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HARDWICKE PAPERS. Vol. DCCLXXV. Warrants to the Attorney- or Solicitor-General for patents for inventions; 1720- 1733, 1757-1766. Signed by the King or Lords Justices, and countersigned by Secretaries of State. The 1st Lord Hardwicke was Solicitor-General 1720-1724, and Attorney-General 1724-1733; Charles Yorke was Solicitor-General 1756-1762, and Attorney- General 1762-1763 and 1765-1766. Among the inventions is a steam-engine to propel ships, by John Allen, M.D., 1729 (f. 120). The patents and patentees appear in the index. Paper; ff. 312. Folio.

Inventions: Warrants for patents: 1720-1766.

Patents: Patents for inventions: 1720-1766.

includes:

f. 1 Thomas Forrester, Smelter: Patent for refining iron: 1720.
ff. 1, 3, 13, 16, 24, 71, 73, 82, 98, 143, 145, 159, 223, 225, 250, 296 Smelting: Patents relating to: 1720 -1766.
ff. 1-178 Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke: Warrants to, as Solicitor and Attorney General: 1720-1733.
ff. 1-5 John Craggs, junior; Secretary of State., etc: Warrants signed by, as Secretary of State: 1720, 1721.
ff. 1-80 George I of England: Warrants signed by: 1720-1727.
ff. 3, 16 George Moore: Patents for refining copper: 1720, 1722.
f. 7 Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland: Warrants signed by, as Lord Justice, etc.: 1720.
f. 7 Charles Fitz-Roy, 2nd Duke of Grafton: Warrants signed by, as Lord Justice: 1720-1743.
f. 7 John Craggs, junior; Secretary of State., etc: Warrants signed by, as Lord Justice: 1720.
f. 7 John Ker, 1st Duke of Roxburghe: Warrants signed by, as Lord justice: 1720-1725.
f. 7 Thomas Parker, 1st Baron Parker; 1st Earl of Macclesfield: Warrants signed by, as Lord Justice.: 1720.
f. 7 Charles Powlett, Marquess of Winchester; 2nd Duke of Bolton 1699: Warrants signed by, as Lord Justice: 1720-1725.
f. 7 Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston: Warrants signded by, as Lord Justice: 1720-1725.
ff. 7, 52 James Berkeley, 3rd Earl of Berkeley: Warrants signed by: 1720, 1725-1727.
ff. 7, 52 William Wake, Archbishop of Canterbury: Warrants signed by, as Lord Justice: 1720, 1725.
ff. 7, 52 Charles Delafaye, Under Secretary of State: Warrants signed by: 1720-1725.
ff. 7, 9, 13, 20, 26, 48, 60-64, 71-76, 80, 87, 91, 95, 98, 102, 107, 110, 116, 118, 122, 124 Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend: Wirrants signed by: 1720-1730.
ff. 7, 91, 93, 130, 151, 161 Navigation: Warrants for patents for instruments, etc.: 1720-1731.
f. 9 Henry Browne: Patent for beating hemp: 1721.
ff. 9, 20, 52, 78, 112,126, 132, 134, 171, 199, 219, 234, 242, 298, 304, 310 Weaving: Patents relating to: 1721-1766.
f. 11 Matthew Tyndale: Warrant for patent for chalk manure: 1721.
ff. 11, 16, 18, 22, 24 John Carteret, Baron Carteret; Earl Granville, Secretary of State, etc: Warrants, etc., signed by: 1721-1724, 1742-1745.
ff. 11, 28, 46, 107, 124, 137, 149 Agriculture: Patents relating to: 1721-1731.
f. 13 Jonathan Brown: Patent for melting down iron ore: 1721.
f. 18 Robert Eaton, MD: Patent for medicine: 1722.
ff. 18, 54, 155, 181, 183, 190, 192, 217, 221, 229, 270, 290, 308 Medicine: Patents for medicines, etc.: 1722-1766.
f. 22 Thomas Cohue, Mariner: Patent for protecting ships'bottoms: 1723.
ff. 22, 85, 120, 128, 231, 265 Ships: Patents relating to: 1723-1763.
f. 32 William Mason: Patent for raising water by a siphon: 1724.
f. 32 Thomas Champflower: Patent for raising water by a siphon: 1724.
f. 34 Francis Scobell: Patent for raising water: 1724.
f. 39 Valentine Flower, Plumber: Patent for raising water: 1724.
f. 41 Case Billingsley: Warrants for patents: 1724, 1727.
f. 43 Henry White: Patent for ship's pump: 1724.
f. 46 George. Woodroffe, Miller: Patent for cleaning grain: 1725.
f. 52 Simon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt: Warrants signed by, as Lord Justice: 1725.
f. 52 Sir Peter King, Baron King; Chief Justice of Common Pleas: Warrants signed by, as Lord Justice: 1725.
f. 62 Joseph Brook: Patent for raising water: 1726.
ff. 64, 165 Thomas Benson, Engineer: Warrants for patents: 1726, 1731.
ff. 64, 89, 118, 165, 177, 280, 284 Potteries: Patents relating to: 1726-1766.
f. 68 Droitwich, Worcestershire: Patent for boiling brine: 1726.
ff. 68, 203 Salt: Patents for making: 1726, 1761.
f. 71 Francis Wood: Reference, etc., concerning patent for smelting: 1726, 1727.
f. 73 William Fallowfield: Patent for smelting iron: 1727.
f. 76 Nicholas Took: Warrant for patent for making glass: 1727.
ff. 76, 187, 288 Glass: Warrants for patents for making: 1727-1766.
f. 78 Peter Blanchard, Engine-weaver: Patent for silk laces: 1727.
f. 78 Isaac Blanchard: Patent for silk laces: 1727.
ff. 80, 294 Stirrups: Patents relating to: 1727, 1766.
f. 82 Benjamin Lund: Patent for refining copper: 1727.
ff. 82, 85 Francis Hauksbee: Patent for refining copper, etc.: 1727, 1728.
ff. 82-201 George II of England: Warrants to Lord Hardwicke signed by: 1727-1760.
f. 91 Jonah Crathorne, Watchmaker: Patent for a pendulum quadrant: 1728.
f. 93 John Elton, Mariner: Patent for taking the sun's altitude: 1728.
f. 95 William Chapman, Coach-maker: Warrant for patent: 1728.
ff. 95, 153, 179, 209, 211, 276, 306 Coachbuilding: Patents for springs, etc.: 1728-1766.
f. 98 William Wood: Warrant for patent for smelting iron: 1728.
f. 100 William Stammers: Patent for rectifying spirits: 1728.
f. 102 Ordnance: Warrant for patent for a new cannon: 1728.
f. 102 Henry Browne: Patent for a new cannon: 1728.
f. 107 Thomas Liveings: Patent for manure: 1728.
f. 110 Thomas Bewley, Plumber: Patent for raising water: 1728.
f. 112 Martin Bedwell: Patent for spinning hemp, flax, etc.: 1729.
ff. 114, 116, 268 Chimneys: Patents for preventing smoking: 1729, 1763.
f. 116 William Fabene: Patent for preventing smoky chimneys: 1729.
f. 116 Edward Campbell: Patent for preventing smoky chimneys: 1729.
f. 118 Samuel Bell: Patent for making stoneware: 1729.
f. 120 John Allen, MD: Patent for a steam-engine for propelling ships, etc.: 1729.
f. 120 Steam: Patent to propel ships by: 1729.
ff. 120, 167 George II of England: Warrants signed by Qu. Caroline as "custos regini": 1729, 1732.
f. 122 Walter Churchman: Patent for making chocolate: 1729.
ff. 122, 261 Chocolate: Patents for making: 1729, 1763.
f. 124 John Beaumont, Brewer: Patent for cakes for swine: 1730.
f. 130 Captain Robert Hamblin: Patent for distinguishing lighthouses: 1730.
f. 132 William Mons, Weaver: Patent for crape: 1730.
ff. 132, 134, 149, 153-159, 163, 165, 169, 175, 177 Colonel William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington: Warrants signed by, as Secretary of State: 1730-1746.
f. 137 Disney Stanyforth: Patent for a plough: 1730.
f. 141 John Harris: Patent for a harpsichord: 1730.
f. 145 George Roberts, Chemist: Warrant for patent for refining metals: 1730.
f. 147 William Barton: Patent for pens for harpsichords: 1730.
f. 149 Robert Barlow, Mill-wright: Patent for cleaning wheat: 1731.
f. 151 William Bucknal: Patent for a mathematical instrument for navigation: 1731.
f. 155 Edward Lovel: Patent for a styptic: 1731.
f. 159 Elizabeth Coppin: Warrant for patent: 1731.
f. 163 Reverend John Rowning, Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford: Warrant for patent for a repeating clock: 1731.
f. 167 Brandy: Patent for making, from black-navy. berries: 1732.
f. 175 Walter Churchman: Patent for raising water: 1733.
f. 177 Ralph Shawe, Potter: Patent for earthenware: 1733.
ff. 179, 181, 190-195 Robert D'Arcy, 4th Earl of Holdernesse; Ambassador at Venice (1744), Minister at the Hague (1749), Secretary of State (1751): Warrants, etc., signed by: 1751-1761.
ff. 179-312 Hon Charles Yorke, Lord Chancellor: Warrants to, as Solicitor General and Attorney General: 1756 - 1766.
f. 181 Louis Goy La Blache, Surgeon: Patent for medicine: 1757.
f. 183 William Lowther: Patent for medicine: 1757.
ff. 183-187, 197-207 William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham; Prime Minister: Warrants, etc., signed by, as Secretary of State: 1757-1751.
f. 185 Thomas Bridge: Patent for making rivers navigable: 1757.
f. 187 William Riccards: Warrant for patent for glass-making: 1759.
f. 190 Edward Calvert, Druggist: Patent for medicine: 1760.
f. 195 Isinglass: Patent for: 1760.
f. 195 Humphry Jackson, Chemist: Patent for isinglass: 1760.
f. 197 Gowin Knight, d 1772 FRS; Principal Librarian of the British Museum 1756: Warrant for patent for venetian blinds: 1760.
f. 197 Blinds: Patent for venetian blinds: 1760.
f. 199 Joseph Stell: Patent for weaving ribbons: 1760.
f. 201 Robert Abbatt: Patent for raising water: 1757.
ff. 203, 205 Jonathan Greenall, Engineer: Warrants to, for patents: 1761.
ff. 203-310 George III of England: Warrants signed by: 1760-1766.
f. 207 George Sanderson, Watchmaker: Patent for tools: 1761.
ff. 209-213, 217, 221, 223, 227, 234-239, 244-255 Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont: Warrants signed by, as Secretary of State: 1762, 1763.
ff. 213, 236, 248 Colouring and Gilding: Patents relating to: 1762-1763.
ff. 215, 219 John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute; Prime Minister: Warrants signed by, as Secretary of State, etc.: 1761, 1762.
ff. 215, 278 David Marie, Watchmaker: Warrants for patents: 1762, 1766.
f. 217 Theophilus Lobb, MD: Patent for medicines: 1762.
f. 221 John Ryan, MD: Warrant for patent for medicine: 1762.
f. 225 John Roebuck, MD: Warrant for patent for smelting: 1762.
f. 225 George Grenville, First Lord of the Treasury 1763-1765: Warrants signed by: 1746-1763.
f. 229 John Juniper, Chemist: Patent for medicine: 1762.
ff. 229, 231, 242, 257-263 George Montagu, 2nd Earl of Halifax; afterwards Montagu-Dunk: Warrants signed by, as Secretary of State, etc.: 1762, 1763.
f. 234 Robert Elsden: Patent for weaving: 1762.
f. 236 Nathan Smith, Painter - Stainer: Patent for floor-cloths: 1762.
f. 239 Charles Burne: Patent for raising ballast, sand, etc.: 1763.
f.242 Samuel Elmsley, Woollen - draper: Patent for waterproof: 1763.
f. 244 Robert Lord: Patent for road-making: 1763.
f. 246 Robert Erskine: Patent for raising water: 1763.
f. 248 Carl Friedrich Schmidt, Colour-maker: Patent for varnish: 1763.
f. 250 John Wood: Patent for a melting iron: 1763.
f. 250 Charles Wood: Patent for smelting iron: 1763.
f. 255 Alexander Cockburn, Fishmonger: Patent for curing salmon: 1763.
f. 255 Salmon: Patent for curing salmon: 1763.
f. 259 Windows: Patent for sashes: 1763.
f. 259 Anne Stanley, wife of Sir John Stanley, Baronet: Warrant as Keeper of Somerset House: 1729.
f. 261 William Bill: Patent for making chocolate: 1763.
ff. 265, 268 John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich: Warrants signed by, as Secretary of State: 1763.
ff. 270, 272, 278, 288, 294-298, 302 Henry Seymour-Conway, General, Secretary of State: Warrants signed by, as Secretary of State: 1765, 1766.
f. 272 Charles Douglas Bowden: Patent for raising water: 1765.
ff. 274, 276, 280-286, 290, 292 Augustus Henry Fitz Roy, 3rd Duke of Grafton: Warrants signed by, as Secretary of State: 1765, 1766.
f. 282 Robert Fall: Patent for heating fluids: 1766.
f. 284 Thomas Lindslee, Potter: Patent for making pipes, etc.: 1766.
f. 286 Reverend John Jones, of Limpsfield: Patent for British herb tobacco: 1766.
f. 286 Tobacco: Warrant for patent for British herb tobacco: 1766.
f. 290 Abraham Foster, Peruke-maker: Patent for medicine: 1766.
f. 292 William Blakey, Engineer: Patent for -Working mills: 1766.
f. 294 Christopher Battiscombe: Patent for avoiding entangling in stirrups: 1766.
f. 296 Thomas Cranage, Forgeman: Patent for smelting iron: 1766.
f. 300 Benjamin Martin, Optician: Patent for raising water: 1766.
ff. 300, 304-308 Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond and Lennox: Warrant signed by, as Secretary of State: 1766.
f. 302 Charles Nicholas Michel Babu, Hydraulic Engineer: Patent for raising water.
f. 308 Daniel Sutton, Surgeon: Patent for medicine: 1766.
f. 308 Robert Sutton, Surgeon: Patent for medicine: 1766.
f. 310 William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne; 1st Marquess of Lansdowne; formerly Fitzmaurice: Warrants signed by, as Secretary of State: 1766.
f. 310 Daniel Augustin Marenard: Patent for making gloves, etc.: 1766.

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Abbatt, Robert
Allen, John, MD
Babu, Charles Nicholas Michel, hydraulic engineer, of Jermyn Street, London, fl mid 18th century
Barlow, Robert, mill-wright and patent-holder, fl 1731
Barton, William, inventor, fl 1730
Battiscombe, Christopher, holder of a patent, fl 1766
Beaumont, John, Brewer
Bedwell, Martin
Bell, Samuel
Benson, Thomas, Engineer
Berkeley, James, 3rd Earl of Berkeley
Bewley, Thomas, Plumber
Bill, William
Billingsley, Case, of Add MS 36123
Blakey, William, Engineer
Blanchard, Isaac
Blanchard, Peter, Engine-weaver
Bowden, Charles Douglas
Bridge, Thomas
Brook, Joseph
Brown, Jonathan, of Add MS 36123
Browne, Henry, of Add MS 36123
Bucknal, William
Burne, Charles
Calvert, Edward, Druggist
Campbell, Edward
Carteret, John, Baron Carteret, Earl Granville, Secretary of State, etc
Champflower, Thomas
Chapman, William, Coach-maker
Churchman, Walter
Cockburn, Alexander, Fishmonger
Cohue, Thomas, Mariner
Coppin, Elizabeth
Craggs, John, jun, Secretary of State etc
Cranage, Thomas, Forgeman
Crathorne, Jonah, Watchmaker
D'Arcy, Robert, 4th Earl of Holdernesse, diplomat and politician, 1718-1778
Delafaye, Charles, politician and civil servant, 1677-1762
Eaton, Robert, MD; of Add MS 36123
Elmsley, Samuel, woollen-draper; of Wakefield, fl 1763
Elsden, Robert, inventor of woven quilting, fl 1745-1762
Elton, John, mariner and merchant, fl 1728
Erskine, Robert, of Add MS 36123
Fabene, William, inventor, fl 1729
Fall, Robert, inventor, fl 1766
Fallowfield, William, iron smelter, fl 1727
Fitz Roy, Augustus Henry, 3rd Duke of Grafton, prime minister, 1735-1811
Fitz Roy, Charles, 2nd Duke of Grafton, Lord Chamberlain, 1683-1757
Flower, Valentine, plumber, fl 1724
Forrester, Thomas, Smelter
Foster, Abraham, Peruke-maker
George I, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1660-1727
George II, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1683-1760
George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1738-1820
Greenall, Jonathan, engineer and recipient of warrants for patents, fl 1761
Grenville, George, politician, statesman and Prime Minister, 1712-1770
Hamblin, Robert, Captain
Harcourt, Simon, 1st Viscount Harcourt
Harris, John, of Add MS 36123
Hauksbee, Francis
Jackson, Humphry, Chemist
Jones, John, Reverend; of Limpsfield
Juniper, John, Chemist
Ker, John, 1st Duke of Roxburghe
King, Peter, Baron King, Chief Justice of Common Pleas
Knight, Gowin, FRS; Principal Librarian of the British Museum 1756, d 1772
La Blache, Louis Goy, Surgeon
Lennox, Charles, 3rd Duke of Richmond and Lennox
Lindslee, Thomas, Potter
Liveings, Thomas
Lobb, Theophilus, MD
Lord, Robert
Lovel, Edward
Lowther, William, of Add MS 36123
Lund, Benjamin
Marenard, Daniel Augustin
Marie, David, Watchmaker
Martin, Benjamin, Optician
Mason, William, of Add MS 36123
Mons, William, Weaver
Montagu, John, 4th Earl of Sandwich, statesman, 1718-1792
Montagu,, George, 2nd Earl of Halifax, afterwards Montagu-Dunk
Moore, George, of Add MS 36123
Parker, Thomas, 1st Baron Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield, 1667-1732
Petty, William, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, formerly Fitzmaurice, 1737-1805
Pierrepont, Evelyn, 1st Duke of Kingston
Pitt, William, 1st Earl of Chatham, Prime Minister, called 'the elder', 1708-1778
Powlett, Charles, Marquess of Winchester; 2nd Duke of Bolton 1699
Riccards, William
Roberts, George, Chemist
Roebuck, John, MD
Rowning, John, Reverend; Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford
Ryan, John, MD
Sanderson, George, Watchmaker
Schmidt, Carl Friedrich, Colour-maker
Scobell, Francis
Seymour-Conway, Henry, General, Secretary of State
Shawe, Ralph, Potter
Smith, Nathan, Painter - Stainer
Spencer, Charles, 3rd Earl of Sunderland, 1675-1722
Stammers, William
Stanhope, William, 1st Earl of Harrington, Colonel
Stanley, Anne, wife of Sir John Stanley, Baronet
Stanyforth, Disney
Stell, Joseph
Stuart, John, 3rd Earl of Bute, Prime Minister, 25 May 1713-10 Mar 1792
Sutton, Daniel, Surgeon
Sutton, Robert, surgeon, fl 1766
Took, Nicholas
Townshend, Charles, 2nd Viscount Townshend
Tyndale, Matthew
Wake, William, Archbishop of Canterbury
White, Henry, of Add MS 36123
Wood, Charles, of Add MS 36123
Wood, Francis, of Add MS 36123
Wood, John, of Add MS 36123
Wood, William, of Add MS 36123
Woodroffe, George., Miller
Wyndham, Charles, 2nd Earl of Egremont
Yorke, Charles, Lord Chancellor
Yorke, Philip, 1st Earl of Hardwicke

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