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The Company of Mineral and Battery Works was, with the Society of the Mines Royal, one of two mining monopolies created by Elizabeth I. The Company's rights were based on a patent granted to William Humfrey on 17 September 1565.
Metrics. Elizabethan Monopolies. The History of the Company of Mineral and Battery Works from 1565 to 1604. By Prof. M. B. Donald. Pp. xv + 256 + 10 plates. (Edinburgh and London:...
- F. C. Thompson
- 1962
The Society of the Mines Royal was one of two English mining monopoly companies incorporated by royal charter in 1568, the other being the Company of Mineral and Battery Works.
The Company of Mineral and Battery Works was, (with the Society of the Mines Royal), one of two mining monopolies created by Elizabeth I. The Company's rights were based on a patent granted to William Humfrey on 17 September 1565.
In 1569 Humfrey, having leased a part of his original patents to the Company of Mineral and Battery Works, became involved in the smelting of lead. In about 1570 he and Schutz were responsible for two developments in the English lead industry, the construction of a water-powered lead-smelting furnace at the former Beauchief Abbey ...
Feb 3, 2011 · Elizabethan Monopolies: The History of the Company of Mineral and Battery Works. By M. B. Donald. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1961. Pp. xvi, 256. 50s. - Volume 23 Issue 1.
The Company of Mineral and Battery Works was the sister company to The Mines Royal Co. Like its sister company, The Mineral and Battery Works Co had a monopoly and a royal charter. It worked on a much smaller capital, the whole of which seems to have been found at home; its field was the manufacture of brass and the drawing of wire by water power.
