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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.
Published: 25 August 1962. The Company of Mineral and Battery Works. F. C. THOMPSON. Nature 195 , 741 ( 1962) Cite this article. 98 Accesses. Metrics. Elizabethan Monopolies. The...
- F. C. Thompson
- 1962
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.
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 . History. On 28 May 1568, Elizabeth I established the Society by letters patent as a joint stock company with 24 shareholders: [1] [2] [3]
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 near Sheffield ...
The Company of Mineral and Battery Works was, (with the Society of Mines Royal), one of two mining monopolies created by Queen Elizabeth I of England in the mid 1560s. The Company s rights were based on a patent granted to William Humfrey on 17…
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.
