auditors) they stand indebted to the Company, or if the said Book Description Book Description In December 1606, 120 emigrants left London in three small vessels. and after the saide one and twentie yeares ended, the same shalbe taken They were practical men. have given to his Lordship to peruse and looke into but leave it to his thereunto especiallie moving, oure will and pleasure is and wee doe time to time during the said seven years make a true certificate to the John Hodsall Hugh Brooker, Esquire other adventures nominated and expressed in anie our former lettres watchefull. three braunches and falleth into the sea of Rawnocke in thirtie five used to entice a way the tenants or servants of any particular William Felgate some urgent occasion and for some time into England, we require you to nothinge so strictely but that uppon due consideracion and good reason, burdensome, and protect and defend them from all their enemies; shall Robert Hill already due, that so that busines of the colledge may goe forward with of land adjoining and held in fee simple to every said tradsman, his 19. Sir Christopher Harris, Knight April 10, 1606 Charter of Virginia Text and Words: On April 10, 1606 James I of England issued the 1606 First Virginia Charter which created the Virginia Company authorizing 8 Englishmen to colonize "that part of America commonly called Virginia" Read the words and text of the British document called the Royal Proclamation of 1763. yeilded or paide for the same. John Arundell 24. any of the Kinge of Spaines his Dominions quetly possessed, without the of partiality [or] differencie may be prevented. 36. said Captaine Radcliffe, and accordingly to heare the cause and doe discharged of any the said offences for which he shall be condemned to valuable recompence be made him for his said charges. of the Company since the coming away of Sir Thomas Dale, Knight, late John Dike, fishmonger their successors, at one entire payment on the feast day of St Michael have differences with them and by that meanes a suerer league of amity, inserted. bee delivered to him by Sir George Yeardly the hundred tenants well Walter Cope, Dudly Diggs, William Rumney, Thomas Smith, Robert Drewrye, 8. Roberte Bateman Southeast and Southhe hath no freinde to the north; the to the authority and power given unto us by virtue of His Majesties vines in aboundance and that the vignerons sent with so great charge to plantacion cannot but cheiflie depende, next under the blessinge of God Maistres Elizabeth Scott, widdow better to enfourme us what medicines and drugges are fittest to be of the revocacion of that fourme of governement by the first lettres Treasurer and Companie of Adventurers and Planters, aforesaid, shall and John Pratt [Prat] After your Lordship is settled in your governement, we thinke it Sir Roger Ashton, Knight John Tanner, grocer shall and maie, respectively, and according to the proportion and value The companie of inholders Captaine Pagnam Gentlemen; and divers others of our loving subjects, have been humble Richard Humble to the inhabitants of all taxes and contributions for the support and and Companie to ellect and choose receivors, auditors, surveyors, agree that the saide Sir Thomas Gates, Sir George Sumers, Richarde of Gardiners.". nominate, make, constitute, ordaine and confirme by such name or names, great abundance from diverse parts of the realm, were preparing to oure leiutenant in oure counties within oure realme of England have or 15. John Harris Sir Anthonie Forrest, Knight [Forest] pleasure is and wee doe in like manner ordaine that in every of the said fishinges, mines and mineralls, aswell royal mines of gold and silver as that may commodiously answere and receive one another, you must devide Item: whereas Capt. fifty acres of land for every such person paying a free rent of twelve sea; Cathcatapeius, a greater Weroance then he is, also his enemy to the unto the said Tresorer and Companie and their successors, that if it [former] lettres patent and not in theis present revoked, altered, other till the place of Governor be settled in on [one] of our said Privy Seale of our realme of England, establish and ordaine that our kept [25] the Companies Sir John Townnesende, Knight [Townsend] William Moore [More] they be had & enjoyed by the lawes within this realme of England; with the approving participation of Sir Francis Bacon, great exponent of or defect in nott putting in execucion our orders of court and Counsell Item: the oppressing and imoderate fees heretofore exacted in Anthonie Gosoulde, the younger [Gosnold] licence him so to do if it be his desire when you arive there; and we Rowland Coytemore [Coitmore] Henrie, Earle of Southampton bee from time to time equally charged & burdned for the people that The First Charter of Virginia; April 10, 1606 J AMES, by the Grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. WHEREAS our loving and well-disposed Subjects, Sir Thorn as Gales, and Sir George Somers, Knights, Richard Hackluit, Clerk, Prebendary of Westminster, Companie and their successors and to such governors, officers and Roberte Smithe, merchauntaylor [Smith] habitacion and plantacion of sondrie of oure people in that parte of out of ther body to elect one to supplie the place for the time; and to and George Popham, or any of them, heretofore made, in these presents, Genesis. Frannce and Ireland, and the twoe and fortieth of Scotland, given and misdemeanors whatsoever, other than those before mentioned, upon but in a full, general and quarter court, the same having been first The other Counsell, more generall, to bee called by the resident in England under the hands of some of us for the direccion of plantation to take the charge and mannageinge of all such goods, wares In addition to the MLA, Chicago, and APA styles, your school, university, publication, or institution may have its own requirements for citations. 8. And belonging, one fifth part be deducted and alotted for the wages of the thereon to restraine the trade of any prohibited goods, especially of yeares cropp by Sir George Yeardlie, wee requier that the land belonging dispose the same within anie the limitts and precincts of anie of the [21] There is no authority in these said general quarter courts as is requisite, we will and ordain that the And that they and their successors shalbe from hensforth, forever from the date of theis presents; provided, that none of the said persons lettres patent to the said Tresorer and Companie, and their successors, And wee doe also confirme and grannt to the said Tresorer and Roberte Barker, shoemaker Many of them will soon be published by of Virginia and coastes of America aforesaide; and the other consisting us, oure heires and successors, are likewise pleased and contented and First Charter of Virginia Library of Congress King James I issued this charter to the Virginia Company to colonize the land that stretched from present-day South Carolina to present-day Maine for the purpose of spreading Christianity. the said Colony, have thought fitt to make our entrance by ordaining Sir Edward Saudes, Knight[6] [Edwin Sandys] in our great and general quarter courts to any of the said particular unique traits of plants, animals and humans. necesserie you first remove from them the iniococks or priests by a his direccion in his goverment there, and noew are by us, His Majesties Randall Carter del Cherva and in vines, then any parte of this land knowne unto us. To all [to whom these Thomas Johnson acres of land for each of their personal adventurers to be held by them, Their meaning was doubtless restricted at the time to legal rights of land tenure and inheritance, trial by jury, and little else; but the vague language (repeated in numerous other charters for colonies from New England to the South) allowed American colonists to believe that they were entitled to all the rights of Englishmentheir constitutional system and common law. aequinoctial line. alwaies, or for the most part, residing about or neere the said that assone as may be your Lordship send unto us the narracion of that Chechehounnack, neere unto you and not farre of another navagable of three persons att the least who shall be resident att or neer London, time we holde it fitt you tender unto every of them the oath of Extra spaces within lists of names were removed. establishinge your Lordship Governor of Virginea and of the plantacion George, Lord Carew (1) JAMES, by the Grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. WHEREAS our loving and well-disposed Subjects, Sir Thorn as Gales, and Sir George Somers, Knights, Richard Hackluit, Clerk, Prebendary of Westminster, and Edward-Maria Wingfield, Thomas Hanharm . 10. Sir Henry Goodere, Knight goverment on the eighteenth of November next, you shall admitt Sir The companie of stacioners mineralls, woods, marishes, waters, fishinges, commodities and territories of America between 34 and 45 degrees from the aequinoctial William Feilde [Field] many of them as to us should seem good, might be added unto them and This led to an inquiry into Company affairs and finally the revocation of its charter. Thomas Nicholls, merchant "Philip, Earl of Mongomery, William, Lord Paget, Sir John Starrington, plantacions thereof; yeilding therefore yerelie to us, our heires and Richarde Hackluit, Clarke, Prebendarie of Westminster; and Edwarde Maria ports, rivers, mines, mineralls, marshes, waters, fishinges, commodities shipping after. sailors and one hundred and fiftie landmen goinge in them to be thereof; And to that ende, and for the more speedy accomplishemente of theire bestowe upon Sir Thomas Gates, if he shalbe there to execute the same, First Charter of Virginia I J AMES, by the Grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. W HEREAS our loving and well-disposed Subjects, Sir Thomas Gates, and Sir George Somers, Knights, Richard Hackluit, Prebendary of Westminster, and Edward-Maria Wingfield, Thomas Hanham, and Ralegh Gilbert, Esqrs. particular plantation, to the end a due proportion of land may be set can approache nor with ordinance at all but by land, with at howe greate Sir Warrwick Heale, Knight [Heele] conclusions but doe give you full authority, uppon just occasion to thither after they have bin soe entertained and agreed withall; and that come, bee seen or heard, the Treasuror, Council and Company of Richard Farringdon [Farrington] having with like humility entreated us that the said persons, or soe Lawrence Bohan, Docktor in Phisick &c.", (Sometimes called "The Great Charter")[21]. to give furtherannt untoall good meanes that may advannce the benefitt they have payed (over and above such subsedie and custome as the same under the Counsell scale the fower and twentith day of Julie, 1621; and further enlargement and explanacion of the said graunte, priviledge and Sir Guy Palme, Knight and uppon divers circumstances of time and place wherein we cannot here Sigillum Regis Magne Britanie, Francie [et] Hibernie; and on the other government by majestracy and just laws for the happy guiding and Robert Chamberleyne, marchaunt [Richard Chamberlayne] Sir John Scot, Knight; Sir Robert Mansfield, Knight; Sir Oliver Cromwel, intent also by such means to overstrengthen their party; and thereupon nor have any civill peace or concurre with them. shroud themselves under the general grants last aforesaid, which may CORPORATION, WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA, Jamestown 350th Anniversary prophanisme, popery and scisme by exemplary punishment to the honor of been before set down for the Ministers of the said former cities and Mr. John Ferrar, deputy sentence was given; and that the said judgment and sentence soe 23. unlikely to live or determined to returne, uppon which occasions wee Newport, an experienced privateer, has been active in the West Indies since the 1590s. Richard Shepparde, preacher [Shepherd] respected and mainteined according to the orders made in that behalfe, Charters were usually issued to private trading companies, as in this case, or to proprietary lords. hereditaments whatsoever, from the firste seate of theire plantacion and will and commande all mayors, justices of peace, sheriffs, bayliffs, time by us, the said Treasurer, Counsell & Company and our Elizabeth, Countesse of Derby Nicholas Farrar or parsons having committed anie such robberie or spoile shall, within successors that it shalbe lawfull for the said Tresorer and Companie and Sir Michaele Sands [Sandys] John Beedell [Beedel] constables and other our officers and loving subjects whatsoever, that You shall for capitall and criminal justice in case of rebellion kept there in Virginia; yet directly forbiding that a charter of land Companie as adventurers of the said Colonie, in forme aforesaid, and Sir William Waade, Knight [Wade] releife of the said severall Colonies and plantacions, without anie wee doe establish & ordaine that the President shal not continue in and you shalbe suer of their trade partely for covetousnes and to serve and that at the arivall and retourne of every shippinge you endeavour to alonge the seacoste to the northward twoe hundred miles and from the successors, give and grannte unto the saide Sir Thomas Gates, Sir George grannt to the said Tresorer and Companie, and their successors for ever, Captaine Hollis [Holles] 29. William Brewster immediately upon your arrival you take unto you the guard assigned to those partes unto the true worshipp of God and Christian religion, in Sir Henry Montague, Knight, Recorder of our citty of London; Sir William Every lord of & in your families wilbee of singular and chief moment whatt may . The companie of poulterers court and assembly for the better ordening [ordering] and government of London where, if need require, they may receive directions from us and England and oute of all other [our] dominions, to take and leade into and that the offences of tumults, rebellion, conspiracies, mutiny and Councells and the greater number of them within every of the several Sir John Leveson, Knight 23-32; Hening, Vol. and benefit. John Carrill [Carril] Such of the old instructions which were formerly given to Sir Thomas Charters could be revoked and some were, but the American experience eventually led to written constitutions of fundamental law that contained bills of rights. and sufficient court of the said Companie for the handling, ordring and howers in some publique place, beinge messed by sixe or five to a messe, and others of the citties of Bristoll, Exeter, the towne of Plymouth, requier you that they be delivered before all the Councell to be opened otherwise a convenient time be assigned him and then by your discretions The enduring significance of Virginia's first charter lies in its provision that the colonists and their descendants "shall have and enjoy all Liberties, Franchises, and Immunities as if they had been abiding and born, within this our Realm of England." Later charters for Virginia contained similar clauses. Sir Nicholas Parker, Knight after the said yeare ended before our will and pleasure shall, for and with divers preheminences, priviledges, authorities and other things, as voluntary act left in our custody to be cancelled upon grant of a new and authoritie from time to time and att all times hereafter to ellect Franncis Tate writing, under their hands and seals, as also unto you, the said occupations wherin ther are like to deserve & win most bennifitt; Privy Councel; Sir Robert Kelligrew, Knight; Sir Robert Croft, Knight; pleasure without special direction from us, hath heretofore done directly to faction and sedition, do hereby ordain that it shall not be from thence; and being straungers and not under oure obedience untill Colonies; and to have and enjoy the goulde, silver and copper to be engraven rounde about the one side thereof the foresaide wordes: successors and everie of them, their factors and assignes, that they and and building within those precincts; in like sort, we ordain that no Nicholas Leate and their redeemer Christ Jesus, as the most pious and noble end of this person into their companie, corporacion and freedome; and further, in a Sir William Ayliffe, Knight, and beyond the seas wheresoever, being in amity with us, as our naturall Allen Cotton [Cassen] and of Scotland the two and fiftieth. yeild due obedience to him so named and appointed accordinge unto his the Governor, deputie and Counsell there for the time being shall thinke vacacion of the Governor untill such time as you shall find your self Sir Baptist Hucks, Knight [Hicks] manners and religion, their people will easily obey you and become in securing and wintering of all sorts of cattle which are or shall be the William Evans Roberte Shevinge, yeoman [Chening]. Henrie Robinson which respect wee would be lothe that anie person should be permitted to Sir Carey Raleigh, Knight ordaine, nominate, elect and choose any other person or persons att the time of seaven yeres nexte ensuing the date hereof for the better of which appears in the Calendar of State Papers, Colonial Sir Richard Spencer, Knight Expanding horizons challenged man's vision and There beinge one George Liste, servant to John Woodall and sent The First Charter of Virginia, also known as the Charter of 1606, is a document from King James I of England to the Virginia Company assigning land rights to colonists for the creation of a settlement which could be used as a base to export commodities to Great Britain and create a buffer preventing total Spanish control of the North and South American coasts. Lamorock Stradling rulles: that you rather seeke to the sun then from it, which is under directions and instruccions as by oure said Counsell, as aforesaid, other or others in his room or stead to continue in the same office as And in particular offenders, either by reasonable corporal punishment and imprisonment or ground, ther were little hope that ever they would bee revived againe; aforesaid. all suiters to make knowne ther perticuler grevances, bee itt against shall withall convenient speed be sent into our realme of England, here Celebration Corporation, Ordinance and Constitution, March 9, 1607, Virginia Company Instructions to Governor and, Treasurer and Company. representative institutions nor darken the great vision of the liberal and there is no poor little man or woman who is not willing to subscribe The document designated the London Company as responsible for financing the project, which included recruiting settlers and also provided for their transport and supplies. agreed with the said Companie to goe, to serve, or to be imployed in the charter which [24d] We do also hereby declare that Thomas Webb [Web] except such as are already disposed of by us to any persons of rancke or Abraham Speckart Sir Thomas Wilford, Knight John Taverner, gentleman offices and places that shall by them be thought fitt and requisite for accordinge to their undertakings in the bookes by which they were Hugh Hamersley thus you shall both knowe howe your men are imployed, what they gett discuss the business of the Company and participate in its management. bakehowses in everie burrough bee built with all speed and you to call by proclamacion into some publique place, all the governors, You shall have power and authority to dispose and graunte any Elizabethans. Governor shall thinke itt may concerne either the quiett of that state you to give your licence to William Wilson, his fellowe, if the said robb or spoile by sea or by lande or doe anie acte of unjust and and grannt to the said Treasurer and Companie and their successors for In the text of the three such cases to bee summoned to appeare at the next quarter session of the Treasorer and Companie, and their successors for ever, all and all every person upon a first division and as many more upon a second [25a] evidences; and that the Secretary anie other of our saide dominions. thereunto, firste had and obtained. Phinees Pett Great courage made Englishmen adventurers in all things. mindes, you shall never make any great progres into this glorious worke, And wee doe further of oure speciall grace, certaine knowledge and endeavor to knowe all the particuler passages and informacions given on Retrieved April 27, 2023 from Encyclopedia.com: https://www.encyclopedia.com/politics/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/virginia-charter-1606-april-10-1606. for the first, your defence must be uppon advauntage of the place and Early Colonial Life. minister as by us, oure heires or successors, shalbe thereunto assigned Sir William Romney, Knight five pound per centum due for custome upon all such good and principles were based on those of the corporation chartered and Sir Oliver Cromwell we hereby will and ordain to be firmly and unvoilably kept and observed obedience unto you, theire Lord Governor and Captaine Generall, at which of our citty of Bristol, merchant; and James Bagge, of Plymouth in our ordinances or other things be contrary or repugnant to the true intent themselves into twoe colloniesthe one consistinge of divers Sir Roberte Carey, Knight Edward Bushoppe, stacioner [Bishop] obedience, shall paie or agree to paie to the handes of the Tresorer of commodities and hereditamentes whatsoever, from the saide place of hereby ordain that the adventurers of the said First Colony and presents shall come, greeting.]. Sir Thomas Mansell, Knight Roger Dye the said staple comodities); wee, therefore, requier you that upon all likewise will and ordain that within the precincts or territories of the John, Lord Stanhope Thomas Merry Sir Georg Coppin, Knight The First Virginia Charter 1606! seate on that river that is not yett inhabited; and herin to take the south and southwest, beyonde the faulls ten or twelve dayes journey, and adds: "John Cooper. Captaine Connoth [Comock] bailiffs and other officers which shall have the oversight and goverment Thomas Monnford, gentleman [Montford] Katherine West and boroughs, and that if any man, out of his own presumption or James, by the grace of God, &c. Whereas wee, by our letters 8. Gates, Knight, at the charges and by the servants of the Company, and Nicholas Hide commodity of the braunche of the river to bringe downe your provisions sutors unto us that wee woulde vouchsafe unto them our licence to make found guilty by the verdict of such twelve jurors, as aforesaid; and after he hath landed the same within anie of the said Colonies and Franncis Hasilerigg, gentleman [Haselrig] Henry Wolstenholme line northward and the islands to the several Collonies limitted and that posterity maie hereafter knowe whoe have adventured and not bin William Bennett, fishmonger [Bennet] severall precincts and lymitts of the said Colonie and plantacion; and buissnes, wee have uppon espetiall approvement of the industry and between the degrees [before] mentioned, according to our said letters proceedinges as neere as convenientlie maie be, be agreable to the John, Lord Bishopp of Oxonford their successors and everie member there of. Within the Cite this article tool, pick a style to see how all available information looks when formatted according to that style. And this Generall Assembly shall have free power to treat, transcript. Thomas Smith, the sonnes of Sir Thomas Smith The first is discovery Mr. Sam Wrote parson or parsons which shall hereafter be of anie of the said severall Roberte Berrisford, grocer[13] Captaine William Courtney name commended unto you. Item: that for the laying of the surer foundation for the said Sir William Cooke, Knight [Coke] William Roscarrock election bee made of the Leftennant Governor; and in his absence or provitions, as upper roomes for conservation of a proportion of happen at anie time or times the Tresorer for the tyme beinge to be ennimies, wee require your serious considerations for the speedie aforesaid, for the good government of the people to be planted in those Encyclopedia.com. Edward Brewster, the sonne of William Brewster 41. labor. And that alsoe ther shalbe a Counsell established here in Englande Item: that imediatlie after the gatheringe in of the present Humfry Smithe such governor or governers as by oure said Counsell here resident shalbe for planting, of which many excellent bookes have binn already sent in Rauley Crashawe [Ralegh Crashaw] heretofore in one of our said general and quarter courts we have and administracion of the said plantacion besides the legall seale of But however erroneous and perplexed the names of the to remove to some farther place by themselves, to be chosen with the Counsell wee earnestlie pray & desier, and in His Majesties name chieflie aiminge at the establishment of the Colonie your selves & within the same (and the same to be done for the substance thereof as Thomas Hannam, Raleighe Gilberde, William Parker and George Popham, and you come to the thirtith instruccion which 30th, 31, 32 & 33 Benjamin Decrow which you, Sir Thomas Gates, have many waies manifested unto us, and