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B04534 The letters patents of the States-General, (translated out of Dutch) granted to William Walcot, esq; upon their seeing the demonstrations of his art of making sea-water fresh, &c. And putrified water wholesome. United Provinces of the Netherlands. Staten Generaal. 1693 (1693) Wing N486B; ESTC R3622 4,251 8

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THE Letters Patents OF THE States-General Translated out of DUTCH GRANTED TO William Walcot Esq Upon their Seeing the Demonstrations of his ART of Making Sea-Water Fresh c. And Putrified-Water Wholesome THE States General of the United Netherlands To all that shall see these Presents or hear the same to be read Greeting We do make known That we Received the Humble Petition to us presented in the Name and on the behalf of William Walcot purporting that he the Petitioner by the Use of his own Industry had found out a New Invention not only to make Foul Stinking Water useful to be Drank but also and principally Salt or Brackish Water comeing out of the Sea to make Sweet and Fresh in a short time in great quantities for all Ships in long Voyages at Sea upon Reasonable Termes and to Make and Use the same as occasion shall be in Cities Legers and Ships or elsewhere where no Fresh Water is to be had and where Annoyed with Brackish or Stinking Water for the Ease and Sustenance of all Men as well by Land as upon the Water upon any occasion whatsoever For the finding out of which Invention the Petitioner had been at great Expence and that therefore he ought to enjoy he Benefit thereof And that he the Petitioner was informed that some Ill Designing Persons were endeavouring to Imitate his said Invention and so to draw the Benefit from him He thereupon desiring our Octroy or Patent and we having taken the same into our Consideration and finding our selves inclined to the Prayer of the Petitioner Have Consented Agreed and Granted unto him and by these Presents do Consent Agree and Grant unto him that he only 〈…〉 of all ●●●ers Make Practise let at Work and Use and also Sell the said New Invention for the Term of Fifteen Years now next Ensuing in these Vnited Netherlands Associated Countreys Cities and Members thereof for making Stinking Waters useful to be Drank and Salt or Brackish Water Sweet and Fresh And we therefore Prohibit all and every the Inhabitants of the aforesaid Vnited Netherlands Associated Countreys Cities and Members thereof within the said Space of Fifteen Years next Ensuing the said New Invention in part or in whole either great or small to Imitate or cause to be Imitated or being Imitated to Import Sell or Use the same under forfeiture of all the Imitated Works and Instruments And moreover of the Sum of Three Thousand Carolus Gilders One Third Part thereof to go to the Officer who shall Inform another Third Part to the Use of the Poor and the remaining Third Part to the Use of the Petitioner Ordering and Commanding all Officers Justices Magistrates and Inhabitants of the aforesaid Countreys and all others whom it may Concern that they permit and suffer the said Petitioner to Enjoy and have the full Effect of this our Octroy Consent and Priviledge any Let or Opposition to the contrary notwithstanding He the Petitioner being nevertheless bound by this our Octroy to Desire and also Obtain an Octroy from such Province or Provinces where he shall Practice and set at Work his aforesaid New Invention Given at the Hague under the Seal of the State and the Firm of the Lord presiding in our Assembly and the Hand of our Secretary the 16 th of Septemb. 1684. By the Command of the aforesaid Lords States General L. S. Francis Verbolt H. Fagell This Agrees in Substance with the Original London the 17 th of January 1692. WILLIAM SCOREY Not. THE Letters Patents OF THE States of Holland Translated out of DUTCH GRANTED TO William Walcot Esq Upon their Seeing the Demonstrations of his ART of Making Sea-Water Fresh c. And Putrified-Water Wholesome THE States of Holland and West-Friezeland do make known That Whereas William Walcot Esq hath shewed unto Us That he Petitioner by Long Study and Unwearied Labour and very great Charge in making Instruments for Tryal of Experiments hath perfectly Attained the so long sought for Art of Making of all Impure Stinking as also Salt and Brackish Water Sweet Fresh and Wholesome for the Service and Support of all Men by great Quantities in a Short Time and with small Charge the Clear Proof whereof the Petitioner had shewn in part to the Lords Deputies out of the Assembly of Their High and Mightinesses and likewise to several of Our Assembly But the further Serviceableness and Benefit he will make more clearly appear when the same shall be brought under the Protection of our Grant with Exclusion of all other Gain-seeking Men for a General Use both by Sea and Land The Petitioner humbly requests that We would please to take into Consideration the Resolution of their High and Mightinesses Dated the 11th of March 1684. Exhibited unto us taken upon a Request of the Petitioner delivered to their High and Mightinesses therein Offering That if his Adversary Mr. Fitz-Gerald with his Adherents could in all things Out-do and better Manage and Work the Petitioners Invention than the Petitioner they might then obtain a Free Grant and the Petitioner notwithstanding the Great Charges he hath been at would be content to depart without Speaking of a Conjunction or Asking a Grant And forasmuch as it did very Clearly Appear to their High and Mightinesses and to divers of Our Assembly by the Petitioners Grant from the King of England Dated the 28th of October 1675 That the Petitioner was the True Inventor and the first who had given Right Demonstration thereof and that his Opponents could as yet do no otherwise than what in times of Necessity many Years past had been done in Ships but was never Approved for Good or Wholesome Water In pursuance whereof the Petitioner desires the Benefit of the above-mentioned Resolution Also the Allowing of Two Grants for one and the same Invention was a thing contrary to the General Custom of Nations and would hinder the Practice of Art as appear'd in England and at once discourage the Petitioner to put forward in the same for then his Opponents making themselves Masters thereof would quickly Vaunt it over all the World of which the Petitioner hath already had some effect and thrust the Petitioner thereout they as is now clearly manifest had not the Art to make Salt-Water standing Foul and Stinking Water Wholesome or to do more or otherwise than any Ordinary Distiller who might altogether pretend to as much Right to a Grant as his Opponents The Petitioner most humbly Requested that we would please to observe that the whole Regard and Design of his Opponents appears here to be as they have done in England to hinder the Petitioners pa●t Design of putting in Practice his Laudable Invention a Matter of so great Esteem and Serviceableness for the Whole World and to force him to a Complyance whereby the Fruits of the Petitioners Study Cost and Labour might be brought to them as they had Endeavoured to do in England by Great Expences of Money and Powerful Interest of Friends against
which the Petitioner did not use such Means but submitted his Case to the Justice and High Wisdom of Our Famous Assembly on which it now depends to keep alive this Serviceable Secret that it may be made Practicable in the World The Premisses being considered the Petitioner most humbly prayed That We would please to bestow on him a Grant Prohibiting all others directly or indirectly by Sea or by Land to Serve themselves therewith and that for so many Years as has been Granted by Us to other Finders out of Inventions of great Weight Now So it is That We having Consider'd the aforesaid Case and Request and being Inclined at the Petitioners Prayers after having taken the Judgment and Advice of the Lords Deputies of the City of Dort and others by Us Appointed for Sea-Affairs and Manufactures Have of Our Right Knowledge Soveraign Power and Authority Consented Agreed and Granted We do Consent Agree and Grant unto the Petitioner by these presents That he during the Time of Fifteen Years next following with his Heirs Executors and Assigns his said Invention of making Foul Stinking and Salt-Water Sweet and Good as well by Sea as on Land within our said Countreys Only shall and may Make and Use and Cause to be Made Used and Practised Forbidding therefore all and every Person to make Use of his said Invention and Works Directly or Indirectly at Sea or on Land or to Imitate the same or the same being Counterfeited to bring or Sell the same in Our said Countreys upon Forfeiture of the Imitated Works and a Fine of Fifteen Hundred Gilders to be Forfeited over and above to be Applyed One Third Part to the Informer One Third Part to the Poor of the Place where it shall happen and the Remaining Third Part to the Petitioner his Heirs Executors and Assigns And to the End the Petitioner may Enjoy this Our Consent and Grant as he ought We Charge all and every Whom it may Concern that they may Permit and Suffer the Petitioner peaceably quietly and fully to Use and Enjoy what is here contained any thing to the contrary notwithstanding Done at the Hague under Our Great Seal here Appending the Fourteenth of September in the Year of Our Lord and Saviour One Thousand Six Hundred Eighty Four Gasp Fagel By Ordinance of the States Simon Van Beaumont It Agreeth in Substance with the Original Which I Testifie London 16th January 1692. WILLIAM WIGHTMAN Not. THE Letters Patents OF THE States of Zeeland Translated out of DUTCH GRANTED TO William Walcot Esq For the Encouragement of his ART of Making Sea-Water Fresh c. And Putrified-Water Wholesome THE States of the Land and Earldom of Zeeland do make known That we having seen the Octroy Granted by the High and Mighty Lords States General of the Vnited Netherlands and of the Lords States of Holland and Friezeland to William Walcot Esq for the Space of Fifteen Years all Salt Brackish and Stinking Water Fresh Clear Sweet and Sound to make but chiefly Salt and Brackish Water coming out of the Sea in a short Time and great Quantities for all Ships in long Voyages at Sea upon Reasonable Terms to make Sweet and Fresh Water and as occasion shall serve to cause the same to be made for and used in Cities Legers and Ships or elsewhere where no Fresh-Water can be obtained and where Annoyed with Salt Brackish or Stinking Water for the Ease and Support of all Persons as well by Land as upon the Water upon any Occasion whatsoever for the finding out of which Invention great Charges had been Expended so that of Right he ought to Enjoy the Benefit thereof but the Petitioner being Informed that some Ill Designing Persons Endeavoured to Imitate his aforesaid Invention and so to deprive him of the Benefit of the same He therefore desired Our Octroy Which having consider'd So it is That we finding our selves inclinable to the Prayer of the aforesaid Petitioner have Consented Agreed and Granted unto him and do Consent Agree and Grant by these Presents That he Only with Exclusion of all others for the Space of Fifteen Years next Ensuing in this Province the aforesaid New Invention of Making Stincking-Water fit to be Drank and Salt or Brackish Sweet and Fresh Water may Make Exercise Set at Work and Use also Sell and Dispose of the same Forbidding all and every the Inhabitants within the aforesaid time of Fifteen Years next Ensuing the said New Invention in Whole or in Part Great or Small to Imitate or cause to be Imitated or Used or Imitated elsewhere to be Brought Sold or Used in this Province under Forfeiture of all the Imitated Works and Instruments And moreover the Sum of Fifteen Hundred Gilders One Third to go to the Officer who shall Inform One Third to the Poor of the Place where the Matter shall happen and the remaining Third Part to the Petitioner We Charging and Commanding all and every one whom it may Concern That they Permit and Suffer the Petitioner Peaceably Quietly and Entirely to Enjoy and Use the Contents of this Our Octroy all Impediments to the contrary notwithstanding With a Hanging Seal Thus done at the Court of Zeeland at Middlebrough the 30 th of April 1685. By Command of the aforesaid Lords States V. Verheye This Agrees in Substance with the Original London the 17th of January 1692 3. WILLIAM SCOREY Not.