What does letters patents mean?

letters patents

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.72 in modern English

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"The letters patents of king Henry the ſeuenth granted vnto Iohn Cabot and his three ſonnes, Lewis, Sebastian, and Sancius, for the discouerie of new and vnknowen lands."
"If you do wrongfully ſeize Herford's right, / call in his Letters Patents that he hath / By his Atturneyes generall, to ſue[…]"
"(which I have kept as carefully as I would Letters Patents, ſince they intitle me to what I value more than titles of honour.)"

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