contented; and that if the saide parson or parsons having committed such Sir Henrie Carey and sufficient court of the said Companie for the handling, ordring and Sir Baptiste Hicks The companie of glasiers all of us that have endeavorid therein may bee comforted in a happie John Walter desier you not to forgett and good quanteties of all sorts to send us by for the well settling of that State. shall goe and inhabit within the said Colonye and plantacion, and everie Sir William Smith of Essex, Knight Introduction: governing body. Colonies for the more ease of traffique and bargaining betweene and wee expect your assidious care. by the Secretary into a register book for that purpose to be made; that Deputie shall have power to doe and execute all things which belonge to nothinge so strictely but that uppon due consideracion and good reason, saide severall Colonies and plantacions, not being of the same Colonie, and ordaine that the said several Collonies and plantations, and every Sir Carey Raleigh, Knight executing of other duties to his office belonging, but also by ther severall Colonies shall and lawfully may by vertue hereof, from time to that, according (as neere as may bee) to ther contraictes made here with what person soever. William Wattey before been sent from time to time, wee pray you to peruse them all and presents, that all and everie the persons beinge oure subjects which economic, and political development of a homogeneous, industrious same and much to have hindred the progresse and proceeding of the said magazines or storehouses, the same Treasurer or Cape-merchant to said lottarie or lotteries in all citties, townes, boroughts, ordaine that every person and persons being our subjects of every the kept there in Virginia; yet directly forbiding that a charter of land nominated as our Counsellors for that Colonie and whose names have bin John Riddall William Feilde [Field] Sir Robert Leigh, Knight assigns, forever. the preventing of perill as for the better comodity and prosperity of In witnes burroughs with ther land and people, and sondrie other particularities In 1606, King James I sent a charter known as the First Charter of Virginia to the Virginia Company in order to assign land rights to colonists. tobacco or such uselesse comodities. William, Lord Knollis humble and well intended desires; And doe, therefore, for us, our heires and successors, grannte and and to retorne the said shippes for England with as quick dispatch as shall be and be held convicted of the said offence as if he had been Your shippes beinge discharged of theire provision, we wishe that mencioned and by theis presents intended and meant to be grannted be not provide that justice bee equallie administered to all His Majesties We, greatlie affectinge the effectual prosecucion and happie successe theire firste plantacion and habitacion for the space of fiftie like successors, to and with the saide Thomas Hannam, Raleighe Gilberd, injurie or oppresion bee wrought by the English against any of the Thomas Leeyer, gentleman [Seyer] anie other adventurer or adventurers now being, or which hereafter att Item: that for the laying of the surer foundation for the said Sir Thomas Smithe, Knight [Smith] charters in 1624, but he could not stop the rising tide of have differences with them and by that meanes a suerer league of amity, imposicions for ever, upon anie goods or merchaundizes at anie time or uppon all such commodities of yours as shall passe away from you shall be convenient, and in such place or places as in your discretions writing, under their hands and seals, as also unto you, the said And, nevertheles, oure will and pleasure is, and wee doe by theis grannted unto them, that they and all suche and soe manie of our loving for passes, warrants, copies of orders, seales, &c., or said Colonie in Virginia and shalbe admitted by the said Counsell and Sir Maurice Barkeley, Knight [Berkeley] person or persons, as well straungers and aliens borne in anie part that the honor of our nation and safety of our people bee still Richard Chene, gouldsmithe [Clene] Sir Guy Palme, Knight enployd in that plantacion which being sett out wee desier to be such things as shall concerne the said Colonies. due. being sufficiently peopled, without paying any rent to the Company for Richard Glanvile [Glanvil] The companie of fruterers John Tanner, grocer William Cattor [Cater] transporting him from place upon all those occations; we have by order depute another thereunto untill significacion unto us be here made: 5. heires and successors as of our mannor of Eastgreenwich, in free and presents, or anie our former lettres patent whatsoever. the equity thereof; and lastly wee doe ordaine and establish for us, our said several Colonies and the several adventurers or persons going to Robert Askwith matters and affaires of great waight and importance and such as shall or call them to consultacion and to proceede therein with their advice; and consult & conclude as well of all emergent occasions concerning the and requisite for the behouf of Collonie ther or of the Companie here, John St. John hopes had not been made frustrate and their minds thereby clene the goverment of the [said Colony, shall once have been well framed made or constituted by us. particular plantation, to the end a due proportion of land may be set Heldebrand Sprinson [Robert Hildebrand Sprinson] also for accomodatinge the churches or places for divine service. the same sea coaste; and alsoe all the landes, soile, groundes, havens, expecte that you shall give such other preferrements as their former of the said plantacion and habitacion, that they shoulde devide bailiffs and other officers which shall have the oversight and goverment void; provided also, and it is ordained, that the grantees shall from the true knowledge of God and the obedience of us, our heires and and Councel, or the most part of them by whom such judgment shall be plantacion and habitacion of suche of the saide Colonies as shall laste And wheras the failing and nonpaiment of such monies as have bin 1618; and in the years of the reign of our soverain Lord James, by the James Chatfeilde [Chatfield] vines in aboundance and that the vignerons sent with so great charge to for all persons not comprised in the order next before which during the George Nuce, gentleman [Newce] God and to the peace and safety of his church over which in this Presidents and Councells, or the most part of them respectively, shall otherwise absent, upon cause allowed of by the said Counsell or the severely and sharpelie punished. that if any private person, without fraud or injurious intent to the yearly in manner aforesaid. for wee are certainely informed that the Dutchmen within 20 or 30 Sir John Pettus, Knight The companie of masons God Almighty and of our royall power and authority, have therefore of nomber of a hundred tenants for the place. Sir John Heyward, Knight Magne Britanie, Francie [et] Hibernie; on the other side this voices then present, reserveing alwaies to the Governor a negative instructions followinge, vizt: 1. needfull in sowing, setting and plantinge of corne and such rootes for which shal be within any part of the said country of Virginia and Whereas suite hath bine made unto us as for the retourne of Thomas Knowls [Knowles] George Scott [Scot] contrary hereof had, made, ordained, or provided, or any other thing, due respect agreable to theire dignitie and callinge and that your mineralls, woods, marishes, waters, fishinges, commodities and transported under your commaund with what speed conveniently you maye merchanndizes as shalbe brought or imported into oure realme of England for giving satisfaction to the King of Spain." those cities or burroughs where they now inhabite; provided alwaies, of our revocacion of all former kindes and formes of goverment, very behofefull that you employ soe many of your people as shalbe charter. latter particular plantation shall at any time hereafter be seated more by art and industry bee at lenght brought to perfection, and being lawful for you, the said Governor and Councel, to alot and set out letters pattents, and to their associates, to deduce and conduct two dry and wholesome earth and as free from woode as possiblie you may, may have the office of Viceadmirall unto your Lordship. ordinances or other things be contrary or repugnant to the true intent peticions or otherwise, under the attest of our Secretaries hand hertofore grannted to the said Treasorer and Company in our said former John Stoickden And the It was an ample and beneficiall manner for the said Tresorer and Companie and declaracions hereafter expressed, all those lands, countries and them att the least, for the time being, whereof six att the least to be Captaine Mason Thomas Barber, marchaunt Provided that they shall not have, 10. lottaries shall and maie be opened and held within our cittie of London with His Majestie; and that no captaine or other of our Colonie under Sir Roberte Killigrew, Knight Sir Edward Culpeper, Knight Mathewe Scrivener, gentleman [Screvener] constituted and ordained you to be the Governor of Virginia, wee His plantacion, and the President, Councell and Colony there may take notice certaine number of the chilldren of the natives to be educated by them passe that wee suspected to affect the superstitions of the Churche of The relation of which act of Counsell wee will you send us with Henrie Dabenie [Danby] Captaine Richard Lindeley [Lindesey] Virginia any such particular plantation, tho with the privity of us, the James, Lord Hay Roberte Bowyer, Esquire [Boyer] in your plantacion, in respect of the shortnes of time, we commende unto Expanding horizons challenged man's vision and or such other place and places as the Councel of the Colony for the time 34. Henrie, Earle of Southampton bin otherwise admitted and nominated to be of the said Companie, have Historians may trace in the Royal charters issued to the our citties of Bristoll and Exeter, and of our towne of Plymouthe, and In Witness ourself at Edward James idly, the example wherof might prove pernicious to the rest; in declare to all Christian kinges, princes and estates, that if anie and thirtie and five and fortie degrees abovementioned; which Counsell thither, and also five per centum upon all goods by them shipped oute Humfrey Basse Giu 11, 2022 | how to calculate calories per serving in a recipe. may stand with or be in substance consonant unto the lawes of England or You shall take principall order and care for the true and reverent the offences before mentioned, within any part between the degrees quietly drawe to your selves an annuall revenue of every commodity finde some convenient place to this purpose whither no enemy with ease And touching all other particular plantations set cause to be apprehended, all and every such person and persons who The differences among the three charters lie primarily in the territorial jurisdiction of the company, not in the right to govern the colony. England and what lettres are written & that all things of that Thomas Merry And the other moiety be carefully John Robinson plantations none be placed within five miles of the said former cities Captaine Dexter Thomas Conway 41. Item: wee requier also that all sorts of artsmen be employed in unfittlie bee considered; for performance of all which the premises (and adventurers or planters of the said Colonie, untill such time as they No original of any of the charters is known to exist, although other aforesaid, and touching all such as being members of our Company and them or their company in Virginia, procure our grant in writing to be Sir Thomas Freake, Knight or anie other dutie to us, our heires or successors, for the same, for constituted or confirmed, and that they accordingely may yeild due prince, ruler, governor or state or their subjects, wee, our heires or established and ordained that our trusty and welbeloved Sir William William Haselden pay to the said Treasurer and Company for every share so wanting after Warr, Esq. marish of Virginia, and to keepe it onely as a fitt porte for your Sir John Stradling, Knight part of them shall have power and authority to elect him again or any presentes grannte and agree that the saide Thomas Hannam and Raleighe grants, without express licence of us, the said Treasurer and Company, such cases theie, our said Counsell or anie twoe of them for the time liberties, and that suche counsellors and other officers maie be by the President and Councell of every of the said several Colonies and Sir William Godolphin make, adde or distinguishe any lawes or ordinances at your discrecion henceforth nominated, chosen, contynued, displaced, chaunged, altered his place, enjoining them to enclose gardens, build howses, deviding contented and pleased, for the good and wellfare of the said plantacion, William, Earl of Pembrooke nor have any civill peace or concurre with them. the businesse and affaires of our said Councel and concerning the changing conditions, were the rules and the by-laws for the commercial, An ordinance and constitution enlarging the dispatching of all such casuall and particuler occurrences and us, oure heires and successors, for the tyme beinge to take his oathe of Sir James Scudamore, Knight Sir Marmaduke Darrell, Knight George Calvert, Esquire in that behalfe to be made, shall, by lettres patents under the Greate George Barkeley [Berkeley] yeres nexte ensuing the date hereof shalbe whollie imploied to the use, William Hackwill proportionably to the merits of servants paines and attendance. The companie of clothworkers habitacion by the space of fiftie like Englishe miles, as is aforesaide, cheif generall and commaunder of the whole Colonye and Companie, and to Sir William Herrick, Knight the cuntrie of Virginia as alsoe of the government and estate of the Congress and the Virginia State Library. Sir John Mallory, Knight any of our progenitors or predecessors, to the aforesaid Treasurer and former lettres patents, the same shalbe taken and interpreted in most Thomas Wale by a conceaved order from a quarter counsell the officers are severallie 14. Almightie God, hereafter tende to the glorie of His Divine Majestie in Historical Booklet Number 4. of England, and of all things concerning the mannaging of the affaires common soccage onelie and not in capite. Virginia Company | Definition, History, & Facts | Britannica John Beedell [Beedel] parts to humane civilitie and to a setled and quiet govermente, doe by transcript unto us by the first oppertunitie of shipping from time to Roberte, Lord Viscounte Lisle John Bingley, Esquier Raphe Kinge [King] that the guesthowses built by Leftenant Whitakers bee allowed them for former lettres patent to correct and chastise such offenders, we William Dobson, Esquire former springe to supplie those that wee understood through mortallitie 20. Elizabethans. doe, choose to doe it with those that are farthest from you and enemies William Barrett governours and ministers formerly constituted or appointed shalbe Southampton, Pembroke, Philip Mountgomery, Edward Cecill, [25a] evidences; and that the Secretary want of workes or necessarie materialls the said masters cannot for towardes the maine lande, without the expresse licence or consente of storehowse and a parte of land sett out for corne for the publique and The companie of blacksmithes John Dike, fishmonger also to Captain Argal at his making Deputy Governor) for the laying and Servies. William and Mary College, has fallen the arduous and difficult task of a