67:. The company's rights were based on a patent awarded to William Humfrey on 17 September 1565. On 28 May 1568, this patent was replaced by a "patent of incorporation," making the company an early joint stock company. The patent of incorporation provided the company with monopoly rights to manufacture various products including, in particular, iron wire.
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covering the body." Secondary definitions include "a soldier armed with a corselet", "a garment (usually tight-fitting) covering the body as distinct from the limbs" and, used in combination, as a "corslet-maker" or "corslet-man", the latter meaning "a soldier armed with a corslet." The word is of
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The discussion that follows is drawn from two main sources: Schubert, H.R. 1957. History of the
British Iron and Steel Industry from c. 450 B.C. to A.D. 1775. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul; Donald, M.B. 1961. Elizabethan Monopolies: The History of the Company of Mineral and Battery Works,
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Stringer, M. 1709. Opera
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European Continent. The main technical barrier was a lack of knowledge about how to produce 'Osmond iron,' a high-quality iron essential to producing fine, relatively thin and malleable iron wire.
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Iron wire had many uses, perhaps none more important than the making of wool cards which were essential to
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