CERTAINE SECURE & COMODIOUS FIRE HEARTHS FOR SHIPPS MADE OF IRON, COPPER, AND OTHER METTALLS, BY MEANES WHEREOF SHIPPS &VESSELLS MAY BEE THE BETTER SERVED FROM BURNING, WHICH DOETH OFTEN HAPPEN FROM THE FIRE HEARTHS THAT HAVE BEENE HITHERTO VSED
Year: 1677

page_text: CHARLES THE SECOND, &c., to all to whome these sente shall
come, greeting.
WHEREAS our trusty & welbeloved subiecte WILLIAM CASTLE, Esq. &
COLL HENRY EWBANKE, have bumbly represented vnto vs that they have
been at greate trouble, paines, & charge in the inventing & contriveing
"CERTAINE SECURE & COMODIOUS FIRE HEARTHS FOR SHIPPS MADE OF IRON,
COPPER, AND OTHER METTALLS, BY MEANES WHEREOF SHIPPS & VESSELLS MAY BEE
THE BETTER SERVED FROM BURNING, WHICH DOETH OFTEN HAPPEN FROM THE FIRE
HEARTHS THAT HAVE BEENE HITHERTO VSED;" of which said new Invencon
wee have seen some evident demonstracons to our greate satisfacčon, & we
beleeve the same may bee of considerable benefitt & convenience aswell to
our loveing subiecte as to our royall navy: And whereas the said William
Castle & Colt Henry Ewbanke have, by their humble peticon, besought vs
to grant to them our royall licence for the sole vse & benefitt of the said
Inventon for the space of fourteen yeares, according to the statute in such
case made and pvided.
KNOWE YE, THEREFORE, that wee, being willing to give due en-
couragem to all ingenious & vsefull arte or invenĉons, and pticulerly that
the said William Castle & Colt Henry Ewbanke may reape some compen-
sacon for their paines and expences in the pmisses, of our speciall grace,
certain knowledge, & meere močon, have given and granted, and by these

page_text: Psente, for vs, our heires & successors, doc give & grant, vnto the said
William Castle & Colt Henry Ewbanke, their executors, adñiors, & assignes,
special licence, full power, sole priviledge & authority, that they or either of
them, their or either of their executors, adñiors, or assignes, by themselves, or
by their deputies, servant or agente, or such other persons as they shall agree
with, & noe other, from time to tyme and att all tymes hereafter during the
terme hereafter mencoed, shall & lawfully may vse, exercise, & enioy the
said Invenĉon before pticulerly described within any place or places what-
soever in our kingdomes of England, dominion of Wales, & towne of
Berwick-vpon-Tweed, & in all porte, havens, creekes, rivers, & other territories
therevnto belonging, and in all shipps or vessells whatsoever belonging to vs, or
to any of our subiect? whatsoed within the precincte aforesaid, in such manner
& according to such rates & limitacons as to them, the said William Castle &
Colt Henry Ewbanke, their executors, adiñors, or assignes, in their discrecons
shall seeme most micet; and that they, the said William Castle & Colt
Henry Ewbanke, their executors, adñiors, & assignes, shall & may have &
cuioy the sole benefitt, profitt, comodity, & advantage from tyme to time
comeing, growing, & arriseing by reason of the said Invenčon; to have, hold,
exercise, & enioy the said licence, powers, priviledges, pfitte, & advantages
herein-before mencoed, vnto them, the said William Castle and Colt Henry
Ewbanke, their executors, adñors, & assignes, for and during & vnto the full
end & terme of fourteen yeeres from the day of the date of these psente
next & immediately ensueing, & fully to be compleate & ended according to the
statute in this case made & pvided. And to the end that the said Willm
Castle & Henry Ewbanke, their executors, adñiors, & assignes, may enioy the
full benefit & the sole vse & exercise of the said Invenčon, according to
our gratious intenčons above specified, we doe by these psente, for vs, our
'heires & successors, require & strictly charge & comand all & every pson &
psons, bodies politick & corporate, and all other our subiecte whatsoeuer, of
what estate, quality, degree, name, or condičon soever they bec, that they nor
any of them att any time during the said terme of fourteen yeares herein-
before granted, either directly or indirectly, doe vse or putt in practice the
said Inventon, or any parte thereof, soe attained vnto by the said William
Castle & Colt Henry Ewbanke, as aforesaid, nor shall make, or cause to be
made, any instrumen" or other materials whatsoever touching or relateing to
the said Invenčon; nor shall convert or cause to be converted from or out of
any former shape or fashion, any matter or thing whatsoever, whereby the
Invencon aforesaid, or any parte thereof, may be putt in practice contrary to

page_text: the true meaning of these psente, nor shall in any wise counterfeite or
resemble the said Invencon, or any parte thereof; nor shall make or cause to
be made any addicon thereto or substraccon from the same, whereby to
Ptend themselves inventors or devisors thereof, without the licence, consent,
or agreem of the said William Castle & Coll Henry Ewbanke, their executors,
admors, or assignes, in writeing vnder their or some of their hande & scales,
first had & obteyned in that behalfe, vpon such paines & penalties as can or
may be inflicted vpon such offenders for their contempt of this our royall
comand; and further, to be answerable to the said William Castle & Cult
Henry Ewbanke, their executors, admiors, & assignes, according to the
vtmost rigour of the law for his & their damages thereby susteyned. And wee
doe of our further speciall grace, certaine knowledge, & meere mocon, for vs,
our heires and successors, grant vnto the said William Castle & Colt Henry
Ewbanke, their executors, adññiors, and assignes, by these psente, that they
& every of them, & their deputies or servante & agente, haveing first obteyned
a warrant from the Lord Cheife Justice of our Court of King Bench at
Westni for the tyme being, & with the assistance of a constable, or any other
lawfull officer, at convenient times in the day dureing the terme hereby granted,
& in lawful manner, may enter into & make search in any houses, tenem,
shipps, or vessells whatsoever, within our said kingdome of England, dominion
of Wales, & towne of Berwick, or any the coast or territories of the same, where
there shalbe iust cause of suspicon, for & in order to the discovery & finding
out of all & every such pson & psons as shall imitate or cause to bec imitated,
or shall vse or putt in practice the said Invenĉon or any parte thereof soo
attained vnto as aforesaid, that soc such offender or offenders may be pceeded
against & punished according to his & their demeritte, & his & their Ptended
invenčons & work then & there found may bee seized vpon, broken in peeces,
& defaced, & the ma?ialls thereof left in the hand or custody of some con-
stable or other officer, to be disposed in such manner & forme as wee, our
heires & successors, shall from time to time direct & appoint. And further,
wee doe by these our Lřes Patente, for vs, our heires & successors, will,
authorise & comand all & singuler justices of the peace, maiors, sheriffe
bailiffe, constables, headboroughs, & all other officers and ministers whatsoei?
of vs, our heires & successors, now & for the time being, that they & every of
them respectively be from time to time, during the terme hereby granted, in
their respective offices & according to their & every of their best skills &
endevors, favoring, aiding, helping, & assisting vnto the said William Castle
& Colt Henry Ewbanke, their executors, adññors, and assignes, deputies,

page_text: agente, & servante, in & by all thing in & about the accomplishm² of our
royall will & pleasure berein-before declared, and in the execučon of the
powers & priviledges hereby granted as aforesaid. And moreover, wee doe by
these psente, for vs, our heires & successors, will and comand that our said
respective officers & ministers before mencoed, or any of them, doe not, nor
shall att any time hereafter during the said terme hereby granted, any waies
molest, trouble, or hinder the said William Castle & Colt Henry Ewbanke, or
either of them, their or either of their executors, adiiors, or assignes, or their
or any of their deputies, servante, or agente, in or about the vse or exercise
of the aforesaid Invenčon, or any part thereof, or any thing relateing thereto.
Provided alwaies, and these our Lřes Patente are & shall be vpon this con-
dičon, that if at any tyme during the said terme of fourteen yeeres 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
Piudiciall or inconvenient to our subiecte in genall, or that the Invencon before
menčoned is not a new Invenčon as to the publique vse & exercise thereof, &
not invented & found out by the said William Castle & Colt Henry Ewbanke,
as aforesaid, then vpon significačon & declaračon thereof to be made by vs,
our heires or successors, vnder our or their signett or privy scale, or by the
Lord & others of our or their Privy Councell, or any six or more of them,
vnder their hande, of such Piudice or inconvenience, these our Lies Patente
shall forthwith cease, determine, & be vtterly void to all intente & purposes,
anything herein-before conteyned to the contrary notwithstanding. Provided
alsoe that these our Lřes Patente, or any thing therein conteyned, shall not
extend, or be construed to extend, to give priviledge vnto the said William Castle
& Colt Henry Ewbanke, their executors, adññors, or assignes, to imitate any in-
venčon or worke whatsoever we hath been heretofore found out or invented by
any other of our subiect or subiecte whatsoever, & publickly exercised within
our said kingdome of England, dominion of Wales, & towne of Berwick afore-
said, vnto whome we have already granted our like Lies Patente of Priviledge
for the sole vse, exercise, & benefitt thereof; it being our will & pleasure
that the said William Castle & Colt Henry Ewbanke, their executors, adñiors,
& assignes, and all & singuler other pson & psons to whome wee have already
granted our like Lřes Patente of Priviledges, shall distinctly vse & practice
their severall invenčons by them invented and found out according to the true
intent & meaneing of the same respective Lřes Patente, & of these psente.
And lastly; wee doe hereby; for vs, our heires & successors, grant to the said
William Castle & Colt Henry Ewbanke, their executors, adññiors, & assignes,

page_text: that these our Lřes Patente, or the enrollm' thereof, shalbe & continue in all
thing a good, firme, valid, & effectuall grant in the law of the licence,
powers, & priviledges hereby granted, notwithstanding the not describing or
ill describing the said Invenĉon or Invenĉons, or any parte thereof, or of any
the instrume, materialls, or other matters or thing thereto belonging, or any
defect, impfeccons, or incertainty in these sente, or any act, statute,
provision, pelamacon, restriccon heretofore had, or made, or hereafter to bec
had or made, or any other matter, cause, or thing whatsoever to the contrary
in any wise notwithstanding.
In witnes &c. Witnes the King at Westin, the Tenth day of March.
By Writt of Privy Seale..