The granting of these patents was highly popular with the monarch because of the potential for raising revenue ; A patentee was expected to pay heavily for the patent, and unlike a tax raise ( another method of raising Crown money ) any public unrest as a result of the patent was normally directed at the patentee, not the monarch.

The granting of these patents was highly popular with the monarch, both before and after the statute of Monopolies, because of the potential for raising revenue.

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