eeMAKEING THIMBLES FOR MEN,WOMEN, AND CHILDREN
Year: 1693

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WHEREAS JOHN LOFTING hath, by his humble petičon, represented vnto
vs that the great dutys charged vpon all thimbles imported from beyond the
scas doth much discourage the merchants from bringing the same over, soe
that the price of that comodity will come to be enhansed vpon our subiects,
and that in Germany and other forreigne parts whence they have been heretofore
imported into this kingdome they are vsually made by a certaine engine or
instrument hitherto vnknowne in our dominions, and hath humbly prayed vs
to grant him our Letters Patents for the sole priviledge of makeing and
selling the said engine or instruement.
KNOW YEE THEREFORE, that wee, being graciously pleased to con-
descend to that his request, of our especiall grace, certaine knowledge, and meer
močon, have given and granted, and by these presents, for vs, our heires and
successors, doe give and grant vnto the said John Loftingh, his executors,
administrators, and assignes, speciall lycence, full power, sole priviledge and
authority, that he, the said John Loftingh, his executors, administrators, and
assignes, and every of them, by themselves or his or their deputy and deputies,
servants or agents, or such others as the said John Loftingh, his executors,
administrators, or assignes, shall at any time agree with, and noe others, from
time to time and at all times dureing the terme of yeares herein expressed,
shall and lawfully may make, sell, and enioy the said engine or instrument for
"MAKEING THIMBLES FOR MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN," within any part or

page_text: parts, place or places, whatsoever, of, in, or belonging to our kingdom
of England, dominion of Wales, and towne of Berwick-upon-Tweed, and all
and every or any of our kingdoms and dominions whatsoever, in such manner
and according to such reasonable and lawfull rates and lymittacons as to him,
the said John Loftingh, his executors, administrators, and assignes, or any of
them, shall in their discretions seem meet; and that he, the said John
Loftingh, his executors, administrators, and assignes, shall and may have and
enioy the sole benefitt, profitt, comodity, and advantage from time to time
comeing, growing, and ariseing by reason of the said engine or instruement for
and durcing the full terme of yeares herein menconed; to have, hold, exercise
and enioy the said lycence, powers, priviledges, and advantages herein-before
granted or mentioned to be granted vnto the said John Loftingh, his executors,
administrators, and assignes, for and durcing and vnto the full end and terme
of fourteen yeares from the date of these presents next and imediately en-
sueing, and fully to be compleate and ended according to the statute in this
case made and provided. And to the end that the said John Loftingh, his
executors, administrators, and assignes, and every of them, may enioy the full
benefitt and the sole makeing and selling the said engine or instruement
according to our gratious intentions herein-before declared, wee doc by these
presents, for vs, our heires and successors, require and strictly cōmand all
and every person and persons, bodies politique and corporate, and all other our
subiects whatsoever, of what estate, quality, or degree, name, or condicon
soever they be, within all and every our kingdomes and dominions, that
neither they nor any of them, at any time dureing the continuance of the
said terme of fourteen yeares hereby granted, either directly or indirectly doe
make, sell, vse, or put in practice the said engine or instruement, or any part
of the same, nor shall in anywise counterfeit or resemble the same, nor
shall make or cause to be made any addition thereto or substraccon from
the same, whereby to pretend themselves the inventers or devisors thereof,
without the lycence, consent, or agreement of the said John Loftingh, his
executors, administrators, or assignes, in writeing vnder his, their, or some
of their hands and seales first had and obtained in that behalfe, vpon such
paines and penalties as can or may be iustly inflicted on such offenders for.
their contempt of this our royall comand, and further to be answerable to
the said John Loftingh, his executors, administrators, and assignes, according
to law, for his and their damages thereby occasioned. And moreover, we doe
by these presents, for vs, our heires and successors, will and comand all and
singular justices of the peace, mayors, sherriffs, bayliffs, constables, and all
other officers and ministers whatsoever of vs, our heires and successors, that

page_text: neither they, nor any of them, doe or shall at any time hereafter durcing the
said terme hereby granted, in anywise molest, trouble, or hinder the said John
Loftingh, his executors, administrators, or assignes, or any of his or their
deputies, servants, or agents, in or about the due and lawful makeing,
selling, or exerciscing the said engine or instruement, or any thing relateing
thereto. Provided allwaies, and these our Letters Patents are and shall
be vpon this condicon, that if at any time durcing the terme 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 preiudiciall or inconvenient to our subiccts in generall, or that the
said engine or instruement is not a new invention as to the publick vse and
exercise thereof, within this our kingdom, then, vpon significačon and decla-
ration thereof to be made by vs, our heires or successors, vnder our or their
signett or privy seale, or by the lords and others of our or their Privy Councill,
or any six or more of them, vnder their hands, these our Letters Patents shall
forthwith cease, determine, and be vtterly void to all intents and purposes, any
thing before herein contained to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding. Pro-
vided also, that these our Letters Patents, or any thing therein contained,
shall not extend, or be construed to extend, to give priviledge vnto the said
John Lofting, his executors, administrators, or assignes, or any of them, to vse or
imitate any inventon or worke whatsoever, which hath been heretofore found
out or invented by any other of our subiects whatsoever, and publickly vsed
or exercised within our said realmes and dominions, or any of them, vnto
whome like Letters Patents or priviledge have been already granted for the
sole vse, exercise, and benefitt thereof, it being our will and pleasure that the
said John Loftingh, his executors, administrators, and assignes, and all and
singular other person and persons to whome like Letters Patents or pri-
viledges have been already granted as aforesaid, shall distinctly vse and
practice their severall inventions by them invented and found out, according
to the true intent and meaning of the same respective Letters Patents and
of these 'sents. And, lastly, wee doe by these presents, for vs, our heires
and successors, grant vnto the said John Lofting, his executors, administrators,
and assignes, that these our Letters Patents, or the inrollment hereof, shall
be in and by all things good, firme, valid, sufficient, and effectuall in the
law, according to the true intent and meaning thereof, and shall be taken,
construed, and adiudged in the most favourable and beneficiall sense for the
best advantage of the said John Loftingh, his executors, administrators, and
assignes, as well in all our courts of record as elsewhere, and by all and singular
the officers and ministers whatsoever of vs, our heires and successors, in all and

page_text: singular our realmes and dominions whatsoever, and amongst all and every the
subiects of vs, our heires and successors, whatsoever and wheresoever, not-
withstanding the not full and certain describeing the nature or quality of
the said engine or instruement, or the materialls thereto conduceing and
belonging.