A CERTAINE MILL OR ENGINE AND METHOD (NEVER BEFORE VSED OR KNOWNE) FOR RAISING OF WATER OUT OF THE THAMES, OR ANY OTHER RIVER WITHIN THE FLUX AND REFLUX OF THE SEA, WITHOUT THE VEE OF HORSES OR OTHER BEAST
Year: 1694

page_text: WILLIAM AND MARY, by the grace of God, &c., to all to whome these
Psente shall come greeting.
WHEREAS our trusty and wellbeloved NICHOLAS BARBON, Doctor in
Phisick, hath by his humble petičon repsented vnto, that by long study and
great charge and industry he hath invented and found out "A CERTAINE MILL
OR ENGINE AND METHOD (NEVER BEFORE VSED OR KNOWNE) FOR RAISING OF WATER
OUT OF THE THAMES, OR ANY OTHER RIVER WITHIN THE FLUX AND REFLUX OF THE
SEA, WITHOUT THE VEE OF HORSES OR OTHER BEAST," whereby the inhabitante
of London and West and elsewhere may be conveniently supplyed with
water at cheaper rates then hitherto they have been, to the great ease and
benefitt of our subiecte, and hath prayed vs to grant him our Letters Patent(*
for the sole vse and benefitt thereof.
KNOW YEE, THEREFORE, that wee, being willing to cherish and en-
courage all laudable endeavours and designes of such our subiecte as have by
their industry found out vsefull and pfitable arte, misteries, and invenčons, and
that the said Nicholas Barbon may accordingly reap some fruit and benefitt
of his labour and charge in and concerning the Pmisses, of our especiall grace,
certaine knowledge, and meer močon, wee have given and granted, and by
these Psente doe give and grant vnto the said Nicholas Barbon, his executors,
administrators, and assignes, especiall Jycence, power, priviledge, and autho-
rity, that he and they, by him and themselves, and by his and their deputies,
servante, agente, and workmen, and such others only as he, the said Nicholas
Barbon, his executors, administrators, or assignes, shall agree with, shall and

page_text: may from time to time and at all times hereafter, dureing the space of fourteen
yeares next ensueing the date of these psente, at his and their owne pper cost
and charges, erect, vse, teach, exercise, and put in practice the said new
Invenčon so 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 also shall and may receive, take, and enioy all the
benefitte, profitte, comodities, and advantages of and by the said new In-
venčon to be had, made, acquired, and gotten to his and their owne pper
benefitt, vse, and vses; to have, hold, vse, exercise, and enioy the said
lycence, powers, priviledges, and authorities, and all other the pmisses by
these Psente granted or menconed to be granted vnto the said Nicholas
Barbon, his executors, administrators, and assignes, for and during and to the
full end and terme of fourteen yeares from the day of the date of these
Psente next ensueing, and fully to be compleat and ended according to the
Statute in that case made and pvided. And to the end the said Nicholas
Barbon, his executors, administrators, and assignes, may the better enioy the
full and whole benefitt, and the sole vse and exercise of the said new In-
venčon, wee doe by these psente, for vs, our heires and successors, streightly
charge, require, and command all and every pson and psons, 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 during the said terme of four-
teen yeares hereby granted, either directly or indirectly, doe vse, exercise, or
putt in practice the said new Inventon so by the said Nicholas Barbon invented
and found out as aforesaid, nor doe nor shall counterfeit, imitate, or resemble
tho said new Inventon, or any materialle therevnto belonging, nor doc nor
shall make any addičon therevnto or substracčon therefrom, whereby to Ptend
themselves the inventers or devisers thereof, without the lycence, consent, or
agreement of the said Nicholas Barbon, his executors, administrators, or
assignes, in writeing vnder his or their hand and seales first had and obtained
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 royall comand,
and further to be answerable to the said Nicholas Barbon, his executors,
administrators, and assignes, according to the vtmost rigor of the law, for his and
their damages thereby sustained. And further, wee doe by these our Letters
Patente, for vs, our heires and successors, will, authorize, require, and command
all and singular justices of the peace, mayors, sheriffe, bayliffe, constables, head-
borough, and all other officers and ministers whatsoever of vs, our heires and
successors, now and for the time being whom it may concerne, that they and every

page_text: of them respectively be from time to time during the terme hereby granted in
their respective offices, and according to their and every of their best skille and
endeavours, ayding, helping, and assisting vnto the said Nicholas Barbon, his
executors, administrators, and assignes, deputies, agente, and servante, in and
by all thing in and about the accomplishment of our royall will and pleasure
herein-before declared, and in the execučon of the severall powers and privi-
ledges hereby granted as aforesaid. And moreover, wee doe by these psente,
for vs, our heires. and successors, will and command that our said respective
officers and ministers before menconed, or any of them, doe not nor shall at any
time hereafter dareing the terme hereby granted, in any wise molest, trouble,
or hinder the said Nicholas Barbon, his executors, administrators, or assignes,
deputies, agent, or servante, in or about the vse or exercise of the aforesaid
Invencon, or any part thereof, or any thing relateing therevnto: Provided
always, and these our Letters Patente are and shall be vpon this condicon,
that if at any time during 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 piudiciall or
inconvenient to our subiecte in generall, or that the Invenčon before menconed
is not a new invenčon as to the publique vse and exercise of the same, and not
invented and found out by the said Nicholas Barbon as aforesaid, then, vpon
significačon or declaračon of such Piudice or inconveniency to be made by
vs, our heires or successors, vnder our or their signett or privy seale, or by the
Lorde or others of our or their Privy Councill, or any six or more of them, vnder
their hande, these our Letters Patente shall forthwith cease, determine, and
be vtterly voyd to all intente and purposes, anything herein-before contained to
the contrary notwithstanding: Provided also, that these our Letters Patente
or anything herein-before contained, shall not extend or be construed to
extend to give privilege vnto the said Nicholas Barbon, his executors, adminis-
trators, and assignes, to imitate any invenčon or work whatsoever which hath
beene heretofore invented and found out by any other of our subiecte what-
soever, and publickly exercised within our said Kingdome of England, Dominion
of Wales, or Towne of Berwick-vpon-Tweed, to whome wee have already
granted our like Letters Patente of priviledge for the sole exercise and benefitt
thereof, it being our will and pleasure that the said Nicholas Barbon, his
executors, administrators, and assignes, and all and singular person and persons
to whome wee have already granted our like Letters Patente, shall distinctly
vse and practise their severall invenčons by them respectively found out,
according to the true meaning of such our Letters Patent and of these psente.
And lastly, wee doe hereby, for vs, our heires and successors, grant vnto the

page_text: said Nicholas Barbon, his executors, administrators, and assignes, that these
our Letters Patent or the enrollment thereof, shall bee and continue in and
by all thing good, valid, firme, and effectuall in the law, according to the true
intent and meaning of the same, notwithstanding the not full and certaine
describeing or menconing of the said Invenčon, or of the materialle, ways, or
meanes of makeing, vseing, or exerciseing of the same, or of the certaine vse
or benefitt thereof, or any other defect, incertainety, or impfeccon in these
Psent, or any other matter, cause, or thing whatsoever to the contrary in
anywise notwithstanding.
on at Wostri the Thistoonth
வ
day of December.
Pbře de privato sigillo.