NEW SETTING OR HANGING OF BREWING FURNACES, AND ALL OTHER BOYLING FURNACES WHATSOEVER, TO THE SAVEING OF FEWELL AND LESSENING OF THE GREAT ANNOYANCE OF SMOAKE, AND LIKEWISE OF BUILDING OF FURNACES HIS OWNE WAY FOR THE MELTING OR SMELTING DOWNE OF ALL MANNER OF METTALLS OUT OF THEIR OARES
Year: 1660

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greetem
WHEREAS wee haue been informed by the humble peticon of our trusty
and welbeloved subiect Serieant Maior Thornes Frank, that by his industry.
and study, with much charge and expences, he bath attained to the perfection.
of "NEW SETTING OR HANGING OF BREWING FURNACES, AND ALL OTHER BOYLING
FURNACES WHATSOEVER, TO THE SAVEING OF FEWELL AND LESSENING OF THE GREAT
ANNOYANCE OF SMOAKE, AND LIKEWISE OF BUILDING OF FURNACES HIS OWNE WAY FOR
THE MELTING OR SMELTING DOWNE OF ALL MANNER OF METTALLS OUT OF THEIR
OARES," being his owne Invention, and never before knowne or publiquely done.
or vsed in these our Kingdomes of England or Ireland, or any the dominions,
or territories thereof, other then by himselfe before his publicačon thereof; and
therefore the said Thornes Frank hath humbly besought vs for his better
incouragement that wee would bee pleased, by our Lřes Patents vnder the
Great Seale of England, to grant vnto him the sole vse and benefitt of the said
Invenčon throughout our Realme of England and Ireland, and Dominions of.
Wales, and Towne of Barwick-vpon-Tweede, for the time and terme of
fowerteene yeares, according to the Statute in that case made and puided,
and that with and vnder such reservacons and condičons as are herein-after
mentioned.
NOW KNOWE YEE, THEREFORE, that wee; being willing to giue all
lawfull and fitting incouragement to the Inventors of such arts as may be of

page_text: publique vse and benefitt, of our especiall grace, certaine knowledge, and meere
močon, and vppon the humble petičon of the said Thornes Frank, baue given
and granted, and by these psents, for vs, our heires and successors, doc giue
and grant vnto the said Thornes Franck, his executors, administrators, and
assignes, speciall lycence, full power, priuilege, and authority, that hee, they,
and every of them, by themselves, or his or their deputie or deputies, servants,
and workemen, at all times and from time to tyme hereafter dureing the terme
of yeares hereafter in these psents exprest, shall and lawfully may vse, exercise,
and imploye the said new Invencon aforesaid, of, in, and concerning the
Pmisses. in such manner as to him, them, or any of them, in his or their
discreccons shall seeme meete; and alsoc shall and lawfully may haue, receaue,
perceave, take, and enjoy the said lycence, power, priuiledge, and authorities,
as aforesaid, and all and every sume and sumes of money, and other proffitts,
benefitts, and advantages thereof or thereby ariseing, or by meanès thereof, to be
lawfully had, inade, acquired, or gotten vnto the said Thornes Franke, his execu-
tors, administrators, and assignes, to his and their pper vse and behoofe for and
dureing the terme of fowerteene yeares from the date of these psents, next and
immediately ensucing, fully to be compleate and ended, yielding and paying
therefore yearely after the first three yeares of the terme aforesaid.
And the said Thornes Frank, for him, his executors, administrators,
and assignes, doth hereby covenant, promise, and agree to and with vs,
our heires and successors, to pay vnto vs, our heires and successors,
into the severall receipts of our Exchequers of our Realmes of England
and Ireland respectiuely, after three yeares aforesaid, at the Feast of St
Michael the Archangell yearely, or within forty daies after the said
Feast, a full tenth part of all and every such sume and sumes of money
and other proffitts as by him, the said Thornes Franck, his executors,
administrators, deputies, or assignes from time to time, shalbe had, made,
acquired, or gotten by meanes of the said Invenčon, art, or misterie, or the
sheweing or teaching the vse thereof to any pson or psons whatsoever dureing
the terme aforesaid; and the other nyne parts thereof, wee will, and by these
Psents, for vs, our heires and successors, doe grant vnto the said Thornes Frank,
his executors, administrators, and assignes, to his and their owne pper vse and
behoofe.
.
And to the intent the said Thornes Frank, his executors, administrators,
and assignes, may thereby receive, haue, and take, for the terme hereby granted
the full and whole benefitt, and sole vse and exercise of the said Invenčon, art,
and mistery, as wee intend by these psents, wee do hereby declare and signifie
our expresse will and royall pleasure to bee, and doe for vs, our heires and

page_text: successors, straightly charge and inhibite all and every our subiects, and all
and every other pson and psons. bodies politique and corporate of whatsoever
qualitie, degree, name or condičon soever they be, that neither they nor any of
them durcing the terme before graunted by any waies or meanes, either
directly or indirectly doe vse, exercise. erect, forme, make, imitate, or practise
the said Invention, art, misterie, wayes, or meanes by him soe devised and
found out, as aforesaid, for touching or concerning the severall misses before
menčoned, or any of them, nor shall make any addičon thereto, or substraccon
from the same, whereby to tend themselues the Inventors or devisors thereof
within our said Realmes of England and Ireland, and Dominions of Wales,
or any of them, or within our said Towne of Barwick-vppon-Tweede, without
the speciall lycence of the said Thornes Frank, his executors, administrators,
or assignes, vnder his or their hands and scales, first bad and obteined in that
behalfe vppon paine of our indignacon and displeasure, and such further
penalties and punishments as shall or may bee inflicted on them for their
neglect or contempt of our royall commandment in that behalfe; and further
to bee answeareable to the said Thornes Frank, his executors and assignes,
according to lawe and justice for his and their damages thereby susteined; to
haue and to hold all the said lycences, powers, priviledges, and authorities hereby
granted as aforesaid vnto him, the said Thornesse Frank, his executors and
assignes for and dureing the terme of fowerteene yeares from the date of these
Psents next ensucing, and fully to be compleate and ended according to the
Statute in that case made and puided.
And further wee doe, by these sents for vs, our heires and successors,
giue and grant vnto the said Thornes Frank, his executors, administra-
tors, and assignes, that hee and they, and his and their deputies, servants,
and agents haueing first obteined a warrant in this behalfe from the
Lord Cheife Justice of our Court of King's Bench for the time being,
may, with the assistance of constables, or any other lawful officer or
officers, at convenient tyme and times of the day dureing the terme aforesaid,
and in lawful manner, may enter into and make search in all or any howses,
or any other place or places within our said realmes and dominions, where
any iust cause of suspition shalbe, for the discovering and findeing out of such
as shall put in practise or vse the said art and misterie, invenčon, waies, or
meanes by the said Thornis Frank, soe devised, as aforesaid, in any of the
Pmisses contrary to the true intent and meaneing of these psents, to the end
the delinquents, being discovered, may, for their contempt of our Royall
commandement in the mises receive condigne punishment according to their
demeritt.

page_text: And wee doe by these p'sents, for vs, our heires and successors, will
and command the chancellor, treasurer, undertreasurer, chamberlaines, and
barons of our Exchequer, and all and singuler maiors, sheriffs, justices of
the peace, bayliffs, constables, headboroughs, and other officers and ministers
whatsoever of vs, our heires, and successors of our severall realmes and
dominions respectiuely for the time being, that they and every of them, in
their several offices and places respectiuely, be from time to time dureing the
terme aforesaid aydeing, helpeing, and assisting to the said Thornes Frank,
his executors, administrators, and assignes, and his and their deputies, servants,
workemen, and agents in all things in and about the accomplishment of our
pleasure berein declared, and in the exercise, execucon of the same, and that
neither they or any of them doe at any time hinder, molest,, or interrupt
the said Thornes Frank, his executors. administrators, or assignes, or his
or their deputies, servants, agents, or workemen, or any of them, in any wise
in or concerning the misses, as they tender our pleasure and will, ausweare
the contrary at their perills; and these our Letters Patents, or the inrollment
of them, shall bee vnto them and every of them respectiuely a sufficient
warrant in that behalfe.
:
And to the intent that the said tenth part of all sumes of money,
neate benefitt and gaine, ariseing or acrueing by the said Invention,. art,
or mistery, and the practise thereof in the severall..pmisses aforesaid: or
any of them, may, from time to time dureing the continuance of this our
Psent grant of priuiledge, be to vs, our heires and successors, duely answeared
and paid as aforesaid; our will and pleasure is, and.the said Thornes Frank,
for himselfe, his executors, administrators, and assignes, and every of them,
doth covenant, promise, and agree to and with vs, our heires and successors,
that hee and they, or his, their, or some of their deputie or deputies, for him
or them, shall and will, once every yeare dureing the terme aforesaid, that is to
say, in the terme of St Michaell, yearely give and render, yeild and make
a iust and true accompt vpon oath before one or more of the Barons of the
Exchequer of vs, our heires and successors of our realmes and dominions
aforesaid respectiuely, for the time being, according to the course of the said
Court, of all such sumes of money, neate proffitts, benefitts, and advan-
tages whatsoever, as by him and them or any of them shalbe acquired,
obteined, and gotten by the vse, exercise, and practise of the said Invention;
art, and mistery before menčoned, or for the teaching, shewing, lycensing or
allowing the vse or practise thereof to any pson or psons whatsoever, and
vpon such accompt and accompts soe made, given, and declared as aforesaid,
shall and will well and truely pay vnto vs, our heires and successors, a full

page_text: tenth part thereof into our receipt of Exchequer respectiuely, according to the
true intent and meaneing of these sents.
And further of our more, especiall grace, certaine knowledge, and meere
motion for vs, our heires and successors, wee doc by these psents authorize,
require, and. charge as, well the Lord Chancellor and Lord Keeper of
our Great Seale of England for the tyme being, and the Lord Chancellor
and. Lord Keeper of our Great Seale of Ireland for the time being,
and alsoe all other our officers and ministers whatsoever for the tyme
being, whome it shall or may concerne, and every of them respectiuely,
that they and every of them respectiuely doe make or cause to be made
vnto, the said Thornes Frank, his executors, administrators, and assignes,
and his and their deputies, such and soe many Letters Patents, duplicates,
constats, and exemplificacons, vnder the severall seales of our said Realmes
of England and, Ireland, and either of them," of and concerning all and
singuler the lycences, priuiledges, powers and authorities, and other things in
these psents conteined, to be; had, taken, executed, and pformed in our said
Realmes of England and Ireland and the Dominions of Wales, and every of
them, as bee, the said Thornes Frank, his executors, administrators,, or
assignes, or his or their deputies or any of them, shall reasonably request in
that behalfe; and these psents or the inrollment thereof shalbe vnto them and
every of them a sufficient warrant and discharge in that behalfe without any
further warrant from vs, our. heires or successors, to bee in that behalfe had,
obteined, and peured: Provided alwaies, that if at any tyme dureing the said
terme of fowerteene yeares, it shalbe made appeare to vs, our heires or suc-
cessors, that this our grant is contrary to lawe or piudiciall or inconvenient,
and not of publique vse or benefitt, or that the said vse and exercise of the
Pmisses hereby granted be not a new Invention of the said Thornes Frank as
to the publique vse and exercise thereof within these our realmes, or any the
dominions or territories thereof aforesaid, then vppon significačon and decla-
racon thereof, to be made by vs, our heires or succcessors, these our Letters
Patents shall forthwith cease, determine, and be vtterly void, to all intents and
purposes, any thing herein before menconed to the contrary notwithstanding:
Provided alsoe, that these our Letters Patents, or any thing therein conteined,
shall not extend or bee construed to extend to giue priuiledge vnto the said
Thornes Frank, his executors, administrators, or assignes, or any of them, to
vse or imitate any Invention or worke found out or invented by any other pson
or psons, and publiquely exercised within these our said realmes, or any the
dominions or territories therevnto belonging, for the sole vse and exercise of
the misses, or any of them, or such like worke their way, vnto whome wee

page_text: haue alreadie granted our like Letters Patents of priviledge for the sole vsc,
exercise and benefitt thereof after their owne manner, it being our will and
pleasure that the said Thornes Frank, his executors and assignes, and all and
singuler other pson or psons to whome wee haue already granted our like
Letters Patents or priviledges, as aforesaid, shall distinctly vse and practise
their severall Inventions by them invented and found out according to the
true intent and meaneing of the said severall and respectiue Letters Patents
and of these psents.
And further, wee will and by these sents, for vs, our heires and
successors, doe grant that these our Letters Patents, or the inrollment
thereof shalbe in all things firme, good, and avayleable in the lawe to
and for all the intents and purposes before menconed, and shalbe adiudged
most strongly against vs, our heires and successors, and most avayleable and
beneficiall to and for the said Thornes Frank, his executors and assignes, in all
Courts of Justice in either of our said Realmes of England and Ireland, and
elsewhere, without any other or further confirmacon, lycence, or tolleračon
from vs, our heires or successors, hereafter in any case to be sued for, had, made,
pcured, or obteined, notwithstanding the not full and certaine describeing
the manner and qualitie of the pmisses, or any of them, whereof the sole vse,
and exercise is granted as aforesaid, and notwithstanding any other defects,
uncertainties, or imperfections in these sents conteined, or any act, statute,
law, ordinance, pvision, pelamačon, or restricĉon, or any other matter, cause,
or thing whatsoever to the contrary thereof, in any wise notwithstanding.
In witnes whereof, &c. Witnes our selfe att West', the Three-and-
twentieth day of July.
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