Company of Mineral & Battery Works
Other Business Names:
- Society of Mines Royal
- Humfrey, William
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Derbyshire, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Monmouthshire, Gwent, Wales, Wales
- Tintern, Monmouthshire, Gwent, Wales, Wales
Sectors:
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Basic metals production
Iron, steel & related alloys production
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Extraction
Lead extraction
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Fabricated metal products manufacture
Metal forging, pressing, stamping, rolling, slitting, etc
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Basic metals production
Wire drawing
Notes:
Traced origins to mid 1650s when William Humfrey granted monopoly privileges to make battery ware, wire, etc; to mine calamine; and to mine gold and silver in certain counties. Using German expertise soon established a wire works which was subsequently leased out. Established another wire works at Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire, in c1607. Appear to have leased out many of their assets for rents. Close to the Society of Mines Royal. By late 17th century in decline. Lost privilege rights in 1693 and subsequently moribund
Publications:
- Domestic Metalwork, 1640-1820 by Gentle, Rupert, & Rachael Feild, revised by Belinda Gentle
- Elizabethan Monopolies. The history of the Company of Mineral & Battery Works from 1565 to 1604 by Donald, Maxwell B
- English Patents of Monopoly by Price, William H
- Industry before the Industrial Revolution; incorporating a study of the chartered companies of the Society of Mines Royal and of Mineral & Battery Works by Rees, William
- Record of the Mines Royal and the Mineral & Battery Works by Davies, D Seaborne
- Select Charters of Trading Companies, AD1530-1707 by Carr, Cecil T (ed)
- Smelting of Copper in the Swansea District from the Time of Elizabeth to the Present Day by Francis, George Grant
- Some account of the iron and wireworks of Tintern by Llewellin, W
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Society of Mines Royal
- Humfrey, William
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Derbyshire, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Monmouthshire, Gwent, Wales, Wales
- Tintern, Monmouthshire, Gwent, Wales, Wales
Sectors:
- Basic metals production Iron, steel & related alloys production
- Extraction Lead extraction
- Fabricated metal products manufacture Metal forging, pressing, stamping, rolling, slitting, etc
- Basic metals production Wire drawing
Notes:
Traced origins to mid 1650s when William Humfrey granted monopoly privileges to make battery ware, wire, etc; to mine calamine; and to mine gold and silver in certain counties. Using German expertise soon established a wire works which was subsequently leased out. Established another wire works at Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire, in c1607. Appear to have leased out many of their assets for rents. Close to the Society of Mines Royal. By late 17th century in decline. Lost privilege rights in 1693 and subsequently moribundPublications:
- Domestic Metalwork, 1640-1820 by Gentle, Rupert, & Rachael Feild, revised by Belinda Gentle
- Elizabethan Monopolies. The history of the Company of Mineral & Battery Works from 1565 to 1604 by Donald, Maxwell B
- English Patents of Monopoly by Price, William H
- Industry before the Industrial Revolution; incorporating a study of the chartered companies of the Society of Mines Royal and of Mineral & Battery Works by Rees, William
- Record of the Mines Royal and the Mineral & Battery Works by Davies, D Seaborne
- Select Charters of Trading Companies, AD1530-1707 by Carr, Cecil T (ed)
- Smelting of Copper in the Swansea District from the Time of Elizabeth to the Present Day by Francis, George Grant
- Some account of the iron and wireworks of Tintern by Llewellin, W