grace, certaine knowledge, and meer mocon, wee have given and granted,
and by these presents doe give and grant, vnto the said Joseph Williams, his
executors, administrators, and assignes, especiall lycence, power, priviledge,
and authority, that he and they, by him and themselves, and by his and their
deputies, servants, agents, and workmen, and such others onely as he, the said
Joseph Williams, his executors, administrators, and assignes, shall agree with,
shall and may from time to time and at all times hereafter durcing the space'

page_text: of fourteen yeares next ensueing the date of these presents, at bis and
their own proper costs and charges, erect, vse, teach, exercise, and put in
practise the said new Invention soe by him contrived and found out as
aforesaid, in any place or places within our kingdome of England, dominion
of Wales, and towne of Berwick-vpon-Tweed, and alsoc shall and may
receive, take, and euioy all the benefitts, profitts, comodities, and advantages
of and by the said new Invention, to be made, acquired, or gotten to
his and their owne proper benefitt, vse, and vses, to have, hold, vse, exercise,
and enjoy the said lycence, powers, priviledges, and authorities, and all other
the premisses by these presents granted or menčoned to be granted vnto the
said Joseph Williams, his executors, administrators, and assignes, for and
dureing and vnto the full end and terme of fourteen yeares from the day of
the date of these presents next ensueing, and fully to be compleate and
ended, according to the statute in that case made and provided. And to the
end the said Joseph Williams, his executors, administrators, and assignes,
may the better enjoy the full and whole benefitt, and the sole vse and exer-
cise of his said new Invencon, wee doe by these presents, for vs, our heires
and successors, streightly charge, require, and comand all and every person
and persons, bodies politique and corporate, of what quality, degree, name,
or condičon soever they be, within our said kingdome of England, dominion
of Wales, and towne of Berwick-vpon-Tweed, that neither they nor any of
them, durcing the said terme of fourteen yeares hereby granted, either
directly or indirectly do vse, exercise, or put in practise the said new
Invention soc by the said Joseph Williams invented and found out as afore-
said, nor doe nor shall counterfeite, imitate, or resemble the said new In-
vention, or any materialls or ingredients thereunto belonging, nor doe nor shall
make any addition thereunto or substracčon therefrom, whereby to pretend
themselves tho inventers or devisors thereof, without the lycence, consent, or
agreement of the said Joseph Williams, his executors, administrators, or
assignes, in writeing vnder his or their hands and scales first had and ob-
tained in that behalfe, vnder such paines and penalties as can or may be
inflicted on the offender or offenders therein for the contempt of this our
royal comand, and further, to be answerable to the said Joseph Williams,
his executors, administrators, and assignes, according to the vtmost rigor of
the law, for his and their damages thereby susteyned. And further, wee do,
by these our Letters Patents, for vs, our heires and successors, will, authorize,
require, and comand all and singular iustices of the peace, mayors, sheriffs,
bayliffs, constables, headboroughs, and all other officers and ministers what-
soever of vs, our heires and successors, now and for the time being whome

page_text: it may concerne, that they and every of them respectively be from time to
time dureing the terme hereby granted, in their respective offices, and accord-
ing to their and every of their best skills and endeavours, ayding, helping,
and assisting vnto the said Joseph Williams, his executors, administrators, and
assignes, deputies, agents, and servants, in and by all things in and about the
accomplishment of our royall will and pleasure herein-before declared, and
in the execučon of the severall powers and priviledges hereby granted as
aforesaid; and, moreover, wee doe by these presents, for vs, our heires and
successors, will and comand that our said respective officers and ministers
before menconed, or any of them, doe not nor shall at any time hereafter
dureing the terme hereby granted, in any wise molest, trouble, or hinder the
said Joseph Williams, his executors, administrators, or assignes, deputies,
agents, or servants, in or about the vse or exercise of the aforesaid Inven-
tion, or any part thereof, or any thing relateing thereto: Provided alwaies,
and these our Letters Patents are and shall be vpon this condicon, that if at
any time dureing the said terme of fourteen yeares hereby granted it shall
be made appeare 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 preiudiciall
or inconvenient to our subiects in generall, or that the Invention before
mentioned is not a new invention as to the publick vse and exercise of the
same, and not invented and found out by the said Joseph Williams as afore-
said, then, vpon signification and declaration of such preiudice or inconve
niency, to be made by vs, our heires or successors, vnder our or their signett
or privy seale, or by the lords or 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 herein-before conteyned to the contrary notwithstanding; provided
also, that these our Letters Patents, or any thing herein contained, shall
not extend or be construed to extend to give priviledge vnto the said
Joseph Williams, his executors, administrators, or assignes, to imitate any
invention or worke whatsoever which hath been heretofore invented and
found out by any other of our subiects whatsoever, and publickly exer-
cised within our kingdome or dominion aforesaid, to whome wee have
already granted our like Letters Patents of Priviledge for the sole exercise
and benefitt thereof, it being our will and pleasure that the said Joseph
Williams, his executors, administrators, and assignes, and all and singular
other person and persons to whome wee have already granted our like
Letters Patents, shall distinctly vse and practise their severall inventions by
them respectively found out, according to the true meaning of such our

page_text: Letters Patents and of these presents. And lastly, wee doc hereby, for vs,
our heires and successors, grant vnto the said Joseph Williams, his exe-
cutors, administrators, and assignes, that these our Letters Patents, or the
enrollment thereof, shall be and continue in and by all things good, valid,
firme, and effectuall in the law, according to the true meaning of the same,
notwithstanding the-not full and certaine describeing or menčoning of the
said Invention, or of the materialls, ingredients, wayes, or meanes of makeing,
vseing, or exerciseing of the same, or of the certaine vse or benefitt thereof
or any other defect, incertainty, or imperfeccon in these presents, or iny
other matter, cause, or thing whatsoever to the contrary in any wise not-
withstanding.
In witnesso &c Witnesse our selves at Westminster, the Second day
of December.
By Writt of Privy Seale.