A NEW WAY OF MAKEING SALT, WHICH, FOR ALL VSES IS BETTER THEN ANY FOREIGNE SALTS
Year: 1693

page_text: Psents shall come greeting.
WHEREAS our trusty and welbeloved THOMAS BENNETT, Gentlemen, hath by
his humble petičon represented vnto vs, that he hath with great care, paines,
and charge, invented and found out "A NEW WAY OF MAKEING SALT, WHICH,
FOR ALL VSES IS BETTER THEN ANY FOREIGNE SALTS," and will be of very great
advantage to our dominions, which said Invention haveing never before been
vsed in England, lie hath prayed our Letters Patents for the sole vse and
benefitt thereof.
KNOW YEE, THEREFORE, that wee being graciously pleased to condescend
to that his request, of our especiall grace, certaine knowledge, and meer motion,
have given and granted, and by these Presents, for vs, our heires and successors,.
doe give and grant vnto the said Thomas Bennett, his executors, administrators,
and assignes, special lycence, full power, sole priviledge and authority, that'
he, the said Thomas Bennett, his executors, administrators, and assignes, and
every of them, by themselves, or his or their deputy and deputyes, servants or
agents, or such others as the said Thomas Bennett, his executors, adminis
trators, or assignes' shall at any time agree with, and noe others, from time to
time and at all times dureing the terme of yeares herein expressed, shall, and
lawfully may make, vse, exercise, and enioy the said Invention of a new way of
makeing salt within any part or parts, place or places whatsoever, of, in, or be-
longing to our Kingdome of England, Dominion of Wales, and Towne of Ber-
wick-vpon-Tweed, and all and every or any of our kingdomes and dominions

page_text: whatsoever, in such manner and according to such reasonable and lawfull rates
and limittacons as to him, the said Thomas Bennett, his executors, admini-
strators, and assignes, or any of them, shall in their discretions seem meet.
And that he, the said Thomas Bennett, his executors, adm", and assignes, shall
and may have and enioy the sole benefitt, profitt, comodity, and advantage,
from time to time, coming, growing, 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, priviledges, and
advantages herein-before granted or mentioned to be granted vnto the said
Thomas Bennett, 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 and immediately ensueing, and fully to be compleate and
ended according to the Statute in this case made and provided. And to the
end that the said Thomas Bennett, his executors, administrators, and assignes,
and every of them, may enioy the benefitt and the sole makeing, vse, and
exercise of the said Invention, according to our gratious intentions herein-
before declared, wee doe by these Presents, for vs, our heires and sucecessors,
require and strictly command all and every person and persons, bodies politique
and corporate, and all other our subiects whatsoever, of what estate, quality, or
degree, name or condičon soever they be, within all and every our king-
domes and dominions, that neither they nor any of them at any tyme,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 Thomas Bennett, as afore-
said, nor shall in any wise counterfeite or resemble the same, nor shall make
or cause to be made any addition thereto or substracčon from the same
whereby to pretend themselves the inventers or devisers thereof, without the
lýcence, consent, or agreement of the said Thomas Bennett, his executors,
administrators, or assignes, in writeing, vnder his, their, or some of their hands,
and seales, first had 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 command; and further to be answerable to the said Thomas
Bennett, 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 command all and singular
justices 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 do not nor shall at any time
hereafter dureing the said terme hereby granted, in any wise molest, trouble, or

page_text: binder the said Thomas Bennett, his executors, administrators, or assignes,
or any of his or'their deputies, servants, or agents, in or about the due and:
lawfull makeing, 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 condition that if atany time dureing the terme hereby
granted it shall be made appeare to vs, our heires or successors, or any six or
more of our or their Privy Councell, that this our grant is contrary to law,
or preiudicial or inconvenient to our subiects in generall, or that the said
Invenčon is not a new invention as to the publick vse and exercise thereof,
within this our kingdome, and not invented and found out by the said Thomas
Bennett as aforesaid, then vpon signification and declaračon thereof, to be
made by vs, our heires or successors, under our or their signett. or privy
seale, or by the Lords and others of our and their Privy Councell, 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 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 Thomas Bennett, his
executors, administrators, or assignes, or any of them, to vse or imitate any
invention or worke whatsoever 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 thercof. It being our will and pleasure that
the said Thomas Bennett, 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
practice their severall Invenĉons by them invented and found out, according
to the true intent and meaning of 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 Thomas Bennett, his executors, administrators,
and assignes, that these our Letters Patents, or the enrollment 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 Thomas Bennett, his executors, administrators,
and assignes, aswell in all Courts of Record as elsewhere, and by all
and singular the officers and ministers whatsoever of vs, our heires and
successors in all and singuler our realmes and dominions whatsoever, and

page_text: 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. Invenčon, or of the materialls
thereto conduceing and belonging..
SOLTOS Ing
assoLT AA
53
day of September.
By Writt of Privy Seale.