NEW-INVENTED SOLID WARDED LOCK AND KEY, WHICH MAY BE APPLIED TO EVERY KIND OF LOCK, AND CANNOT BE PICKED
Year: 1782

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, SAMUEL
HUTCHINSON, of the Parish of Saint Mary-le-Bon, in the County of Middlesex,
Esquire, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third, by His
Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date
at Westminster, the Eighteenth day of January, in the twenty-second
year of His reign, did give and grant unto me, that I, the said Samuel Hutch-
inson, my executors, administrators, and assigns, and every of them, by
myself and themselves, or by my and their deputy and deputies, servants
or agents, or such others as I, the said Samuel Hutchinson, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times hereafter during the term of
years therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within that part of His Majesty's Kingdom of Great Britain called
England, His Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my
"NEW-INVENTED SOLID WARDED LOCK AND KEY, WHICH MAY BE APPLIED TO
EVERY KIND OF LOCK, AND CANNOT BE PICKED," in such manner as to me, the

page_text: said Samuel Hutchinson, my executors, administrators, or assigns, or any of
them, should in their discretion seem meet; and that I, the said Samuel
Hutchinson, should and lawfully might have and enjoy the whole profit,
benefit, commodity, and advantage from time to time coming, growing, and
arising by reason of the said Invention, for and during the term of years
therein mentioned, to have, hold, exercise, and enjoy the said licence, powers,
priviledges, and advantages therein-before granted unto me, the said Samuel
Hutchinson, my executors, administrators, and assigns, for and during and
unto the full end and term of fourteen years from the date of the said Letters
Patent next and immediately ensuing, and fully to be compleat and ened
according to the Statute in such case made and provided; in which said
Letters Patent there is contained a proviso obliging me, the said Samuel
Hutchinson, by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal, to cause a
particular description of the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be inrolled in His Majesty's High Court
of Chancery, within four calendar months next and immediately after the date
of the said Letters Patent, as in and by the said recited Letters Patent
(relation being thereunto had) may more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Samuel Hutchinson, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention,
and the manner in which it is to be performed, is as follows, videlicet :-
The wards to fit into each other, convex and concave, of a strong and solid
substance; the opening within side the lock is filled up in such a manner as to
leave no more room than what is sufficient for the key to pass between, and
the nose of the key may be made to correspond with the shape of the ward.
The wards are made of copper, brass, grain tin, pewter, lead, iron, or any
other metal, of various shapes and sizes, and may be made of either wrought
or cast metals, and turned in a lathe or furnished with a tool. The wards and
keys may be used to any kind of lock, with or without a bridge, with a back
spring to the bolt, or one or more tumblers.
my
In witness whereof, I, the said Samuel Hutchinson, have hereunto set
hand and seal, this Twenty-third day of April, in the twenty-
second year of the reign of our said Sovereign Lord George the Third,
by the grace of God King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, and
in-the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and eighty-two.
SAMUEL (L.s.) HUTCHINSON.

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBRED, that on the same Twenty-third day of April,
in the year above mentioned, the aforesaid Samuel Hutchinson came before
our said Lord the King in His Chancery, and acknowledged the Speci-
fication aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained and specified.
And also the Specification aforesaid was stampt according to the tenor of the
Statute made in the sixth year of the reign of their late Majestys King
William and Queen Mary of England, and so forth.
Inrolled the Twenty-third of April, in the year above mentioned.

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, SAMUEL
HUTCHINSON, of the Parish of Saint Mary-le-Bon, in the County of Middlesex,
Esquire, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third, by His
Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date
at Westminster, the Eighteenth day of January, in the twenty-second
year of His reign, did give and grant unto me, that I, the said Samuel Hutch-
inson, my executors, administrators, and assigns, and every of them, by
myself and themselves, or by mny and their deputy and deputies, servants
or agents, or such others as I, the said Samuel Hutchinson, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times bereafter during the term of
years therein expressed, should and lawfully might inake; use, exercise, and
vend, within that part of His Majesty's Kingdom of Great Britain called
England, His Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my
"NEW-INVENTED SOLID WARDED LOCK AND KEY, WHICH MAY BE APPLIED TO
EVERY KIND OF LOCK, AND CANNOT BE PICKED," in such manner as to me, the
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page_text: said Samuel Hutchinson, my executors, administrators, or assigns, or any of
them, should in their discretion seem incet; and that I, the said Samuel
Hutchinson, should and lawfully might have and enjoy the whole profit,
benefit, commodity, and advantage from time to time coming, growing, and
arising by reason of the said Invention, for and during the term of years
therein mentioned, to have, hold, exercise, and enjoy the said licence, powers,
priviledges, and advantages therein-before granted unto me, the said Samuel
Hutchinson, my executors, administrators, and assigns, for and during and
unto the full end and term of fourteen years from the date of the said Letters
Patent next and immediately ensuing, and fully to be compleat and cued
according to tho Statute in such case made and provided; in which said
Letters Patent there is contained a proviso obliging me, the said Samuel
Hutchinson, by an instrument in writing under my hand and scal, to cause a
particular description of the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be inrolled in His Majesty's High Court
of Chancery, within four calendar months next and immediately after the date
of the said Letters Patent, as in and by the said recited Letters Patent
(relation being thereunto had) may more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Samuel Hutchinson, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention,
and the manner in which it is to be performed, is as follows, videlicet :-
The wards to fit into cach other, convex and concave, of a strong and solid
substance; the opening within side the lock is filled up in such a manner as to
leave no inore room than what is sufficient for the key to pass hetween, and
the nose of the key may be inade to correspond with the shape of the ward.
The wards are made of copper, brass, grain tin, pewter, lead, iron, or any
other metal, of various shapes and sizes, and may be made of either wrought
or cast metals, and turned in a lathe or furnished with a tool. The wards and
keys may be used to any kind of lock, with or without a bridge, with a back
spring to the bolt, or one or more tumblers.
In witness whereof, 1, the said Samuel Hutchinson, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-third day of April, in the twenty-
second year of the reign of our said Sovereign Lord George the Third,
by the grace of God King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, and
in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and eighty-two.
SAMUEL (L.S.) HUTCHINSON.

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBRED, that on the same Twenty-third day of April,
in the year above mentioned, the aforesaid Samuel Hutchinson came before
our said Lord the King in His Chancery, and acknowledged the Speci-
fication aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained and specified.
And also the Specification aforesaid was stampt according to the tenor of the
Statute made in the sixth year of the reign of their late Majestys King
William and Queen Mary of England, and so forth.
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