A NEW SORT OF PLOUGH, BY WHICH THE FARMERS MAY PLOUGH WITH GREATER EASE, AND WITH LESS CHARGE THAT WITH THE PLOUGHS HITHERTO USED; THAT THE NUMBER OF HORSES USED AT PRESENT TO WORK THE PLOUGHS WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO WORK THREE OF THEIR PLOUGHS, BY WHICH MEANS THREE ACRES OF GROUND INSTEAD OF TWO ACRES MAY BE PLOUGHED AT THE SAME CHARGE AND WITHIN THE SAME TIME
Year: 1730

page_text: STANYFORTH AND FOLJAMBE'S SPECIFICATION.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, DISNEY
STANYFORTH, of Furbeck, in the County of York, Esquire, and JOSEPH
FOLJAMBE, of Rotherham, in the said County, Yeoman, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Sacred Majesty King George the Second, by the
Grace of God of Great Brittain, France, and Ireland King, Defender of the
Faith, &c., by His Letters Patent, bearing date at Westminster, the Twenty-
first day of September, in the fourth year of the raigne, reciting that the said
Disney Stanyforth and Joseph Foljambe had by their petition humbly repre-
sented to His Majesty that they, or one of them, had by long study and
experience found out and invented "A NEW SORT OF PLOUGH, BY WHICH THE
FARMERS MAY PLOUGH WITH GREATER EASE, AND WITH LESS CHARGE THAT WITH THE
PLOUGHS HITHERTO USED; THAT THE NUMBER OF HORSES USED AT PRESENT TO WORK
THE PLOUGHS WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO WORK THREE OF THEIR PLOUGHS, BY WHICH
MEANS THREE ACRES OF GROUND INSTEAD OF TWO ACRES MAY BE PLOUGHED AT THE
SAME CHARGE, AND WITHIN THE SAME TIME;" in regard whereto, and that the said
Invention is entirely new, and had not been made use of before by any other,
and in regard also that towards bringing the said Invention into generall use
throughout the severall counties of this Kingdom of England and Dominion
of Wales, a greater number of persons would be necessarily required in the
management than have been usually allowed by late Patents, they therefore
humbly prayed His Majesty to grant them His Royall Letters Patent to secure
to them the benefit of the said Invention for the terme of fourteen years,

page_text: throughout the Kingdom of England, and Dominion of Wales, and Towne of
Berwick-upon-Tweed, and His Majestie's dominions in America, with a power
in the said Letters Patent to assigne an interest in the same to such a number
of persons as should be thought necessary, or as to His Majesty should seem
meet, His said Majesty, of His especiall grace, certain knowledge, and meer
motion, did, for Himselfe, His heirs and successors, give and grant unto the said
Disney Stanyforth and Joseph Foljambe, their executors, administrators, and
assignes, especiall licence, full power, sole priviledge and authority, that the said
Disney Stanyforth and Joseph Foljambe, their executors, administrators, and
assignes, by themselves, or by their deputy and deputies, servants or agents, or
such others as they the said Disney Stanyforth and Joseph Foljambe, their
executors, administrators, or assignes, should at any time agree with and no
others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the terme of years
in the said Letters Patent expressed, should and lawfully might make, execute,
work, use, and enjoy within that part of Great Britain called England, the
Dominion of Wales, and Towne of Berwick-upon-Tweed, their said Invention
therein sett forth and described in such manner as to them, the said Disney
Stanyforth and Joseph Foljambe, their executors, administrators, or assignes,
or any of them, should in their discretions seem meet; and that they, the said
Disney Stanyforth and Joseph Foljambe, their executors, administrators, and
assignes, should and lawfully might have and enjoy the whole proffitt, comodity,
benefit, and advantage from time to time coming, growing, accrewing, and
ariseing, by reason of the said Invention, for and during the terme of years
therein mentioned, to have, hold, exercise, and enjoy the said licence, powers,
priviledges, and advantages therein-before granted, or mentioned, or intended
to be granted to the said Disney Stanyforth and Joseph Foljambe, their execu
tors, administrators, and assignes, for and during and unto the full end and
terme of fourteen years from the date of the said Letters Patent next and
imediately ensuing, and fully to be compleat and ended, according to the
Statute in that case made and provided; and whereas amongst divers other clauses
& provisoes there is a clause or condition in the said Letters Patent, that the
same are to be void if the said Disney Stanyforth and Joseph Foljambe, doe
not particularly describe and ascertain the nature of their said Invention,
by writing under their hands and seals, to be inrolled in the High
Court of Chancery within two calendar moneths from the date of the said
Letters Patent, that then and in such case the said Letters Patent should
forthwith cease, determine, and become utterly void to all intents and
purposes, anything therein contained to the contrary thereof in anywise
notwithstanding.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that in pursuance & performance of the said clause or
condičon in the said Letters Patent, we, the said Disney Stanyforth and Joseph
Foljambe, do hereby declare that the following account is an exact and particular
description of the nature and method of our said Invention (that is to say):-'
The new-invented plough above mentioned consists,
First, of a beam made by a mould, the near end of which is mortessed into
the land stilt or haine.
Secondly, of a staith, which is also made by a mould and is of a peculiar
shape, and differently placed from the staiths in the common ploughs, the
hither end of which being mortessed into the beam, and the fore edge thereof
going forwarder than the fore edge of the sheild board, which is directly
contrary to the common ploughs.
Thirdly, of a sheild board, which is alsoe made by a mould, and is also of a
different shape from other sheild boards, and also differently joyned, the fore
edge thereof being joyned to the furrow side of the staith, but does not go so
forward as the said staith, which is also different from other ploughs; and the
hither end is pinned to the furrow stilt or haine, and the said staith and sheild
board being joyned as above make one entire sheild board, and the furrow side:
of the plough, which is also different from the common ploughs.
Fourthly, of two stilts or haines, the upper part of the fore. end of the land
stilt being fastned to the staith, and the furrow stilt to the inside of the sheild
board.
Fifthly, of a heel which is in no other plough, and being fastned under the
fore end of the land stilt or haine, the bottom of the said heel of the staith,
and of the end of the land stilt which goes between the heel and the staith,
answer to the bottom of the heads of the old ploughs, there being no head or
neck to this plough.
Sixthly, of two little spindles, one of which goes. through both stilts or
haines at about the middle of them, and the other through the sheild board
and heel by the end of the land stilt or haine.
Seventhly, of two shares (viz'), the haine share and the sockett share, which
are likewise formed to their due shape upon an iron mould, and differs from
all other shares, both in shape and in their manner of fixing, the haine share
being fixed to the staith and sheild board and not to any other peice of wood;
the said share going on about six inches upon the staith, and the land haine
lapps about two inches over the land side of the staith, and goes on about
four inches and a halfe over the fore end of the sheild board, and the furrow
haine lapps round till it comes within two inches under the sheild board
breadthway. The sockett share is fixed uppon the plough after the same

page_text: manner, but lapps round the fore ends of the staith and sheild board, so far
as it goes on.
- Eighthly, of a coulter which goes through the beam nearer to the topp of
the staith than in the old ploughs, and being fixed upright cutts a square keyfe,
which is different from the common ploughs.
Ninthly, of two mould plates fastned upon the sheild board, one upon the
upper edge and the other upon the lower edge thereof.
Tenthly, of three slipps of iron (viz³), one that goes under the low edge of
the sheild board, one under the heel and under the fore end of the staith, and
one that goes on the land side of the plough.
· Eleventhly, of a pair of shackles; and
Twelfthly, of a bee that goes round the beam at the place where the coulter
comes through, and if a horse plough, then instead of shackles there is an
iron cock at the farr end of the beam.
Thirteenthly, besides the above parts there is a share for paring of ground,
which may on occasion be putt upon this plough, which the common sorts of
ploughs for ploughing of ground, by reason of their different make, will not
admit of so as to answer the end of paring.
In witness whereof, the said Disney Stanyforth and Joseph Foljambe,
have hereunto sett their hands and seals, this Seventh day of November,
in the yeare of Lord 1780.
Sealed and delivered by the within-
named Disney Stannyforth (being.
first legally stamped with a five
shillings stamp), in the presence of
DISNEY STANNYFORTH.
JOSEPH FOLJAMBE.
LEWIS JARMAR,
THO. BRACKLEY,
At Mr. Parker's, Stationer, in the Inner
Tamla Tan

page_text: Et memorandum quod Septimo die Novembris, anno suprascript.
Pfatus Disney Stannyforth, Armiger, aceciam memorand. quod decimo die
Novembris, anno eciam suprascript. Pfat. Josephus Foljambe, Yeoman,
venerunt coram dão Dão Rege in Canc. sua et recognover. script. predčam,
ac omin et singula in eodem content. et speficat. in forma supradča. Nec-
non Scriptum predčum impress. fuit söðm tenorem Statut. fact. anno Regis
Gulielmi tertii et Rñe Marie, &c. Sexto.
Trent die Novembe anno predão