The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) gives the following first definition of corslet / corselet: "A piece of defensive armour covering the body."
The patent of incorporation provided the company with monopoly rights to manufacture various products including, in particular, iron wire.
Beginning in November 1566, in Tintern, a village along the River Wye in Monmouthshire, he oversaw the construction of England's first wireworks operated by water power.
In 1567, Humfrey succeeded in obtaining the services of an expert in the production of Osmond iron from the south-western part of Westphalia, in northern Germany.
This expert arrived in Wales in 1567 and began working at a forge located in Rhyd-y-Gwern, a hamlet in the Glamorganshire part of the parish of Machen, about 20 miles southwest of the Tintern wireworks.