THE ART OF MAKEING ALL SORTS OF WRITEING AND PRINTING PAPER, AND TO IMPRINT OUR ARMES VPON SUCH PAPER
Year: 1686

page_text: DUPIN, DE CARDONELS, DE GRUCHY, REGNAULT, DE MAY;"
AND SHALES PATENT.
JAMES THE SECOND, &c., to all to whome these presents shall come,
greeting.
WHEREAS NICHOLAS DUPIN, ADAM DE CARDONELS, ELIAS DE GRUCHY;
MARIN REGNAULT, JAMES DE MAY, and ROBERT SHALES, have by their humble
peticon represented to vs in council that being encouraged by vs to improve
"THE ART OF MAKEING ALL SORTS OF WRITEING AND PRINTING PAPER, AND TO
IMPRINT OUR ARMES VPON SUCH PAPER," they have lately brought out of France.
excellent workemen, and have already sett vp severall new invented mills and.
engines for makeing thereof not heretofore vsed in England, and made severall
quantities of paper, haveing been at vast charges in the misses, engageing
the French artificers to instruct in the said art such English psons as the
peticoners shall take apprentices, and pray'd vs to grant them Letters Patents.
for the sole exerciseing the said art.
NOW KNOW YE, that wee, being graciously pleased to condescend to
their said request, and being desirous further to encourage the improve-
ment of the said art, of our especiall grace, certain knowledge, and meere-
mocon, have given and granted, and by these psents, for vs, our heires and
successors, doe give and grant vnto them, the said Nicholas Dupin, Adam de
Cardonels, Elias de Gruchy, Marin Regnault, James de May, and Robert
Shales, their executors, administrators, and assignes, especiall lycence, full.
and sole privilege and authority that they and their workemen and servants,
and noc other, shall and may, dureing the terme of fourteen yearės next

page_text: ensueing, the date hercof, vse, practise, exercise, enioy, and put in execucon
the said art within our kingdome of England, or any other our dominions, in
such manner as to them shall seem meet, and shall have and enioy the sole
benefitt and advantage ariseing thereby or by reason thereof to have, hold, and
enioy the said lycence, power, priviledge, and authority, and other the misses
hereby granted or intended to be granted to the said Nicholas Dupin, Adam
de Carbonels, Elias de Gruchy, Marin Regnault. James de May, and Robert
Shales, their executors, administrators, and assignes, from the day of the date
of these presents for and dureing the terme of fourteen yeares from thence
next ensucing, fully to be compleat and ended according to the Statute in that
case made and provided, and to the end that they, the said Nicholas Dupin,
Adam de Cardonels, Elias de Gruchy, Marin Regnault, James do May, and
Robert Shales, their executors, administrators, and assignes, and every of
them, may the better enioy the full and whole benefitt, and the sole vse and
exercise of the said art, aswell within the liberties as without, wee doe by
these sente, for vs, our heires and successors, require and strictly charge and
comand all and every pson and psons, bodies politique and corporate, that
they, or any of them, doe not or shall not, dureing the terme of yeares hereby
granted, either directly or indirectly vsc or put in practise the said art, nor doe
or shall counterfeit, imitate, or resemble the same, nor doc or shall make any
addičon thereunto or subscripcon from the same, whereby to ptend themselves
the inventers or devisers thereof, without. the lycence, consent, or agreement of
the said Nicholas Dupin, Adam de Cardonels, Elias de Gruchy, Marin
Regnault, James de May, and Robert Shales, their executors, administrators,
or assignes, in writeing vnder their hands and seales first had and obteined in
that behalfe upon such paines and penalties as can or may be inflicted on such
offenders for the contempt of this our comand; and further, to be answerable
to the said Nicholas Dupin, Adam de Cardonels, Elias de Gruchy, Marin
Regnault, James de May, and Robert Shales, their executors, administrators;
and assignes, for their damages susteined thereby. And further, wee doe by
these sents, for vs, our heires, and successors, give and grant vnto the said
Nicholas Dupin, Adam de Cardonels, Elias de Gruchy, Marin Regnault,
James de May, and Robert Shales, their executors, administrators, and
assignes, full power and authority that they and every of them, their and
every of their, deputies, servants, or agents, or any of them (haveing first
obtained a warrant in that behalfe from the Lord Cheife Justice of our Court
of King's Bench for the time being) may, with the assistance of a constable,
or any other lawfull officer, aswell within liberties as without, vpon request, at
convenient times in the day dureing the time aforesaid, and in lawful manner,

page_text: enter and make search in any place or place or places where there shall be
iust cause of suspicon, for discovering and findeing out all such psons as shall
within the said terme of fourteen yeares imitate, or cause to be imitated, or
shall vse or put in practise the art aforesaid, that soe such offenders may be
proceeded against and punished according to their demerits. And further, wee
doe by these Psents, for us, our heires and successors, will, authorise, and
require, all and singular justices of the peace, mayors, sheriffs, bayliffes, head-
boroughs, and all other officers and ministers of vs, our heires and successors,
for the time being, that they and every of them respectively be from time to
time dureing the said terme hereby granted in their respective places favour-
ing, aiding, helping, and assisting vnto the said. Nicholas Dupin, Adam de
Cardonels, Elias de Gruchy, Marin Regnault, James de May, and Robert
Shales, their executors, administrators, and assignes, their or any of their
deputy or deputies, servants and agents, or any of them, in and about the
accomplishment of our will and pleasure herein declared, and the exercise
and execuĉon of the powers and privileges herein and hereby granted or
menconed to be granted as aforesaid. And moreover, wee will and comand
by these presents, for vs, our heires and successors, that our said officers, or
any of them, doe not molest, trouble, or interrupt the said Nicholas Dupin,
Adam de Cardonels, Elias de Gruchy, Marin Regnault, James de May, and
Robert Shales, or any of them, theire or any of their executors, administrators;
or assignes, or their or any of their deputy or deputies, servants or agents, in
or about the vse or exercise of their said art in any matter or thing concerning
the same: Provided allwayes, that if at any time durcing the said terme of
fourteen yeares it shall be made appeare to vs, our heires or successors, or any
six or more of our or their Privy Councell that this grant is preiudiciall or
inconvenient to our comon wealth, or that the said art is not a new invencon
of the said Nicholas Dupin, Adam de Cardonels, Elias de Gruchy, Marin
Regnault, James de May, and Robert Shales, or some or one of them, as to
the vse and practice thereof, within our kingdome of England, that vpon
significaton and declaracon to be made by vs, our heires or successors, vnder
our or their signet or privy seale, or by the lords and others of our or their
Privy Council, or six or more of them for the time being, in writeing vnder
their hands, of such preiudice and inconvenience, these our Letters Patents,
and all things therein contained, shall forthwith cease, determine, and be
vtterly void to all intents and purposes, any thing herein-before conteined
to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided allsoc, that these our Letters
Patents, or any thing herein contained, shall not extend or be construed to
extend to give privilege to the said Nicholas Dupin, Adam de Cardonels,

page_text: Elias de Gruchy, Marin Regnault, James de May, and Robert Shales, or any
of them, they or any of their executors, administrators, or assignes, or any of
them, to vsc or imitate any invenčon or worke found or invented by any other
pson or psons to whome wee have already granted our like Letters Patents
or privilege for the sole vse and benefitt thereof, itt being our will and pleasure
that the said Nicholas Dupin, Adam de Cardonels, Elias de Gruchy, Marin
Regnault, James de May, and Robert Shales, their executors, administrators,
or assignes, and all other pson or psons to whome wee have already granted our
like Letters Patents or privilege shall distinctly vse and practise their severall
invenĉons by them invented and found out according to the true intent and
meaning of the said severall and respective Letters Patents, and of these
Psents. And lastly, wee doe by these sents, for vs, our heires and successors,
grant vnto the saide Nicholas Dupin, Adam de Cardonels, Elias de Gruchy,
Marin Regnault, James de May, and Robert Shales, their executors, adminis-
trators, and assignes, that these our Letters Patents, or the inrollment thereof,
shall be in and by all things good, valid, sufficient, and effectuall in the law,
according to the true intent and meaning of these psents, and shall be taken,
construed, and adiudged most favourably and beneficially for the best benefitt
and advantage of the said Nicholas Dupin, Adam de Cardonels, Elias de
Gruchy, Marin Regnault, James de May, and Robert Shales, their exccutors,
administrators, and assignes, aswell in all courts of record as elsewhere, not-
withstanding the not full and certeine describcing of the said art, or of the
certeine vse and benefitt thereof, and notwithstanding any other defects or
incertaintys in these psents conteined, or any act, statute, ordinance, provision,
or restraint to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding.
In witnesse, &c. Witnesse our selfe at Westin, the Ninth day of
In witnesse, &c.
January.
Witnesse our selfe at Westii, the Ninth day of
By Writt of Privy Seale.