38 THE WEDGWOODS. 



" Know ye that we graciously tendring and effecting the generall 

 good and benifitt of our kingdomes and our subjecte of the same, and 

 to the end that as well the said Thomas Eous, als Eius, may receave 

 some convenient recompence and proffitte out of their owne labours 

 and endeavours as reason requireth, as also that other our loving 

 subjecte may be thereby encouraged in the like laudable service 

 and endeavours for the comon good of their countiy, and for other 

 consideracons vs herevnto moving of our especiall grace, certeyne 

 knowledge and meare mocon we have given and granted ; and by 

 these presente, for vs, our heires, and successors, doe give and grant 

 full and free lycence, priviledge, power, and authority, vnto the 

 said Thomas Eons, als Eius, and Abraham Cullin, and eyther 

 of them, their and eyther of their .executors and administrators, and 

 their, and every, or any of their deputies and assignes having 

 authority from them or any of them in that behalfe, that they and 

 every or any of them, and non others, shall and may from tyme to 

 tyme, and at all tymes, for and during the tearme of fowerteene yeares 

 nexte ensueing the date hereof, within these our Eealmes of England 

 and Ireland, and the Dominions thereof, at their or any of their 

 liberty and pleasure, vse, exercise, practise, and put in vse the arte 

 and feate of frameing, workeing, and makeing of all and all manner 

 of potte, jugge, and bottell, comonly called or knowne by the name 

 or names of stone potte, stone jugge, and stone bottelle, whatsoever, 

 whereof the like hath not heretofore beene vsually made or wrought 

 within our said realmes and dominions, and also to make, erecte, 

 and set vpp in any ground, place, or places whatsoever, within our 

 said realmes and dominions, with the consent, t agrement, and good 

 likeing of the persons to whome the same shall belong, any fornace 

 or fornaces whatsoever, concerning the said feate or arte of frameing, 

 workeing, and makeing of stone potte, stone jugge, and stone 

 bottell, and the same soe made to vtter and sell in grose or by 

 retayle, or otherwise to doe away or dispose of the same at their 

 or any of their will and pleasuer, and to their or any of their best 

 comodity and proffitt, during the said tearme of fowerteene yeares ; 

 and therefore our will and pleasure is, and we doe by these Presente 

 for vs, our heires, and successors, straightly charge, and prohibite, 

 and forbidd all and every person and persons, as well our naturall 

 borne subiecte, as aliens, denizens, and strangers whatsoever (other 

 than the said Thomas Ecus, als Eius, and Abraham Cullin, and 

 eyther of them, their and eyther of their executors, administrators, 

 and assignes, and such as shall by them or any of them be sett on 

 worke, licenced, or authorised), that they or any of them doe nott 



