AN ENGINE OR MACHINE ON WHICH IS FIXED A SETT OF TURNING NEEDLES, WHICH ENGINE OR MACHINE IS FIX'D TO A STOCKING FRAME FOR THE MAKING OF TURNED RIBED STOCKINGS PIECES AND OTHER GOODS USUALLY MANUFACTURED UPON STOCKING FRAMES, BY A METHOD INTIRELY NEW, WHICH MAY BE OF GREAT BENEFIT TO THE TRADE OF THESE KINGDOMS
Year: 1758

page_text: presents shall come, greeting.
WHEREAS JEDEDIAH STRUTT, of the Parish of Blackwell, in the county of
Derby, Wheelwright, and WILLIAM WOOLLATT, of the same place, Hosier,
have by their petition humbly represented unto us, that they having invented
at a very great expence, and now brought to perfection "AN ENGINE OR
MACHINE ON WHICH IS FIXED A SETT OF TURNING NEEDLES, WHICH ENGINE OR
MACHINE IS FIX'D TO A STOCKING FRAME FOR THE MAKING OF TURNED RIBED
STOCKINGS PIECES AND OTHER GOODS USUALLY MANUFACTURED UPON STOCKING
FRAMES, BY A METHOD INTIRELY NEW, WHICH MAY BE OF GREAT BENEFIT TO THE
TRADE OF THESE KINGDOMS;" but the petitioners apprehend, that unless they
can obtain our royal licence and protection, other person or persons may be
induced to attempt making an engine or engines, machine or machines, upon
the same principles and for the same purpose, and thereby frustrate the
petitioners of the benefit they hoped to obtain, they therefore most humbly
prayed our royal licence and protection for the sole making, using, and
vending of the said engine or engines, machine or machines, and the stockings
pieces and other goods intended to be manufactured therewith, for the term
of fourteen years, and for prohibiting all and every other person or persons
making, employing, or causing to be made or employed any other engine or
machine of the like kind, or for the same or the like purpose, wee, being
willing to give encouragement to all arts and inventions which may be for
the publick good, are graciously pleased to condescend to their request.

page_text: KNOW YE, THEREFORE, that wee, of our especial grace, certain
knowledge, and meer motion, have given and granted, and by these presents,
for us, our heirs and successors, do give and grant unto the said Jedediah
Strutt and William Woollatt, their executors, adñors, and assignes, our
especial lycence, full power, sole priviledge and authority, that they, the said
Jedediah Strutt and William Woollatt, their executors, adñiors, and assigns,
and every of them, by himself and themselves, or by his and their deputy and
deputys, servants or agents, or such others as he, the said Jedediah Strutt
and William Woollatt, their executors, adiñors, or assigns, shall at any time
agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times hereafter
during the term of years herein expressed, shall and lawfully may make, use,
exercise, and vend their said Invention within that part of our kingdom of
Great Britain called England, our dominion of Wales, and town of Berwick-
upon-Tweed, in such manner as to them, the said Jedediah Strutt and
William Woollatt, their executors, adiñors, & assigns, or any of them, shall
in their discretions scem mect; and that they, the said Jedediah Strutt and
William Woollatt, their executors, adññors, and assigns, shall and lawfully
may have and enjoy the whole profit, benefit, commodity, and advantage
from time to time coming, growing, accrewing, & arising by reason of the
said Invention for and during the term of years heroin mentioned; to have,
hold, exercise, and enjoy the said licence, powers, priviledges, and advantages
herein-before granted or mentioned to be granted unto the said Jedediah
Strutt and William Woollatt, their executors, adññors, and assigns, for and
during and unto the full end and term of fourteen years from the date of
these presents next and immediately ensuing, and fully to be compleat and
ended, according to the statute in such case made and provided; and to the end
that they, the said Jedediah Strutt and William Woollatt, their exors, adñiors,
and assigns, and every of them, may have and enjoy the full benefit and the
sole use and exercise of the said Invention, according to our gracious inten-
tion herein-before declared, wee do by these presents, for us, our heirs and suc-
cessors, require and strictly command all and every other person and persons,
bodies politick and corporate, and all other our subjects whatsoever, of what
estate, quality, degree, name, or condition soever they be, within that said
part of our kingdom of Great Britain called England, our dominion of Wales,
& town of Berwick-upon-Tweed aforesd, that neither they nor any of them, at
any time during the continuance of the said term of fourteen years hereby
granted, either directly or indirectly do make, use, or put in practice the
said Invention, or any part of the same, so attained unto by the said Jede
diah Strutt and William Woollatt, as aforesaid, nor in anywise counterfeit

page_text: imitate, or resemble the same, nor shall make or cause to be made any
addition thereunto or substraction from the same, whereby to pretend himself
or themselves the inventor or inventors, devisor or devisors thereof, without
the licence, consent, or agreement of the said Jedediah Strutt and William
5 Woollatt, their executors, adññors, or assigns, in writing under their hands
and seals first had and obtained in that behalf, upon such pains and penalties
as can or may be justly inflicted on such offenders for their contempt of this
our royal command, and further to be answerable to the said Jedediah
Strutt and William Woollatt, their executors, admors, and assigns, accord-
ing to law, for their damages thereby occasioned; and moreover wee do
by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, will and command all
and singular the justices of the peace, mayors, sheriffs, bayliffs, constables,
headboroughs, and all other officers and ministers whatsoever, of us, our heirs
and successors for the time being, that they or any of them do not nor shall,
at any time hereafter during the said term hereby granted, in anywise molest,
trouble, or hinder the sd Jedediah Strutt and William Woollatt, their exe-
cutors, admors, or assigns, or any of them, or their deputys, servants, or
agents, in or about the due and lawful use or exercise of the aforesaid In-
vention or anything relating thereto; provided always, and these our Letters
Patent are and shall be upon this condition, that if at any time during the
said term hereby granted it shall be made appear to us, our heirs or suc-
cessors, or any six or more of our or their Privy Council, that this our grant
is contrary to law, or prejudicial or inconvenient to our subjects in general,
or that the said Invention is not a new invention as to the publick use and
exercise thereof in that said part of our kingdom of Great Britain called
England, our dominion of Wales, and town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, afore-
said or not invented and found out by the said Jedediah Strutt and William
Woollatt, as afores", then, upon signification or declaration thereof, to be
made by us, our heirs or successors, under our or their signet or privy
seal, or by the lords and others of our or their Privy Council, or any six
or more of them, under their hands, these our Letters Patent shall forth-
with cease and be utterly void to all intents and purposes, anything herein-
before contained to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding; provided
also, that these our Letters Patent or anything herein contained shall not
extend or be construed to extend to give priviledge unto the said Jedediah
Strutt and William Wollat, their executors, adñiors, or assigns, or any of
hem, to use cr imitate any invention or work whatsoever which hath hereto-
ore been found out or invented by any other of our subjects whatsoever, and
ublickly used or exercised in that said part of our kingdom of Great Britain

page_text: called England, our dominion of Wales, or town of Berwick-upon-1 weed
afores, unto whom like Letters Patent or priviledges have been already
granted for the sole use, exercise, and benefit thereof, it being our will and
pleasure that the said Jedediah Strutt and William Woollatt, his executors,
admors, and assigns, and all and every other person and persons to whom 5
like Letters Patent or priviledges have been already granted as aforesaid, shall
distinctly use and practise their several inventions by them invented and
found out, according to the true intent and meaning of the same respective
Letters Patent and of these presents; provided likewise, nevertheless, and
these our Letters Patent are upon this express condition, that if the said 1
Jedediah Strutt and William Woollatt, their executors or adñññors, or any
person or persons which shall or may at any time or times hereafter during
the continuance of this grant have or claim any right, title, or interest, in
law or equity, of, in, or to the power, priviledge, & authority of the sole use
and benefit of the said Invenčon hereby granted, shall make any transfer or
assignment or any pretended transfer or assignm* of the said liberty and pri-
viledge, or any share or shares of the benefit or profit thereof, or shall declare
any trust thereof to or for any number of persons exceeding the number of
five, or shall open or cause to be opened any book or books for publick sub-
scriptions to be made by any number of persons exceeding the number of
five, in order to the raising any sum or sums of money under the pretence of
carrying on the said liberty or priviledge hereby granted, or shall by them-
sums of money
selves, or their agents or servants, receive any sum or
whatsoever of any number of persons exceeding in the whole the number of
five, for such or the like intents or purposes, or shall presume to act as a
corporate body, or shall divide the benefit of these our Letters Patent, or
the liberty and priviledges hereby by us granted, into any number of shares
exceeding the number of five, or shall commit or do, or procure to be com-
mitted or done, any act, matter, or thing whatsoever during such time as such
person or person shall have any right or title, either in law or equity, in or to
the said premies which will be contrary to the true intent and meaning of
a certain Act of Parliament made in the sixth year of the reign of our late
Royal Father King George the First, intitled (an Act for the better
securing certain powers and priviledges intended to be granted by His
Majesty by two charters for assurance of ships and merchandizes at sea
and for lending money upon bottomry, and for restraining several extravagan
and unwarrantable practices therein mentioned), or in case the said power
priviledge, or authority shall at any time hereafter become vested in or i
trust for more than the number of five persons or their representatives at an

page_text: one time (reckoning executors or admors as and for the single person whom
they represent as to such interest as they are or shall be entitled to in right
of such their testator or intestate), that then and in any of the said cases
these our Letters Patent, and all liberties, priviledges, and advantages what-
soever hereby granted, shall utterly cease, determine, and become void, any-
thing herein-before contained to the contrary thereof in anywise notwith-
standing; provided also, that if the said Jedediah Strutt and William Woollatt
shall not particularly describe and ascertain the nature of their said Invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, by an instrument in writing
under their hands and seals, and cause the same to be inrolled in our High
Court of Chancery within four kalendar months next and immediately after
the date of these our Letters Patent, that then these our Letters Patent, and
all liberties & advantages whatsoever hereby granted, shall utterly cease,
determine, and become void, anything herein-before contained to the contrary
thereof in anywise notwithstanding. And lastly, wee do by these presents, for
us, our heirs and successors, grant unto the said Jedediah Strutt and William
Woollatt, their extors, adm", and assigns, that these our Letters Patent, or the
inrollment or exemplification thereof, shall be in and by all things good, firm,
valid, sufficient, and effectual in the law according to the true intent and
meaning thereof, and shall be taken, construed, and adjudged in the most
favourable and beneficial sence for the best advantage of the said Jedediah
Strutt and William Woollatt, their executors, adiñors, and assigns, as well in
all our courts of record as elsewhere, and by all and singular the officers
and ministers whatsoever of us, our heirs and successors, in that part of our
sd kingdom of Great Britain called England, our dominion of Wales, and
town of Berwick-upon-Tweed aforesaid, and amongst all and every the sub-
jects of us, our heirs and successors, whatsoever & wheresoever, notwith-
standing the not full and certain describing the nature or quality of the said
Invention, or of the materials thereto conducing & belonging.
In witness, &c. Witness ourself at Westminster, the Nineteenth day of
Anril