Amye Everard Ball

Amye Everard Ball was the first woman in England to be granted a patent.[1] Her patent for tincture of saffron was registered in 1637, during the reign of Charles I of England, merely 76 years after Elizabeth I had awarded the very first patent. Mrs. Ball's original patent registration is held at the British Library.[2][3]

Mrs. Amye Everard Ball was a widow[4] when she registered the patent for a “tincture of saffron, roses &c”. The description explained "The mistery, skill and invention of making, ordering or contribing of saffron into a manner or forme which shall dissolve into tincture and of divers other vegetables (as of roses, gilliflowers and the like) into an essence, after a newe way by her invented...which shall continue and remaine in full strength and virtue for manie yeares more than saffron in the sheyve or leafe vsually doth or can”.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ Horrocks, Sally (29 April 2016). "Trailblazers of diversity". The Engineer. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
  2. ^ Jaffe, Deborah (2003). Ingenious Women. Sutton Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-0750930314.
  3. ^ Evans-Pugh, Christine. "Engineering's most ingenious women (16 May 2011)". www.eandt.theiet.org. Archived from the original on 14 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  4. ^ Jaffé, Deborah (2003). Ingenious women : from tincture of saffron to flying machines. Internet Archive. Stroud : Sutton. ISBN 978-0-7509-3030-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  5. ^ "Invention is dominated by rich white men. How can we break the mould?". Apolitical. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  6. ^ https://www.pressreader.com/uk/scottish-daily-mail/20190724/282767768198121. Retrieved 23 June 2025 – via PressReader. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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