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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.
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.
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:...
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. | The Journal of Economic History | Cambridge Core.
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 Mines Royal Company or Society of Mines Royal was one of two mining monopoly companies incorporated by royal charter in 1568, the other being the Mineral and Battery Works Co. [1] In the reign of Elizabeth it became the policy of the State to encourage the introduction of new manufactures.
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.
