The particular grievances of those his Maiesties subjects throughout England and Wales, which lye under the oppression of George Woods Patent for the sole printing upon Linnen cloth
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A single-page printed broadside listing eleven grievances against George Wood's patent granting him the sole right to print on linen cloth in England and Wales. It argues that the patent was obtained on false pretences about the invention, allows seizure of goods and imprisonment, and has raised prices and impoverished the drawers and other tradespeople trained in the art. It is a primary source on early seventeenth-century patent monopolies and linen printing.
- Type
- Other
- Date
- 1621
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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