1496. Tate's paper used by Wynkyn de Worde in "De Proprietatibus Rerum." 1557. A paper mill in existence at Fenditton, Cambridge. 1569. A mill at Bemmarton, Wilts. 1574. Mill erected at Osterley, Middlesex, by Sir Thomas Gresham. 1585. Richard Tottyl asked for sole right to make paper for thirty-one years, which was not granted. 1588. John Spilman erected a mill at Dartford, Kent. Granted a patent for sole manufacture of paper. 1588. Churchyard's poem on the "Paper Myll built near Darthford by Master Spilman." 1612. Robert Heyricke's mill at Cannock Chase, Staffordshire. 1636. The three or four paper mills in the neighbourhood of Hounslow and Colnbrook temporarily shut down on account of the plague, the collection of rags having been forbidden. 1665. Patent granted to Charles Hildeyard for an invention, "the way and art of making blew paper used by sugar bakers and others." 1675. Approximate date of erection of mills at Wolvercote, Oxford, where the Oxford India paper is now made. 1678. Mill at Byfleet, Surrey, mentioned by Evelyn in his diary. 1682. Bladen--A patent for an engine and process whereby rags are wrought into paper. 1684. Baysmaker--A patent for "the art and mistery of making paper in whole sheets." 1684. Jackson--A patent for "an engine, either for wind or water, which prepareth all materials whereof paper may be made." Evidently Jackson was acquainted with the "Hollander" beating engine. 1686. A charter granted to the "White Paper Makers' Company" for the sole right of making paper exceeding 4_s._ a ream in value. 1674. Annual importation of paper, presumably from France, stated to be 160,000 reams, of average value of 5_s._ (Somers). 1689. Trade with France prohibited by royal proclamation. 1696. Price of paper very high owing to scarcity, being 11_s._ per ream. 1712. Duties levied on all kinds of paper, manufactured or imported. 1725. Monopoly of making paper for Bank of England notes granted to De Portal, of the Laverstoke mills, Hampshire. This paper is still made by the firm of Messrs. Portal. 1739. Galliott and Parry estimated that there were 600 paper mills in England, making 6,000 reams a day. The Commissioner of Excise reported only 278. 1739. James Whatman erected a mill at Boxley, Maidstone. 1758. Baskerville printed an edition of Virgil on so-called "woven" paper.