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"page_text": "JAMES, by the grace of God Kinge of England, Scotland, Fraunce, and\nIreland, Defendor of the Faithe, &c., &c., to all to whom these Presente shall\ncome, greetinge.\nWHEREAS in our princelic consideracon of the necessarie vse of swordes,\nfauchions, skeynes, and rapiers, within our realmes and dominions, aswell for\nprivate as for publicque service, wee have founde yt behovefull in pollicie of\nstate for our owne honor and the good of the common wealthe that the most\nvsefull and necessaric manufacture of makinge swordes, blades, fauchions,\nskeynes, and rapier blades, by which alone whole townes and multitudes of\npeople are maintayned in partes beyond the seas, should be planted and\ncherished within our realmes of England and Ireland, our owne domynions\naffordinge all materialles thereunto belonginge as good and plentifull and rather\nbetter cheape then any other forraine kingdome whatsoever, by the esta-\nblishinge of which soe comodious and needefull a manufacture in these landes\nnot only many of our lovinge subicctes wilbe sett on worke, and drawne from\nthat habite of idlenes which is the bane of these common wealthes, to be\nimployed in honeste labors, whereby to maintaine themselves and doe good to\nothers, but alsoe ourselves and our lovinge subiectes shall for all private and\npublicke occasions be furnished at home of those most necessarie armes and\nweapons at cheape prices, without dependinge vppon the will of others, whoe"
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"page_text": "for the present have power in that particuler to give vs false ware at deare\nrates, or vtterlic to disarm. vs at pleasure. And whereas our trustic and wel-\nbeloved servante Thomas Murraye, Esquire, secretarie to our deare sonne\nPrince Charles, at the greate costes and charges of himself and his friendes,\nand by their painfull labours and endeavors, hath lately founde out the trewe\nsecrett of temperinge, workinge, and forginge the mettall whereof to make\nsworde blades, fauchions, skeines, and rapier blades, and all such like sortes\nof defensible weapons, and hath alsoe puided choise workmasters to sett upp\nthe trade of working & making sworde blades, fanchions, skeines, and rapier\nblades, not yet in knowne vse and practice within our said domynions.\nKNOWE YEE, THEREFORE, that wee, tendring our owne honor and the\npublicque weale of our said realmes and dominions, in giving encouragment to the\nsetting forward of soe good and necessarie a worke as the plantinge and establish-\ninge of the said manufacture and trade within our owne realmes and dominions\naforesaid, at the humble suite of the said Thomas Murraye, and in consideracon\nof the yearlie rente in and by these presente reserved, of our especiall grace,\ncerten knowledge, and meere mocon, have given and graunted, and by these pre-\nsentes, for vs, our heires and successors, doe give and graunt, unto the said Thomas\nMurray, his executors, administrators, and assignes, the absolute, full, solc, and\nfree licence, libertie, power, priviledge, and authoritie, that he and they, and\nhis and their assignes, by his or themselves, his or their deputies, factors, or\nservantes, or any other at his or their nomynacon and appointinente, and noe\nother person or persons whatsoever, shall and may at all tymes and from tyme\nto tyme, for and duringe all the terme and' nomber of yeares hereafter in\nand by these presente graunted, make and worke, or cause to be made and\nwroughte, all and all manner of sworde blades, fauchions, skeines, and rapier\nblades, of any sorte, fashion, or kinde whatsoever, within our said realmes of\nEngland and Ireland, and the dominions of the same, and shall and may\nalsoe freely sell and vtter any such sworde blades, fauchions, skeynes, and\nrapier blades of any sorte, fashion, or kinde whatsoever, soe made within'\nany our said domynions, or elsewhere beyond the seas, to his or their\nmoste profitt, benefitt, and advantage, and to the intente that the said\nThomas Murray, his executors, administrators, and assignes, shall and may\nenioye the full and sole benefitte and proffitt of makinge and workinge of\nsworde blades, fauchions, skeines, and rapier blades of any sorte, fashion, or\nkinde whatsoever within our said realmes and dominions, duringe all the\ntearme of yeares hereafter menconed, our will and pleasure is, and wee doo\nby these presentes, of our further especiall grace, certen knowledge, and\nineere mocon, and of our absolute power, prerogative, and authoritie, which"
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"page_text": "wee forbidd to be disputed, argued, or broughte in question, for vs, our heires\nand successors, straightlie charge and comaunde all and every pson and psons,\nof what estate, degree, or condicon soever he or they, or any of them be, that.\nnone of them, other then the said Thomas Murrey, his executors, adminis-\ntrators, or assignes, or his or their deputies, servantes, factors, or others by\nhim or them to be named and appointed, doe at any tyme duringe the said.\nterme by these Presents graunted, attempte, presume; or goe about, directlic\nor undirectlic, to make or worke any sworde blade or blades of fauchions,\nskeines, or rapier blades of any sorte, fashion, or kinde whatsoever, or any\nmanner of the said tempered or comixed stuffe or mettall to the same\nbelonginge, within any our realmes of England and Ireland, or the dominions\nof the same, duringe the said tearme hereafter in these presentes graunted,\nvppon paine of forfeiture of all such blades, tempered or comixed stuffe or\nmettall, as shalbe soe founde, made, or wroughte, contrario to the trewe\nintente and meaninge of these presentes, and also vppon such further paines,\npenalties and imprisonment as by the lawes and statutes of this realme, or\nby our prerogative royall, can or may be inflicted vppon them for breache or\ncontempte of our royall comaundement in that behalfe; to have, houlde, vse,\nexercise, and cnioye all the said licences, powers, libties, priviledges and\nauthorities vnto the said Thomas Murrey, his executors, administrators, and\nassigns, from the feast of Saint Michaell Th'archangell last past before the\ndate of these presentes, vnto the endle of the terme, and for and duringe the\nwhole terme of one and twentic yeares from thence nexte ensewinge and fullie\nto be compleate and ended; yeildinge and payinge therefore yearlie vnto vs,\nour heires and successors, from and after the feast of Saint Michaell'\nTh'archangell nexte ensewinge the date hereof, the some of five poundes of\nlawfull money of England into the receipte of our Exchequer at Westñi, att the\nfeastes of Saint Michaell the Archangell and the Annunciačon of the Blessed\nVirgin Marie, by equall porčons, vntil such tyme as wee, our heires or\nsuccessors, shall barre or prohibite the importacon from beyonde'seas of any the\nsaid blades into this our realme or dominions, or otherwise vntill such tymo\nas the said manufacture shalbe soc pfected and setled within this our realme\nby the said Thomas Murray, his executors or assignes, as there shall happen\nto be a cessacon or decaye of importinge from beyonde scas into this realme\nor the domynions thereof of. the said blades as aforesaid; and then and thence-\nforthe yeildinge and payinge to vs, our heires and successors, into our said\nreceipt, at the feastes aforesaid, the yearlie rente or some of tenné pounde,\nduringe the residewe of the said terme then to come and vnexpired; and\nalsoc further yeildinge and payinge to vs, our heires and successors, into our"
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"page_text": "said receipte, att the feastes aforesaid, from and after such barr or prohibicon\nof importinge the said blades from beyonde seas, or otherwise from and after\nsuch cessačon or decaie of importacon soe happeninge as aforesaid, such\nand socmuch yearlie rente or some of money as shall appeare to have\nbeene answered to vs, our heires and successors, for and in respecte\nof our customes, subsedies, and other duties dewe vppon the said blades\nsoc imported as aforesaid, in any one yeare for the space of seven yeares\nlast past, accordinge to a medium to be thereof indifferentlie made and\ncast vpp in that behalfe. And wee doe further by these presentes, for vs,\nour heires and successors, give and graunte vnto the said Thomas Murrey,\nhis executors, administrators, and assignes, and every of them, full power\nand authoritie that he and they, and his and their deputies, servantes,\nand factors, or any others by his or their nominacon or appointmente, shall\nand may from tyme to tyme duringe the said terme in these presentes, and with\nthe assistance of a constable, tythingman, or headborough, of any place or.\nplaces whatsoever respectivelie within our said realmes of England and Ireland\nand the dominions thereof, or any of them, aswell within libties as without,\nat their willes and pleasures, att reasonable and convenient tymes, to goe and\nenter into any howse, warehouse, workehowse, shoppe, yarde, or other place or\nplaces whatsoever, by him or them or any of them suspected, and there searche\nand see if any sworde blades, fauchions, skeines, or rapier blades of any sorte,\nfashion, or kinde whatsoever shalbe made or wrought within our owne\ndominions by any pson or psons, contrary to the trewe intent and meaninge of\nthese presentes, and the said sworde blades, fauchions, skeines, and rapier\nblades, of what sorte, fashion, or kinde soever, soe made as aforesaid, as alsoc\nall such mixed or tempered stuffe or mettall prepared to make any such blades,\n.shalbe, for and in the name of vs, our heires or successors, to seize, take, and\ncarry away as forfeited, the one moitic thereof to be and remain to vs, our\nheires and successors, and the other moitie to the said Thomas Murray, his\nexecutors, administrators, and assignes; and his or their deputies, factors, or ser-\nvantes soe seizinge the same, to and for his and their owne pper vse, benifitt,\nand advantage, without any accompte or other thinge therefore to be yielded,\nrendred, or paide to vs, our heires and successors, for the same. And further,\nof our more especiall grace, certen knowledge, and meere mocon, wee doe by\nthese presentes, for vs, our heires and successors, straightlic charge and\ncomaunde, aswell all and everie justice of peace, maiors, sheriffes, constables,\nbailieffes, headboroughes, and all other officers of and within all and every\ncittie, boroughe, towne, or place, aswell within liberties as without, within\neither of our said realmes of England and Ireland, and the domynions of the."
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"page_text": "same, that they and every of them shall from tyme to tyme duringe the said\nterme by these presentes graunted, be aydinge and assistinge to the said\nThomas Murrey, his exccutors, administrators, and assignes, and his and their\nfactors, deputies, and servantes, and such as he and they shall therevnto name\nand appointe, in the execuĉon of all and singuler the premisses, according to\nthe true intente and meaninge of these presentes, for his and their most\nbenefitte and advantage, vppon paine of our indignacon and displeasure, and\nvnder such paines and penalties of fines, imprisonment, or otherwise, as\nby the lawes and statutes of our said realmes or. by our prerogative royall\ncann or may be inflicted vppon them or any of them for their negligence\nor contempte in that behalfe. And further, of our more especiall grace,\ncerten knowledge, and meere močon, for vs, our heires and successors, wee\ndoe by these presentes require, charge, and comaunde, aswell the Lord\nChauncellor and Lord Keeper of our Greate Seale of England for the tyme\nbeinge, and the Lord Chauncellor and Keeper of our Greate Seale of Ireland\nfor the tyme being, as alsoe the Chauncellor of the duchie of Lancaster for\nthe tyme beinge, that they and every of them respectivelie doe make or cause\nto be made vnto the said Thomas Murrey, his executors, administrators, and\nassignes, such and soe many severall tres patentes, duplicate, constate, and exem-\nplificacons vnder the severall scales of our said realmes of England and Ireland,\nand either of them, and the scale of our saide duchie or countic palatine of\nLancaster, of and concerninge all and singuler or any the grauntes, articles,\nguiftes, authorities, libties, and other thing in these presente conteyned, to\nbe had, taken, executed, and pformed in our said realmes of England and\nIreland, and the domynions of the same, and every of them, as they or any\nof them shall require. And these present or the inrolmente thereof shalbe\nas well to them and everie of them a sufficiente warrante and discharge in that\nbehalfe, without any further or other warrante from vs, our heires or suc-\ncessors, to be in that behalfe had or peured. And alsoe of our especiall grace,\ncerten knowledge, and meere močon, wee doe, for vs, our heires and suc-\ncessors, graunte vnto the said Thomas Murrey, bis exccutors, administrators,\nand assignes, that these presentes or the inrolmente .of the same shall stande\nand be and shalbe soe construed and taken to be good, firme, effectuall, and\nsufficiente in the lawe, and for all the intentes and purposes before menconed\nshall be adiudged stronglic against vs, our heires and successors, and moste\navaileable for the benifitt of the said Thomas Murrey, his executors, admi-\nuistrators, and assigns, in all our courtes of iustice, in either of our said\nrealmes of England and Ireland, or elsewhere, without any other or further\nconfirmacons, licences, or tolleracons from vs, our heires and successors, here-"
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"page_text": "after in anywise to be pcured or obtayned, notwithstandinge the not pticular.\nor not, exacte describinge of the saide arte, skill, way, or invenĉon of makinge\nor workinge of sworde blades, fauchions, skeines, and rapier blades, of any\nsorte, fashion, or kinde. whatsoever, and notwithstandinge the not pticuler\ndescripcon of the instrumentes, tooles, engines, or devises belonginge or to be\nvsed in the temperinge,, workinge, makinge, or grindinge of the said blades or\nany: former, graunte, phibicon, or restrainte, or any other thinge, cause, or\nmatter whatsoever to the contrarie; in anywise notwithstandinge, althougho\nOXPROSCO Danion fro"
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A MORE APT, COMODIOUS, AND BENEFICIALL MEANES FOR AND CONCERNING THE FRAMING, CONTRIVING, AND MAKING OF LOCKS, SLUCES, BRIDGES, CUTTE, CRANES, MILLE, DAMES, AND OTHER INVENCONS AND ADDICONS MOST FITT, NECESSARY, AND CON- VENIENT FOR GRINDING OF CORNE, RAISING OF WATER, MAKING OF RIVERS, STREAMS, AND WATERS NAVIGABLE AND PASSABLE FOR BOATES, KEELES, AND OTHER VESSEL TO PASSE FROM PLACE TO PLACE
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"page_num": 1,
"page_text": "WHEREAS our welbeloved subicct Jolin Gason, Esquier, by and through\nhis great paines, travaile, charge, and industrie, for the generall good and\nbenefitt of this our comon wcale, hath attained to the skill, knowledge, and\npfeccon of \"A MORE APT, COMODIOUS, AND BENEFICIALL MEANES FOR AND CONCERNING\nTHE FRAMING, CONTRIVING, AND MAKING OF LOCKS, SLUCES, BRIDGES, CUTTE, CRANES,\nMILLE, DAMES, AND OTHER INVENCONS AND ADDICONS MOST FITT, NECESSARY, AND CON-\nVENIENT FOR GRINDING OF CORNE, RAISING OF WATER, MAKING OF RIVERS, STREAMS,\nAND WATERS NAVIGABLE AND PASSABLE FOR BOATES, KEELES, AND OTHER VESSEL TO\nPASSE FROM PLACE TO PLACE,\" not yet vsed within this our realmes and domi-\nnions, neither hath the like thereof by any others bin practised, putt in vsc, or\ndevised within our said dominions, the vse whereof wee have no doubt but\nwill redound to the great and generall good of vs and all our loving subiect(\n(a service to vs acceptable and well approved), which as wee are informed by\nthe humble petition of our said subiect is greatlie wanting and much required.\nForasmuch as our said subiect is the first ppounder, piector, inventor, devisor,\nand publisher of the same, the effecting, vse, practise, and putting in\nexecucon whereof requireth greate paines, charge, care, and expence, which\nour said subiect intendeth to vndergoe, for the better enabling and incouraging\nof our said subicct in prformance of the misses, wee have thought meete and\nnecessarie that he should have to himselfo such benefitt, profitt, and advan-\ntage for the terme of twentic and one yeres next coming after tho\ndate hereof as shall happen to be raysed, had, gained, made, or gotten by"
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"page_num": 2,
"page_text": "the vse, knowledge, excise, and incanes of such engines, instrumente, toolcs,\ninvenĉons, plotte and addicon of instrumente; engines, toolcs, and plotte\nwhatsoever, as for the purpose or intent aforesaid now have ben or shalbe\nframed, made, devised, plotted, piected, or invented by our said subiect,\nhis executors, administratore, or assignes, or by any other, by his or their\nmeanes, cause, appointment, or assignement during the said terme. And that\nnoc pson or psons within our said dominions shall presume, attempt, practise,\nor goc about, directlio or indirectlic, by any waics or meanes whatsoever, device,\ndevices, or meanes, to make, vse, excise, or practise the same or like engines,\ninstrument, tooles, inuenčons, device, devices, plotte by our said subicct already\npractised, invented, devised, putt in vse, plotted, or contrived for the purpose\naforesaid, and not already known, vsed, and practised by other our subiecte, and\nwhich at any tyme or tymes hereafter during the said terme shalbe by him,\nhis executors, servante, assignee, assignes, or any other, by his, their, or\nany of their meanes, cause, or appointment, shalbe newly plotted, devised,\npractised, invented, or putt in vsc as aforesaid, together alsoc with all\nsuch benefitt, profitt, scom, somes of mony, and advantage whatsoever as\nby any waies or meanes shalbo raised, gayned, gotten, and which may arise,\ncome, growe, or bo had by reason or meanes of the misses, or any part\nthereof, in any manner wise; and if any manner of river, cutt, lock, mill,\nmill dame, dames, water, watercourse, bridge, streame, or ditch, now cutt or\nhereafter to be cutt, made, pared,. builded, contrived, or invented by our\nsubicct, or by any other by or through his meanes, cause, consent, or\nappointment.\nNOWE KNOWE YEE, that wec, of our especiall grace, meere močon,\nand certaine knowledge, have given and graunted, and by theis psente doc for\nvs, our heires and successors, for as much as in vs is, give and graunte full,\nfree, and absolute lycense, power, authoritic, and priviledge vnto the said John\nGason, his executore, administrators, deputie, deputies, assignees, and all and\nevery such other pson and psons as shall from tyme to tyme be by him or\nthem lycensed, authorised, or appointed, that he, they, overy or anic of them,\ntheir, every and any of their executors, administrators, deputie, deputies,\nassignee or assignes, shall and may to his and their ownc pper vse, benefitt,\nand behoofc, in, by, and throughout anic of our countries, shires, cittics,\ntownes, liberties, mannors, land, ground, rivers, streams, waters, comons,\nwood, wayes, place and places whatsoever and wheresoever within this our\nrealme of England, dominion or principalitie of Wales, and towne of\nBarwick, in places meete and convenient, from tyme to time and at all.\ntymes hereafter, during the terme and space of twentic and one yeres next."
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"page_num": 3,
"page_text": "ensuing the date hereof, devise, make, cutt, direct, finish, pfect, excise, prac-\ntisc, putt in vsc and vsc, aswell the cutting, contriving, framing, erecting,\nsetting vpp, pfecting and making of all and all manner of locke, sluces, bridges,\ncutte, cranes, mill dames, and other invenĉons not repugnant to the lawes and\nstatute of this our realme and dominions, for grinding of corne, raysing of waters,\nmaking of ryvers, waters, and streames navigable and passable, as alsoe to vse,\nexcise, pfect, make, and invent all and all manner of engines, tooles, instru-\nmente, and addicon of toole, tooles, invenčon or invenĉons whatsoever, as to\nhim or them shall be thought most apt, meete, and convenient for tho pfecting\nand pforming of the pmisses, and everic or any part thercof. And further,\nof our espiall grace, certen knowledge, and meere moton, wee doc, likewise for\nvs, our heires and successore, give and graunte vnto our said subicct, the said\nJohn Gason, his executors, administrators, assignes, deputie and deputies\nwhatsoever, not onclic our free, full, and absolute power, licence, priviledge, and\nauthoritic, to take, receave, collect, and gather to his and their ownc pper vse all\nand all manner of contribucon, composicon, advantage, and comoditic whatsoever\nwhich shall at any tyme or tymes hereafter during the said terme be by any of our\nloving subicct whatsoever graunted, allowed, agreed vpon, consented to payc, con-\ntributed, levied, or thought meete to be paid, allowed, or given for, towarde, in\nlien, or respect of the making, framcing, devising, contriving, cutting, erecting,\nbuilding, setting vpp, pfecting, or inventing of anic mille, cranes, sluces, waters,\nwatercourses, dimes, lock vppon water or wharfes, bridges, cutte, and other\ninvencon or invenĉons and addicon of inuencon or inucncons whatsoever, to be\ninvented, made, erected, cutt, pfected, sett vpp, framed, or devised by our\nsaid subicct, his exccutors, administrators, servante, deputie, deputies, assignco\nor assignes, or any other pson or psons, by his or their meanes, charges, cause,\npeurement, inventon, or device, to the intent and purposes aforesaid, within\nand vppon any mannors, lande, woode, streames, waters, rivers, place or places\nwhatsoever, within our said realme and dominion or principality of Wales\nand towne of Barwick, without the lett, hindrance, molestacon, contradicon,\nimpediment or interrupcon of vs, our heires or successors, or any other pson\nor psons by our meanes, and without any accompt or other thing to be\nrendred to vs, our heires or successors for the same (other than as bereafter in\ntheise prente is menconed and expressed), but alsoc to have, take, receave,\npecave, hold, & enioye all and all manner of profitt, cömodities, benefitt,\nadvantage and priviledge whatsoever which by anie waies or meanes shall\narrise, accruc, come, growe, he had, made, or gotten, as well by reason, force,\nor meanes of anie vessell, boate, lighter, keele, wherry, or barke whatsoever\nwhich shall or may at any tyme or tynes passe, come, ride, anker, lye, rest."
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"page_num": 4,
"page_text": "or sayle in, vppon, at, to or fro any the rivers, cutte, passages, streames or waters\nsoc to be cutt, made navigable, or pfected as aforesaid; as alsoc of any bridge,\nbridges, sluce, sluces, mill, mille, dame, dames, and all and singuler other the\nPmisses aforesaid, and every or any of them, and of everic or any part or\nparcell thereof in any manner wise, without any of our lett, deniall, con-\ntradicon, or impediment whatsoever, or without rendring, yielding, or delivering\nof any manner of accompt or accompte, payment or other thing for the same,\n(other then as hereafter in theise psente is lymited and expressed). And for that\nwee doe well knowe that the effecting and pfecting of the misses will amount\nto a veric great charge to our said subiect, (the same tending to doc generall\na good,) wcc thinke it not meete that anic other taking light or direccon of his\npicet, labour, travell, and charge, should take benefitt by vsing of the same or\nthe like, to the lossc, hurt, or hindrance of our said subicct, wec, therefore,\nbeing willing to encourage our said subiect in soc good a worke, and mynding\nalsoc that he may have the benefitt of the same for the terme abovesaid, doe\ntherefore by theise sente will and straightlic comaund and phibite that\nnoc pson or psons whatsoever, of what degree, qualitic, or condicon he or\nthey be or shalbe, at any lyme or tymes hereafter (other then the said John\nGason, his executors, administrators, or assignes, servante, factors, deputic\nor deputies, or such as shalbe by him or them lycensed or appointed,\nor which shall give contentment or agreement to him, them, some or\none of them, attempt, practise, psume, or goc about, by any way, device,\nor meanes, directlic or indirectlic, to passe, sayle, ride, goe, remaine\nto, at, vppon, in, by, or from any the rivers, streames, water, sluces, cutte, or\ndames soc to be cutt, made navigable, pfected, or done by the said John\nGason, his executor, administrators, or assignes, deputic or deputies as\naforesaid, or interneddle, deale, excise, practise, vsc, occupic, make, build,\nsett vpp, finishe, or putt in vsc, in, at, or vppon the same or any other place\nor places within this our said realme or dominions and towne aforesaid any\nmanner of mill, mille, sluce, sluces, lock, locke, bridge, bridges, engine or\nengines, such or the like as by our said subicct, his exccutore or assignes,\ndeputic or deputies, or any other by his, their, or any of their meanes, have\nben first invented, piected, or sett vpp, or whereof they, every, or any of them\nshall hereafter first finde, picct, practise, or putt in vse during the said terme\nof twentic and one yeres, nor any of the tooles, plotte, invenĉons, instrument(,\nor addicon of toolcs, inventons, instrumente, boates, keeles, barkes, wherries,\nor other vessell whatsoever first by them, everie, or any of them devised,\ninvented, or putt in vsc, or to be devised, invented, or putt in vse during the\nterme aforesaid, without the lycense of the said John Gason, his executors,"
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"page_num": 5,
"page_text": "administrators, or servante, deputic or deputies, assignee or assignes, thereunto\nfirst had and obtained, vppon paine and pill not onclic of our high displeasure\nand the displeasures of our heires and successors, but alsoc of the forfeiture of\nall and every such boate, vessel, wherry, mill, sluce, locke, bridge, engine,\ntoole, instrument, invencon, and device soc erected, made, sett vpp, or putt in\nvsc, contrario to this our truo meaning, and the meaning of theise psente in\nany manner wise. Provided alwaies, and our expresse minde and will is,\nthat he, the said John Gason, his excutors, administrators, servant, deputic,\ndeputies, assignee or assignes, shall not by cullor of theise Pesente psume nor\nbe soc bold as to make, attempt, or cause to be made any cutt, river, water,\nwatercourse, mill dame, crane, bridge, streame, or current whatsoever, in or\nvpon any of the lande, grounde, woodes, or waters of vs, our heires or successors,\nor any of our said subiccte in any place or places whatsoever, but where the\nsame may convenientlic be pfected pformed, made, and donc, to the least\ndetriment of vs and of all and every of our said subicct, and not in or\nvppon anic of the lande, tenemente, wood, waters, or groundes of vs, our\nheires or successors, or of any of our said subiccte, but first compounding\nand agreeing with vs, our heires and successors, or with the owner and\nowners of the misses for such and soo much of the samo as he, they, every\nor any of them, shall have needeful cause of imployment for the snid intent\nand purposes before declared. And the said John Gason, his executors\nand assignes, shall further, att his and their owne cost and charges, make,\nerect, and maintaine convenient and good bridges over the rivers and waters,\nstreames, slices, cutte, and places, by him or them soc cutt and to be cutt.\nvsed, compounded for, or imployed. And as our desire is that this our\ngraunte may have due execucon and peceding according to the good purpose\naforesaid, and for avoyding of many inconveniences which may befall, to the\nlett of the same, by the obstinacy of some evil disposed psons, therefore our\nwill and pleasure is, and wec doc ordaine, that noe pson or psons whatsoever,\nowner or owners or possessors of anic mannor, lande, wood, or waste whatsoever,\nwhere our said subicct John Gason, his executors, administrators, servant,\ndeputie, deputies, assignee, or assignes, shall have necessary occasion to\ncompound for or in respect of the misses Psume to refuse a reasonable\ncomposicon for such trespas or damage, as he, they, or any of them shall\nreceave or sustaine in lieu of the misses or anic thing touching the same,\nor anie part thereof, in any manuer wise, nor contradict, gainesay, or resist\nour said subiect, his executors, administrators, servante, laborers, deputie or\ndeputies, with his, their, or anie of their carte, waynes, horses, teames, and\ncarriages whatsoever, offering and giving reasonable composicons as aforesaid,"
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"page_num": 6,
"page_text": "in pformimg, pfecting, making, cutting, doing, and erecting of the said cranes,\nengines, mille, sluces, cutte and other the misses aforesaid, vppon paine of\nour high displeasure to be encurred for the contempt of our royall will in\nthat behalfe. And further, wec doc by theise psente straightlic charge and\ncomaunde all sheriffe, justices, maiors, bayliffe, constables, and other our\nofficers and ministers whatsoever to whomo it shall appertaine, that they,\nevery and\nany of them, be from tyme to tyme ayding and assisting vnto our\nsaid subicct John Gason, his executors, administrators, servante, laborers,\ndeputie, deputies, assignee, and assignes, in the doing, executing, pforming,\nand finishing of all and singuler the composicons, orders, and agreement(\naforesaid, and of all and singuler other the misses aforesaid, and every part\nthereof, according to the purpose, effect, and true meaning of theis psente,\nsoc farr forth as to them, every or anic of them, shall and may belong or\napptaine in anywise during the said terme, to have, hold, vsc, ex'cise, enioye,\nreceave, pecave, practise, and pforme all, every, and any the licences, powers,\npriviledges, authorities, tooles, engines, instrumente, proffitte, benefitte, anuall\npayment, colleccons, some and sōmes of monic and other advantages what-\nsoever, before in theise sente given, graunted, or appointed, or meant or\nmenconed to be given, graunted, or appointed, assigned, licenced, or authorized\nvnto our said subicct John Gason, his executors, administrators, assignee and\nassignes, deputic and deputies, and to all and every and any of them, from\nthe date of theis sente, vnto the end and terme of one and twentic yeres\nfrom thence next ensuing fully to be compleate and ended, to his and their\nown per vsc, benefitt, behoofe, and advantage, yielding and paying therefore\nycarelic vnto vs, our heires and successors att the receipt of the exchequer of\nvs, our heires and successors, at Westfi, during the said terme, the yerelic\nrent or farme of fortic shilling of lawfull mony of England at the\nfeast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Michaell\nthe Archangell, or within one, and twentie dayes next after either of the\nsaid feast, yerelic by even and equall porcons. And wee are further\npleased and doc, for vs, our heires and successors, of our special grace\nand favour, graunte to the said John Gason, his executors, administrators, and\nassignes, that theis our Lies Patente shalbe taken, construed, and adiudged\nin all and every our courte of justice to be most availeable for the said John\nGason, his executors, administrators, and assignes, against vs, our heires and\nsuccessors, notwithstanding the not describing the certentic of the forme or\nfashion of engines, instrument, or devices to be vsed for and about the misses,\nand notwithstanding any other devices and incertenties in the same, or anie\nstatute, provision, pelanacon, restraint, cause, matter, or thinge to the con-"
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"page_num": 7,
"page_text": "trary thereof, in any wise notwithstanding. Provided alwaies, that if at any\ntime hereafter, vppon the examinacon had and taken by or before any six or\nmore of our Privic Councell (the said John Gason, his executors or assignes,\nbeing therevnto called, they shall declare in writing vnder their hand that\ntheise our Lics Patente of priviledge are or shalbe found inconvenient to this\nour realme, that then vpon significacon of our will and pleasure, given and\npublished by vs vnder our signe manuell, signett, or privic scale, for the\nrevoking and demining of theise sente, theis our Lřes Patent of priviledge\nshall forthwith and ymediately cease, determyne, and be vtterly void, frustrate,\nand of nono effect, any thing therein contayned to the contrary thereof in\nanywise notwithstanding.\nIn witnes whereof. &c. Witnes ourselfe at Westminster the One and"
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"page_num": 8,
"page_text": "JAMES, by the Grace of God, &c., to all to whome theise p'sent shall cʊmo\ngreeting.\nWHEREAS our welbeloved subicct John Gason, Esquier, by and through\nhis great paines, travaile, charge, and industrie, for the generall good and\nbenefitt of this our comon weale, hath attained to the skill, knowledge, and\npfeccon of \"A HOPE AFT, COMODIOUS, AND BENEFICIALL MEANES FOR AND CONCERNING\nTHE FRAMING, CONTRIVING. AND MAKING OF LOCKS, SLUCES, BRIDGES, CUTTE, CRANES,\nMILLE, DAMES, AND OTHER INVENCONS AND ADDICONS MOST FITT, NECESSARY, AND CON-\nVENIENT FOR GRINDING OF CORNE, RAISING OF WATER, MAKING OF RIVERS, STREAMS,\nAND WATGES NAVIGABLE AND PASSABLE FOR BOATES, KEELES, AND OTHER VESSEL TO\nPASSE FROM PLACE TO PLACE,\" not yet vsed within this our realmes and domi-\nnions, neither hath the like thereof by any others bin practised, putt in vse, or\ndevised within our said dominions, the vse whercof wee have no doubt but\nwill redound to the great and generall good of vs and all our loving subiect\n(a service to vs acceptable and well approved), which as wee are informed by\nthe humble petition of our said subiect is greatlie wanting and much required.\nForasmuch as our said subiect is the first ppounder, piector, inventor, devisor,\nand publisher of the same, the effecting, vse, practise, and putting in\nexecucon whereof requireth greate paines, charge, care, and expence, which\nour said subicct intendeth to vndergoe, for the better enabling and incouraging\nof our said subiect in prformance of the misses, wee have thought meete and\nnecessarie that he should have to himselfe such benefitt, profitt, and advan-\ntage for the terme of twentie and one yeres next coming after tho\ndate hereof as shall happen to be raysed, had, gained, made, or gotten by"
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"page_num": 9,
"page_text": "the vse, knowledge, excise, and meanes of such engines, instrumente, tooles,\ninventons, plotte and addicon of instrumente, engines, tooles, and plotte\nwhatsoever, as for the purpose or intent aforesaid now have ben or shalbe\nframed, made, devised, plotted, piccted, or invented by our said subiect,\nhis executors, administratore, or assignes, or by any other, by his or their\nmeanes, cause, appointment, or assignement during the said terme. And that\nnoc pson or psons within our said dominions shall presume, attempt, practise,\nor goe about, directlic or indirectlie, by any waies or meanes whatsoever, device,\ndevices, or meanes, to make, vse, excise, or practise the same or like engines,\ninstrument, tooles, inuentons, device, devices, plotte by our said subiect already\npractised, invented, devised. putt in vse, plotted, or contrived for the purpose\naforesaid, and not already known, vsed, and practised by other our subiecte, and\nwhich at any tyme or tymes hereafter during the said terme shalbe by him,\nhis executors, servante, assignee, assignes, or any other, by his, their, or\nany of their meanes, cause, or appointment, shalbe newly plotted, devised,\npractised, invented, or putt in vse as aforesaid, together alsoc with all\nsuch benefit, profitt, scom, somes of mony, and advantage whatsoever as\nby any waies or meanes shalbe raised. gayned, gotten, and which may arise,\ncome, growe, or be had by reason or meanes of the misses, or any part\nthereof, in any manner wise; and if any manner of river, cutt, lock, mill,\nmill dame, dames, water, watercourse, bridge, streame, or ditch, now cutt or\nhereafter to be cutt, made, pared, builded, contrived, or invented by our\nsubiect, or by any other by or through his meanes, cause. consent, or\nappointment.\nNOWE KNOWE YEE, that wec, of our especiall grace, meere mocon,\nand certaine knowledge, have given and graunted, and by theis sente doc for\nvs, our heires and successors, for as much as in vs is, give and graunte full,\nfree, and absolute lycense, power, authoritic, and priviledge vnto the said John\nGason, his executore, administrators, deputie, deputies, assignees, and all and\nevery such other pson and psons as shall from tyme to tyme bo by him or\nthem fycensed, authorised, or appointed, that he, they, every or anie of them,\ntheir, every and any of their executors, administrators, deputie, deputies,\nassignee or assignes, shall and may to his and their ownc pper vse, benefitt,\nand behoofe, in. by, and throughout anic of our countries, shires, citties,\ntownes. liberties, mannors, land, ground, rivers, streams, waters, comons,\nwood, wayes, place and places whatsoever and wheresoever within this our\nrealme of England, dominion or principalitie of Wales, and towne of\nBarwick, in places meete and convenient, from tyme to time and at all.\ntymes hereafter, during the terme and space of twentie and one yeres next."
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"page_text": "ensuing the date hereof, devise, make, cutt, direct, finish, pfect, excise, prac-\ntisc. putt in vsc and vse, aswell the cutting, contriving. framing, erecting,\nsetting vpp. pfecting and making of all and all manner of lockt', sluces, bridges,\ncutt, cranes, mill dames, and other invencons not repugnant to the lawes and\nstatute of this our realme and dominions, for grinding of corne, raysing of waters,\nmaking of ryvers, waters. and streames navigable and passable, as alsoe to vse,\nexcise, pfect, make, and invent all and all manner of engines, tooles, instru-\nmente, and addicon of toole, tooles, invenčon or invenčons whatsoever, as to\nhim or them shall be thought most apt. meete, and convenient for the pfecting\nand pforming of the pmisses, and everic or any part thereof. And further,\nof our esjiiall grace, certen knowledge, and meere močon, wee doc, likewise for\nvs, our heires and successore, give and graunte vnto our said subiect, the said\nJohn Gason. bis exccutors, administrators, assignes, deputic and deputies\nwhatsoever, not onelie our free, full, and absolute power, licence, priviledge, and\nauthoritie, to take, receave, collect, and gather to his and their owne pper vse all\nand all manner of contributon, composicon. advantage, and comoditic whatsoever\nwhich shall at any tyme or tymes hereafter during the said terme be by any of our\nloving subiecte whatsoever graunted, allowed, agreed upon.consented to paye, con-\ntributed. levied, or thought meete to be paid, allowed, or given for, towarde, in\nlieu, or respect of the making, frameing, devising. contriving, cutting, erecting,\nbuilding, setting spp. pfecting, or inventing of anic mille, cranes, sluces, waters,\nwatercourses, dames, lock vppon water or wharfes, bridges, cutte, and other\ninvencon or invenčons and addicon of inuencon or inuenĉons whatsoever, to be\ninvented, made, erected, cutt, pfected, sett vpp, framed, or devised by our\nsaid subicct, his executors, administrators, servante, deputie, deputies, assignee\nor assignes, or any other pson or psons, by his or their meanes, charges, cause,\npcurement, inventon, or device, to the intent and purposes aforesaid, within\nand vppon any mannors, lande, woode, streames, waters, rivers, place or places\nwhatsoever, within our said realme and dominion or principality of Wales\nand towne of Barwick, without the lett, hindrance, molestacon, contradicon,\nimpediment or interrupcon of vs, our heires or successors, or any other pson\nor psons by our meanes, and without any accompt or other thing to be\nrendred to vs, our licires or successors for the same (other than as bereafter in\ntheise sente is menconed and expressed), but alsoe to have, take, receave,\npecave, hold, & enioye all and all manner of profitt, cömodities, benefitt,\nadvantage and priviledge whatsoever which by anie waics or meanes shall\narrise, accrue, come, growe, be had, made, or gotten, as well by reason, force,\nor meanes of anie vessell, boate, lighter, keele, wherry, or barke whatsoever\nwhich shall or may at any tyme or tymes passe, come, ride, anker, lye, rest,"
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"page_num": 11,
"page_text": "or sayle in, yppon, at, to or fro any the rivers, cutte, passages, streames or waters\nsoc to be cutt, made navigable, or pfected as aforesaid; as alsoe of any bridge,\nbridges, sluce, sluces, mill, mille, dame, dames, and all and singuler other the\nmisses aforesaid, and every or any of them, and of everic or any part or\nparcel thereof in any manner wise, without any of our lett, deniall, con-\ntradicon, or impediment whatsoever, or without rendring, yielding, or delivering\nof any manner of accompt or accompte, payment or other thing for the same.\n(other then as hereafter in theise sent is lymited and expressed). And for that\nwee doe well knowe that the effecting and pfecting of the misses will amount\nto a veric great charge to our said subiect, (the same tending to doe generall\na good.) wee thinke it not meete that anie other taking light or direccon of his\npicct, labour, travell, and charge, should take benefitt by vsing of the same or\nthe like, to the losse, hurt, or hindrance of our said subicct. wec, therefore,\nbeing willing to encourage our said subiect in soc good a worke, and mynding\nalsoc that he may have the benefitt of the same for the terme abovesaid, doe\ntherefore by theise sente will and straightlie comaund and phibite that\nnoe pson or psons whatsoever, of what degree, qualitie, or condicon he or\nthey be or shalbe, at any tyme or tymes hereafter (other then the said John\nGason, his executors, administrators, or assignes, servante, factors, deputic\nor deputies, or such as shalbe by him or them lycensed or appointed.\nor which shall give contentment or agreement to him, them, some or\none of them. attempt. practise, Psume, or goc about, by any way, device,\nог\nmeanes. directie or indirectlic, to passe, sayle, ride, goe, remaine\nto, at, vppon, in, by, or from any the rivers, streames, water, sluces, cutte, or\nimes soe to be cutt, made navigable, pfected, or done by the said John\nGason. his executor, administrators, or assignes, deputic or deputies as\naforesaid, or intermeddle, deale, excise, practise, vse, occupie, make, build,\nsett vpp, finishe, or putt in vse, in, at, or vppon the same or any other place\nor places within this our said realme or dominions and towne aforesaid any\nmanner of mill, mille, sluce, sluces, lock, locke, bridge, bridges, engine or\nengines, such or the like as by our said subicct, his executore or assignes,\ndeputic or deputies, or any other by his, their, or any of their meanes, have\nben first invented, piccted, or sett vpp. or whereof they, every, or any of them\nshall hereafter first finde, piect, practise, or putt in vse during the said terme\nof twentic and one yeres, nor any of the tooles, plotte, invenĉons, instrumente,\nor addicon of tooles, inventons, instrumente, boates, keeles, barkes, wherries,\nor other vessell whatsoever first by them, everie, or any of them devised,\ninvented, or putt in vse, or to be devised, invented, or putt in vse during the\nterme aforesaid, without the lycense of the said John Gason, his executors,"
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"page_num": 12,
"page_text": "administrators, or servante, deputic or deputies, assignee or assignes, thereunto\nfirst had and obtained, sppon paine and pill not onelie of our high displeasure\nand the displeasures of our heires and successors, but alsoc of the forfeiture of\nall and every such boate, vessel, wherry, mill, sluce, locke, bridge, engine,\ntoole, instrument, invenčon, and device soe erected, made, sett vpp. or putt in\nvsc, contrarie to this our true meaning, and the meaning of theise sente in\nany manner wise. Provided alwaies, and our expresse mine and will is,\nthat he, the said John Gason, his excutors, administrators, servante, deputie,\ndeputies, assignce or assignes, shall not by cullor of theise Pesente psume nor\nbe soc bold as to make, attempt, or cause to be made any cutt, river, water,\nwatercourse, mill dame, crane, bridge, streame, or current whatsoever, in or\nvpon any of the lande, grounde. woodes, or waters of vs, our heires or successors.\nor any of our said subiecte in any place or places whatsoever, but where the\nsame may convenientlie be pfected pformed, made, and done, to the least\ndetriment of vs and of all and every of our said subiect, and not in or\nyppon anie of the lande, tenemente, woode, waters, or groundes of vs, our\nheires or successors, or of any of our said subiecte, but first compounding\nand agreeing with vs, our heires and successors, or with the owner and\nowners of the misses for such and soc much of the same as he, they, every\nor any of them, shall have needeful cause of imployment for the said intent\nand purposes before declared. And the said John Gason. his executors\nand assignes, shall further, att his and their owne cost and charges, make,\nerect, and maintaine convenient and good bridges over the rivers and waters,\nstreames. slices, cutte, and places, by him or them soc cutt and to be cutt.\nvsed. compounded for, or imployed. And as our desire is that this our\ngraunte may have due exccucon and peceding according to the good purpose\naforesaid, and for avoyding of many inconveniences which may befall, to the\nlett of the same, by the obstinacy of some evil disposed psons, therefore our\nwill and pleasure is, and wec doc ordaine, that noc pson or psons whatsoever.\nowner or owners or possessors of anic mannor, lande, woode, or waste whatsoever,\nwhere our said subiect John Gason, his executors, administrators, servant(',\ndeputie, deputies, assignee, or assignes, shall have necessary occasion to\ncompound for or in respect of the Pinisses Psume to refuse a reasonable\ncomposicon for such trespas or damage, as he, they, or any of them shall\nreceave or sustaine in lieu of the misses or anic thing touching the same,\nor anie part thereof, in any manner wise, nor contradict, gainesay, or resist\nour said subiect, his executors, administrators, servant, laborers, deputie or\ndeputies, with his, their, or anie of their carte. waynes, horses, teames, and\ncarriages whatsoever, offering and giving reasonable composicons as aforesaid,"
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"page_num": 13,
"page_text": "in pformimg, pfecting, making, cutting, doing, and erecting of the said cranes\nengines, mille, sluces, cutte and other the misses aforesaid, vppon paine o\nour high displeasure to be encurred for the contempt of our royall will in\nthat behalfe. And further, wee doe by theise psente straightlic charge and\ncomaunde all sheriffe, justices, maiors, bayliffe, constables, and other our\nofficers and ministers whatsoever to whome it shall appertaine, that they\nevery and any of them, be from tyme to tyme ayding and assisting vnto our\nsaid subiect John Gason, his executors, administrators, servante, laborers,\ndeputic, deputies, assignee, and assignes, in the doing, executing, pforming,\nand finishing of all and singuler the composicons, orders, and agreement\naforesaid, and of all and singuler other the misses aforesaid, and every part\nthereof, according to the purpose, effect, and true meaning of theis sente\nsoc farr forth as to them. every or anic of them, shall and may belong or\napptaine in anywise during the said terme, to have, hold, vsc, ex'cise, enioye,\nreceave, pecave, practise, and pforine all, every,\nand any\nthe licences, powers,\npriviledges, authorities, tooles, engines, instrumente, proffitte, benefitte, anuall\npaymente, collectons, some and soines of monic and other advantages what-\nsocver, before in theise sente given, graunted, or appointed, or meant or\nmenconed to be given, graunted, or appointed, assigned, licenced, or authorized\nvnto our said subiect John Gason, his executors, administrators, assignee and\nassignes, deputie and 'deputics, and to all and every and any of them, from\nthe date of theis sent C, vnto the end and terme of one and twentic yeres\nfrom thence next ensuing fully to be compleate and ended, to his and their\nown pper vse, benefitt, behoofe, and advantage, yielding and paying therefore\nyearelic vnto vs, our heires and successors att the receipt of the exchequer of\nvs, our heires and successors, at Westii, during the said terme, the yerelic\nrent or farme of fortie shilling of lawfull mony of England at the\nfeast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Michaell\nthe Archangell, or within one and twentic dayes next after either of the\nsaid feast, yerelic by even and equall porcons. And wee are further\npleased and doc, for vs, our heires and successors, of our speciall grace\nand favour, graunte to the said John Gason, his executors, administrators, and\nassignes, that theis our Lies Patente shalbe taken, construed, and adiudged\nin all and every our courte of justice to be most availeable for the said John\nGason, his executors, administrators, and assignes, against vs, our heires and\nsuccessors, notwithstanding the not describing the certentic of the forme or\nfashion of engines, instrumente, or devices to be vsed for and about the misses,\nand notwithstanding any other devices and incertenties in the same, or anie\nstatute, provision, pelanacon, restraint, cause, matter, or thinge to the con-"
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"page_num": 14,
"page_text": "trary thereof, in any wise notwithstanding. Provided alwaics, that if at any\ntine hereafter, vppon the examinacon had and taken by or before any six or\nmore of our Privic Councell (the said John Gason, his executors or assignes.\nbeing therevnto called, they shall declare in writing vnder their hand that\ntheise our Lřes Patente of priviledge are or shalbe found inconvenient to this\nour realme, that then vpon significaĉon of our will and pleasure, given and\npublished by vs vnder our signe manuell, signett, or privic scale, for the\nrevoking and delmining of theise sente, theis our Lies Patente of priviledge\nshall forthwith and mediately cease, determiyne, and be vtterly void, frustrate,\nand of none effect, any thing therein contayned to the contrary thereof in\nanywise notwithstanding.\nIn witnes whereof, &c. Witnes ourselfe at Westminster, the One and\ntwentieth day of July.\nPbře de priuato sigillo, &c."
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"page_num": 15,
"page_text": "greeting.\nWHEREAS our welbeloved subicct John Gason, Esquier, by and through\nhis great paines, travaile, charge, and industrie, for the generall good and\nbenefitt of this our comon weale, hath attained to the skill, knowledge, and\npfeccon of \"A MORE APT, COMODIOUS, AND BENEFICIALL MEANES FOR AND CONCERNING\nTHE FRAMING, CONTRIVING, AND MAKING OF LOCKS, SLUCES, BRIDGES, CUTTE, CRANES,\nMILLE, DAMES, AND OTHER INVENCONS AND ADDICONS MOST FITT, NECESSARY, AND CON-\nVENIENT FOR GRINDING OF CORNE, RAISING OF WATER, MAKING OF RIVERS, STREAMS,\nAND WATERS NAVIGABLE AND PASSABLE FOR BOATES, KEELES, AND OTHER VESSEL TO\nPASSE FROM PLACE TO PLACE,\" not yet vsed within this our realmes and domi-\nnions, neither hath the like thereof by any others bin practised, putt in vse, or\ndevised within our said dominions, the vse whereof wee have no doubt but\nwill redound to the great and generall good of vs and all our loving subiecte\n(a service to vs acceptable and well approved), which as wee are informed by\nthe humble petition of our said subiect is greatlie wanting and much required.\nForasmuch as our said subiect is the first ppounder, piector, inventor, devisor,\nand publisher of the same, the effecting, vsc, practise, and putting in\nexecucon whereof requireth greate paines, charge, care, and expence, which\nour said subiect intendeth to vndergoe, for the better enabling and incouraging\nof our said subiect in prformance of the misses, wee have thought meete and\nnecessarie that he should have to himselfe such benefitt, profitt, and advan-\ntage for the terme of twentie and one yeres next coming after the\ndate hereof as shall happen to be raysed, had, gained, made, or gotten by"
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"page_num": 16,
"page_text": "the vse, knowledge, excise, and meanes of such engines, instrumente, tooles,\ninvenčons, plotte and addicon of instrumente, engines, tooles, and plotte\nwhatsoever, as for the purpose or intent aforesaid now have ben or shalbe\nframed, made, devised, plotted, piected, or invented by our said subiect,\nhis executors, administratore, or assignes, or by any other, by his or their\nmeanes, cause, appointment, or assignement during the said terme. And that\nnoc pson or psons within our said dominions shall presume, attempt, practise,\nor goe about, directlic or indirectlic, by any waies or meanes whatsoever, device,\ndevices, or meanes, to make, vse, excise, or practise the same or like engines,\ninstrumente, tooles, inuenčons, device, devices, plotte by our said subiect already\npractised, invented, devised, putt in vse, plotted, or contrived for the purpose\naforesaid, and not already known, vsed, and practised by other our subiecte, and\nwhich at any tyme or tymes hereafter during the said terme shalbe by him,\nhis executors, servante, assignec, assignes, or any other, by his, their, or\nany of their meanes, cause, or appointment, shalbe newly plotted, devised,\npractised, invented, or putt in vsc as aforesaid, together alsoe with all\nsuch benefitt, profitt, seom, soñes of mony, and advantage whatsoever as\nby any waies or meanes shalbe raised, gayned, gotten, and which may arise,\ncome, growe, or be had by reason or meanes of the misses, or any part\nthereof, in any manner wise; and if any manner of river, cutt, lock, mill,\nmill dame, dames, water, watercourse, bridge, streame, or ditch, now cutt or\nhereafter to be cutt, made, Ppared, builded, contrived, or invented by our\nsubicct, or by any other by or through his meanes, cause, consent, or\nappointment.\nNOWE KNOWE YEE, that wee, of our especiall grace, ineere močon,\nand certaine knowledge, have given and graunted, and by theis psente doe for\nvs, our heires and successors, for as much as in vs is, give and graunte full;\nfree, and absolute lycense, power, authoritie, and priviledge vnto the said John\nGason, his executore, administrators, deputie, deputies, assignees, and all and\nevery such other pson and psons as shall from tyme to tyme be by him or\nthem lycensed, authorised, or appointed, that he, they, every or anie of them,\ntheir, every and any of their executors, administrators, deputie, deputies;\nassignce or assignes, shall and may to his and their owne pper. vse, benefitt;\nand behoofe, in, by, and throughout anic of our countries, shires, citties,\ntownes, liberties, mannors, land, ground, rivers, streams, waters, cōmons,\nwood, wayes, place and places whatsoever and wheresoever within this our\nrealme of England, dominion or principalitie of Wales, and towne of\nBarwick, in places meete and convenient, from tyme. to time and at all.\ntymes hereafter, during the terme and space of twentic. and one yeres next,"
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"page_num": 17,
"page_text": "ensuing the date hereof, devise, make, cutt, direct, finish, pfect, excise,, prac\ntise, putt in vse and vse, aswell the cutting, contriving, framing, erecting,\nsetting vpp, pfecting and making of all and all manner of locke, sluces, bridges,\ncutte, cranes, mill dames, and other invenčons not repugnant to the lawes and\nstatute of this our realme and dominions, for grinding of corne, raysing of waters,\nmaking of ryvers, waters, and streames navigable and passable, as alsoe to vse,\nexcise, pfect, make, and invent all and all manner of engines, tooles, instru\nmente, and addičon of toole, tooles, invenčon or invenčons whatsoever, as to\nhim or them shall be thought.most apt, meete, and convenient for the pfecting\nand pforming of the pmisses, and everic or any part thereof. And further,\nof our espiall grace, certen knowledge, and meere močon, wee doe, likewise for\nvs, our heires and successore, give and graunte vnto our said subiect, the said\nJohn Gason, his executors, administrators, assignes, deputie and deputies\nwhatsoever, not onelie our free, full, and absolute power, licence, priviledge, and\nauthoritie, to take, receave, collect, and gather to his and their owne pper vse all\nand all manner of contribučon, composicon, advantage, and comoditie whatsoever\nwhich shall at any tyme or tymes hereafter during the said terme be by any of our\nloving subiecte whatsoever graunted, allowed, agreed vpon, consented to payo, con-\ntributed, levied, or thought meete to be paid, allowed, or given for, towarde, in\nlieu, or respect of the making, frameing, devising, contriving, cutting, erecting,\nbuilding, setting vpp, pfecting, or inventing of anie mille, cranes, sluces, waters,\nwatercourses, dames, locke vppon water or wharfes, bridges, cutte, and other\ninventon or invenčons and addičon of inuenčon or inuenčons whatsoever, to be\ninvented, made, erected, cutt, pfected, sett vpp, framed, or devised by our\nsaid subiect, his executors, administrators, servante, deputie, deputies, assignee\nor 'assignes, or any other pson or psons, by his or their meanes, charges, cause,\npeurement, invenčon, or device, to the intent and purposes aforesaid, within\nand vppon any mannors, lande, woode, streames, waters, rivers, place or places\nwhatsoever, within our said realme and dominion or principality of Wales\nand towne of Barwick, without the lett, hindrance, molestacon, contradicon,\nimpediment or interrupcon of vs. our heires or successors, or any other pson\nor psons by our meanes, and without any accompt or other thing to be\nrendred to vs, our heires or successors for the same (other than as hereafter in\ntheise sente is menconed and expressed), but alsoe to have, take, receave,\npecave, hold,,& enioye all and all manner of profitt, comodities, benefitt,\nadvantage and priviledge whatsoever which by anie waics or meanes shall\narrise, accruc, come, growe, be bad, made, or gotten, as well by reason, force,\nor meanes of anie vessell, boate, lighter, keele, wherry, or barke whatsoever\nwhich shall or may at any tyme or tymnes passe, come, ride, anker, lye, rest."
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"page_num": 18,
"page_text": "or sayle in, vppon, at, to or fro any the rivers, cutte, passages, streames or waters\nsoc to be cutt, made navigable, 01 pfected as aforesaid; as alsoc of any bridge,\nbridges, sluce, sluces, mill, mille, dame, dames, and all and singuler other the\nPmisses aforesaid, and every or any of them, and of everic or any part or\nparcell thereof in any manner wise, without any of our lett, deniall, con-\ntradicon, or impediment whatsoever, or without rendring, yielding, or delivering\nof any manner of accompt or accompte, payment or other thing for the same,\n(other then as hereafter in theise psente is lymited and expressed). And for that\nwee doe well knowe that the effecting and pfecting of the misses will amount\nto a veric great charge to our said subiect, (the same tending to doe generall\na good,) wee thinke it not meete that anie other taking light or directon of his\npicct, labour, travell, and charge, should take benefitt by vsing of the same or\nthe like, to the losse, burt, or hindrance of our said subiect, wee, therefore,\nbeing willing to encourage our said subiect in soe good a worke, and mynding\nalsoe that he may have the benefitt of the same for the terme abovesaid, doc\ntherefore by theise psente will and straightlie comaund and phibite that\nnoe pson or psons whatsoever, of what degree, qualitic, or condicon he or\nthey be or shalbe, at any tyme or tymes hereafter (other then the said John\nGason, his executors, administrators, or assignes, servante, factors, deputic\nor deputies, or such as shalbe by him or them lycensed or appointed,\nor which shall give contentment or agreement to him, them, some or\none of them, attempt, practise, Psume, or goe about, by any way, device,\nor meanes, directlie or indirectlic, to passe, sayle, ride, goe, remaine\nto, at, vppon, in, by, or from any the rivers, streames, water, sluces, cutte, or\n'dames soe to be cutt, made navigable, pfected, or done by the said John\nGason, his executore, administrators, or assignes, deputic or deputies as\naforesaid, or intermeddle, deale, excise, practise, vse, occupie, make, build,\nsett upp, finishe, or putt in vse, in, at, or vppon the same or any other place\nor places within this our said realme or dominions and towne aforesaid any\nmanner of mill, mille, sluce, sluces, lock, locke, bridge, bridges, engine or\nengines, such or the like as by our said subiect, his executore or assignes,\ndeputie or deputies, or any other by his, their, or any of their meanes, have\nben first invented, piccted, or sett vpp, or whereof they, every, or any of them\nshall hereafter first finde, piect, practise, or putt in vse during the said terme\nof twentie and one yeres, nor any of the tooles, plotte, invenčons, instrumente,\nor addicon of tooles, invenčons, instrumente, boates, keeles, barkes, wherries,\nor other vessell whatsoever first by them, everie, or any of them devised,\ninvented, or putt in vse, or to be devised, invented, or putt in vse during the\nterme aforesaid, without the lycense of the said John Gason, his executors,"
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"page_num": 19,
"page_text": "administrators, or servante, deputic or deputies, assignce or assignes, thereunto\nfirst had and obtained, vppon paine and pill not onelie of our high displeasure\nand the displeasures of our heires and successors, but alsoe of the forfeiture of\nall and every such boate, vessel, wherry, mill, sluce, locke, bridge, engine,\ntoole, instrument, inventon, and device soe erected, made, sett vpp, or putt in\nvse, contrarie to this our true meaning, and the meaning of theise psente in\nany manner wise. Provided alwaies, and our expresse minde and will is,\nthat he, the said John Gason, his excutors, administrators, servante, deputie,\ndeputies, assignee or assignes, shall not by cullor of theise Pesente psume nor\nbe soe bold as to make, attempt, or cause to be made any cutt, river, water,\nwatercourse, mill dame, cranc, bridge, streame, or current whatsoever, in or\nvpon any of the lande, grounde, woodes, or waters of vs, our heires or successors,\nor any of our said subiccte in any place or places whatsoever, but where tho\nsame may convenientlie be pfected pformed, made, and done, to the least\ndetriment of vs and of all and every of our said subiecte, and not in or\nvppon anie of the lande, tenemente, woode, waters, or groundes of vs, our\nheires or successors, or of any of our said subiecte, but first compounding\nand agreeing with vs, our heires and successors, or with the owner and\nowners of the misses for such and soe much of the same as he, they, every\nor any of then, shall have needeful cause of imployment for the said intent\nand purposes before declared. And the said John Gason, his executors\nand assignes, shall further, att his and their owne cost and charges, make,\nerect, and maintaine convenient and good bridges over the rivers and waters,\nstreames, sluces, cutte, and places, by him or them soc cutt and to be cutt,\nvsed, compounded for, or imployed. And as our desire is that this our\ngraunte may have due exceucon and peeeding according to the good purpose\naforesaid, and for avoyding of many inconveniences which may befall, to the\nlett of the same, by the obstinacy of some evil disposed psons, therefore our\nwill and pleasure is, and wee doe ordaine, that noc pson or psons whatsoever,\nowner or owners or possessors of anic mannor, lande, woode, or waste whatsoever,\nwhere our said subiect John Gason, his executors, administrators, servante,\ndeputie, deputies, assignee, or assignes, shall have necessary occasion to\ncompound for or in respect of the Pinisses Psume to refuse a reasonable\ncomposicon for such trespas or damage, as he, they, or any of them shall\nreccave or sustaine in lieu of the Pmisses or anic thing touching the same,\nor anie part thereof, in any manuer wise, nor contradict, gainesay, or resist\nour said subicct, his executors, administrators, servaate, laborers, deputie or\ndeputies, with his, their, or anie of their carte. waynes, horses, teames, and\ncarriages whatsoever, offering and giving reasonable composicons as aforesaid,"
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"page_num": 20,
"page_text": "in pformimg, pfecting, making, cutting, doing, and erecting of the said cranes,\nengines, mille, sluces, cutte and other the misses aforesaid, vppon paine of\nour high displeasure to be encurred for the contempt of our royall will in\nthat behalfe. And further, wee doe by theise psente straightlic charge and\ncumaunde all sheriffe, justices, maiors, bayliffe, constables, and other our\nofficers and ministers whatsoever to whome it shall appertaine, that they,\nevery and any of them, be from, tyme to tyme ayding and assisting vnto our\nsaid subiect John Gason, his executors, administrators, servante, laborers,\ndeputic, deputies, assignee, and assignes, in the doing, executing, pforming,\nand finishing of all and singuler the composicons, orders, and agreement (\naforesaid, and of all and singuler other the misses aforesaid, and every part\nthereof, according to the purpose, effect, and true meaning of theis psente,\nsoe farr forth as to them, every or anie of them, shall and may belong or\napptaine in anywise during the said terme, to have, hold, vsc, ex'cise, enioye,\nreceave, pecave, practise, and pforme all, every, and any the licences, powers,\npriviledges, authorities, tooles, engines, instrumente, proffitte, benefitte, anuall\npayment, colleccons, some and sōmes of monie and other advanwhat-\nsoever, before in theise sente given, graunted, or appointed, or meant or\nmenconed to be given, graunted, or appointed, assigned, licenced, or authorized\nvnto our said subicct John Gason, his executors, administrators, assignee and\nassignes, deputie and deputies, and to all and every and any of them, from\nthe date of theis Psente, vnto the end and terme of one and twentic yeres\nfrom thence next ensuing fully to be compleate and ended, to his and their\nown pper vse, benefitt, behoofe, and advantage, yielding and paying therefore\nyearelic vnto vs, our heires and successors att the receipt of the exchequer of\nvs, our heires and successors, at Westi, during the said terme, the yerelie\nrent or farme of fortic shilling of lawful mony of England at the\nfeast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Michaell\nthe Archangell, or within one and twentie dayes next after either of the\nsaid feast, yerelie by even and equall porcons. And wee are further\npleased and doe, for vs, our heires and successors, of our speciall grace\nand favour, graunte to the said John Gason, bis executors, administrators, and\nassignes, that theis our Lies Patente shalbe taken, construed, and adiudged\nin all and every our courte of justice to be most availeable for the said John\nGason, his executors, administrators, and assignes, against vs, our heires and\nsuccessors, notwithstanding the not describing the certentie of the forme or\nfashion of engines, instrumente, or devices to be vsed for and about the misses,\nand notwithstanding any other devices and incertenties in the same, or anic\nstatute, provision, pelaunaton, restraint, cause, matter, or thinge to the con-"
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"page_num": 21,
"page_text": "trary thereof, in any wise notwithstanding. Provided alwaies, that if at any\ntime hereafter, vppon the examinacon had and taken by or before any six or\nmore of our Privic Councell (the said John Gason, his executors or assignes,\nbeing therevnto called, they shall declare in writing vnder their hand that\ntheise our Lřes Patente of priviledge are or shalbe found inconvenient to this\nour realme, that then vpon significaton of our will and pleasure, given and\npublished by vs vnder our signe manuell, signett, or privie scale, for the\nrevoking and delmining of theise psente, theis our Lřes Patente of priviledge\nshall forthwith and ymediately cease, determyne, and be vtterly void, frustrate,\nand of none effect, any thing therein contayned to the contrary thereof in\nanywise notwithstanding.\nOr, ac.\nnes ourselic at Westminster, the One and\ntwentieth day of July.\nP bře de priuato sigillo, &c."
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GB161700001A
| 1,617 | [{"page_num":1,"page_text":"Irelande, Defendor of the Faith. &c., to all justices of peace. mayors.\(...TRUNCATED) | ["irelande","defendor","of","the","faith","c.","to","all","justices","of","peace","mayors","sherriff(...TRUNCATED) | [{"class":"PER","entity_text":"Aron Rathborne","start":993,"end":1007,"person_id":[1],"inventor_id":(...TRUNCATED) |
|
GB161700002A
| 1,617 | [{"page_num":1,"page_text":"come, greetinge.\nWHEREAS our welbeloved servaunt, NICHOLAS HILLYARD, Ge(...TRUNCATED) | ["come","greetinge","whereas","our","welbeloved","servaunt","nicholas","hillyard","gent","our","prin(...TRUNCATED) | [{"class":"PER","entity_text":"NICHOLAS HILLYARD,","start":50,"end":68,"person_id":[1],"inventor_id"(...TRUNCATED) |
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GB161700004A
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GB161800008A
| 1,618 | "C TEINE NEW WAY AND MEANES FOR THE DRAYNING CTEINE AND DRAWING OF WATERS OUTTE OF MYNES, COLEPITTE,(...TRUNCATED) | [{"page_num":1,"page_text":"JAMES, by the grace of God King of England, Scotland, France, and.\nIrel(...TRUNCATED) | ["james","by","the","grace","of","god","king","of","england","scotland","france","and","ireland","de(...TRUNCATED) | [{"class":"PER","entity_text":"JAMES","start":0,"end":5,"person_id":[1],"inventor_id":88424,"latitud(...TRUNCATED) |
GB161800006A
| 1,618 | "NEWE, APTE, OR COMPENDIOUS FORMES OR KIND OF ENGINES OR INSTRU- MENT, AND OTHER PRITABLE INVENCONS,(...TRUNCATED) | [{"page_num":1,"page_text":"JAM\nad, Scotland, Fraunce, and\nIreland, Defendor of the Fayth, &c., to(...TRUNCATED) | ["jam","ad","scotland","fraunce","and","ireland","defendor","of","the","fayth","c.","to","all","to",(...TRUNCATED) | [{"class":"PER","entity_text":"DAVID RAMSEY","start":188,"end":200,"person_id":[1],"inventor_id":341(...TRUNCATED) |
GB161800010A
| 1,618 | "A NEW APT OR COMPENDIOUS FORME OR KINDE OF ENGINE OR INSTRUMENT TO BE PUT IN VSE, DRIVEN, AND WROUG(...TRUNCATED) | [{"page_num":1,"page_text":"JAMES, by the Grace of God King of England, Scotland, France, and\nIrela(...TRUNCATED) | ["james","by","the","grace","of","god","king","of","england","scotland","france","and","ireland","de(...TRUNCATED) | [{"class":"PER","entity_text":"Sir Bevis Bulmer","start":162,"end":178,"person_id":[1],"inventor_id"(...TRUNCATED) |
GB161800009A
| 1,618 | "ENGINE OR INSTRUMENT CALLED OR TERMED A WATER PLOUGH, FOR THE TAKING VPP OF SAND, GRAVELL, SHELUES,(...TRUNCATED) | [{"page_num":1,"page_text":"JAMES, by the Grace of God, &c., to all to whom these sente shall come,\(...TRUNCATED) | ["james","by","the","grace","of","god","c.","to","all","to","whom","these","sente","shall","come","g(...TRUNCATED) | [{"class":"DATE","entity_text":"Septimo die Novembris","start":187,"end":208,"person_id":null,"inven(...TRUNCATED) |
GB161800007A
| 1,618 | [{"page_num":1,"page_text":"JAMES, by the Grace of God,\nIreland, Defendor of the Fayth, &c., to all(...TRUNCATED) | ["james","by","the","grace","of","god","ireland","defendor","of","the","fayth","c.","to","all","to",(...TRUNCATED) | [{"class":"PER","entity_text":"ABRAHAM BAKER","start":484,"end":497,"person_id":[1],"inventor_id":44(...TRUNCATED) |
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Dataset Card for '300 Years of British Patents'
Dataset Description
300 Years of British Patents is a large-scale dataset of the universe of historical patent specifications published by the British Patent Office between 1617-1899. The dataset contains the titles, full texts of specifications, lists of tokenized words, and extracted named entities for 322,874 specifications.
Dataset Structure
The dataset is structured as a single compressed JSONL. Each line is a patent-level dictionary with the following keys:
| Field Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
patent_id |
str | Unique identifier for each patent |
year |
int | Year the patent specification was filed |
patent_title |
str | Title (or single-line description) of the patent |
full_text |
list[dict] | OCR text organized into page-level dictionaries |
word_tokens |
list[str] | Ordered list of processed words |
front_page_entities |
list[dict] | List of dictionaries containing extracted entities |
Dataset Field Details:
full_text: A list of dictionaries, where each dictionary represents a page and contains:page_num: The number of the page (int)page_text: The OCR-extracted text content for that page (str)
word_tokens: We use spaCy's en_core_web_lg to tokenize the full text into a list of words, dropping numbers and punctuationfront_page_entities: A list of dictionaries, where each dictionary represents an extracted entity and contains:class: The entity class (i.e., either PER, ADD, OCC, FIRM, DATE, or COMM) (str)entity_text: The extracted entity text (str)start: The start index of the entity in the original text (int)end: The end index of the entity in the original text (int)person_id: A unique person identifier for a given patent applied to every detected PER entity, and associated ADD, OCC, FIRM entities (list[int])inventor_id: A unique person identifier across all patents applied to every detected PER entitylatitude: Latitude (in degrees), for ADD entities onlylongitude: Longitude (in degrees), for ADD entities only
Example:
An example of a patent-level dictionary:
{
"patent_id": "GB187901368A",
"year": 1879,
"patent_title": "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF TIN PLATE AND BLACK PLATE, AND IN THE MACHINERY, APPARATUS, AND PROCESSES EMPLOYED IN SUCH MANUFACTURE",
"full_text": [
{
"page_num": 1,
"page_text": "LETTERS PATENT to Henry Bessemer, of Denmark Hill, in the County of\nSurrey, Civil Engineer, and (truncated...)"
},
{
"page_num": 2,
"page_text": "the purposes of our Invention, we therefore prefer to employ homogeneous malleable\niron or mild steel made (truncated...)"
},
(truncated...)
],
"word_tokens": [
"letters",
"patent",
"to",
"henry",
"bessemer",
"of",
"denmark",
"hill",
"in",
"the",
"county",
"of",
"surrey",
"civil",
"engineer",
(truncated...)
],
"front_page_entities": [
{
"class": "DATE",
"entity_text": "1st July 1879",
"start": 341,
"end": 354
},
{
"class": "DATE",
"entity_text": "5th April 1879.",
"start": 370,
"end": 385
},
{
"class": "PER",
"entity_text": "Henry Bessemer",
"start": 18,
"end": 32,
"person_id": [1],
"inventor_id": 18364
},
{
"class": "PER",
"entity_text": "Alfred George Bessemer",
"start": 96,
"end": 118,
"person_id": [2],
"inventor_id": 14250
},
{
"class": "ADD",
"entity_text": "Denmark Hill, in the County of Surrey",
"start": 37,
"end": 74,
"latitude": 51.4748,
"longitude": -0.0594,
"person_id": [1]
},
{
"class": "ADD",
"entity_text": "Oakfield, South Dulwich, in the same County",
"start": 123,
"end": 166,
"latitude": 51.4491,
"longitude": -0.0667,
"person_id": [2]
},
{
"class": "OCC",
"entity_text": "Civil Engineer",
"start": 76,
"end": 90,
"person_id": [1]
}
]
},
Usage
The easiest way to use the dataset is with the HuggingFace `datasets' library.
from datasets import load_dataset
dataset_all_years = load_dataset(
"matthewleechen/300YearsOfBritishPatents",
data_files="all_patents.jsonl.gz"
)
We provide a Colab starter notebook here to inspect the data, convert to an inventor-patent CSV, and try out our named entity recognition models.
Language
English
Dataset Authors
Enrico Berkes (Maryland), Matthew Lee Chen (Harvard), Matteo Tranchero (UPenn)
License
CC BY-SA 4.0
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