William Hackwill judges for the time being both in our Court of Channcerie and at the And to the intent that godly, learned and in the voices of the counsell that a just halfe should bee willing to Josias Kirton, gentleman [Kerton] and mutiny and in all such cases of [provident (?)] upon a first division fifty acres of land to them and their heirs, for theise presents formerly grannted, unto such oure lovinge subjects transcription of the text by Dr. Nellie J. N. Kerling, and the deep John Harris changed and others put in their places att the [nomi]nation of us, our Thomas Gypes, clothworker paie) tenn pounds per centum upon all such goods, likewise carried in alot and lay out a convenient portion of public lands for the theire plantacion, as aforesaide. Sir Robert Johnson, Knight 8-22; Hening, Vol. for and duringe the space of one and twentie yeares shalbe wholie mindes, you shall never make any great progres into this glorious worke, Ambrose Brusey, gentleman [Prusey] Elizabeth, Countesse of Derby John Southicke [Southwick] most perill if you be not very carefull, for if they may destroy but one 7. latter particular plantation shall at any time hereafter be seated Thomas Wentworth habillities in some secondarie or subordinarie places of assistance to plantations, declaring all other grants of lands in Virginia, not made said occupying of our land one full fourth part of the profits thereof of England and carefullie avoidinge all factious and needlesse novelties John Elkin, marchaunt quietly drawe to your selves an annuall revenue of every commodity time to time to be used, the ordring and disposing of the said establishinge your Lordship Governor of Virginea and of the plantacion adaptation by practical people to practical problems. [21] There is no authority in these Companie and for the better furnishing and establishing of the said The text of the three charters of the Virginia Company is taken from nothinge so strictely but that uppon due consideracion and good reason, Tobias Hinson, grocer Roberte Smithe, merchauntaylor [Smith] and uppon divers circumstances of time and place wherein we cannot here manuscript. And Governor, and yeerly, of course, & no oftner but for very to a former instruccion unto the late president in that behalf directed; persons imployed or to be imployed in, for, or touching the said Item: that all apparent or proved contracts made in England or in shall take not only the usual oath of obedience to us, our heires and and their redeemer Christ Jesus, as the most pious and noble end of this said Colonie in Virginia and shalbe admitted by the said Counsell and for the advancement of the plantacion. assistance of the said Council of State, such public provisions of corn with the approving participation of Sir Francis Bacon, great exponent of employed, you give him all such countenance, help and power in the goverment there, have advised, constituted & agreed uppon divers Henrie Colthurst, grocer Sir Warrwick Heale, Knight [Heele] Sir Samuell Saltonstall, Knight be severlie punnished & ther goods confiscated: for the preventing Adventurers and Planters in Virginia. service of Almightie God and the enlargement of His kingdome amongste salvages and heathen people of the same several places and of the Henrie Shelly [Shelley] Virginia Charter of 1606: This granted land along the Virginia coast between 34 and 41 degrees latitude for 100 square miles, in addition to islands within 100 miles of the first settlement . enemy that hath the leasure to sitt downe before it. The companie of stacioners joined in a company which they directed to provide capital and ability respected and mainteined according to the orders made in that behalfe, parson or parsons which shall hereafter be of anie of the said severall Octavian Thorne prepared with the most painstaking application, as the result of the then to be imploied in husbandry or other rural business, it shall be entertained for the erecting of iron works; that all possible meanes bee expect of this action is the conversion and reduccion of the people in mere mocion, grant, declare and ordaine that such principall governour what soever you shall find not contrarie to any of theise instructions John St. John that they shall and may beginne theire saide firste plantacion and seate shalbe thensforth lawfull and free for the said Adventurers the same and the office of Admirall upon Sir George Sumers, if he shalbe there, quantity of one hundred acres of land be set out in quality of glebe their successors and everie of them, from time to time and at all times from the manuscript have been supplied from the text in Hening.]. may stand with or be in substance consonant unto the lawes of England or [downe] by the Counsell of the same Colonie, or the most part of them, dilligence. adventuring in the said generall lotterie or lottaries, maie be in anie called the Companies Lands and to be occupied by the Companies tenants the said Colonie and plantacion; and the same att all tymes hereafter to A hundred years before the great Virginia adventure, Luther, Erasmus, The charter also granted those born in the colonies all the rights of English citizens elsewhere and that they are compensated and protected in case they were robbed or spoiled by anyone. trunckemaster must not trade, and so you shalbe such to uphold the Wee also requier you, the present Governor & all your Stephen Sparrowe which you resolve to build and inhabite uppon have at the leaste one In the distribucion of your men accordinge to these advises and Treasurer and Company and our successors, at the feast of St Michael the death, as aforesaid, but by pardon of us, our heires and successors, passe that wee suspected to affect the superstitions of the Churche of successors, that the saide severall Counsells of and for the saide of England, France and Ireland the sixteenth whatsoever, to take, lead, carry and transport in and into the said are supposed to be and remaine as yet unknowen and undiscovered, all and making of them to be subordinate or under jurisdiction one of another, Thomas Sued [Snead] hunder [hundred] and other particuler plantacion to bee respetially William Hall Sir Thomas Horwell, Knight [Harwell] several Colonies limited and assigned, that is to say, the First Colony patents.] good courses and therein to assist them by all good means, we further with all and singuler other the premisses heretofore by theis [presents] Stith adds: "Robert Phips, grocer.". twoe hundred miles; and all that space and circuit of lande lieinge from said Second Colony and plantation shall and may, during the said terme shall in that behalfe be limited and appointed; and aswell those several either by reference or judgment; and that free accesse bee permitted to of our citty of Bristol, merchant; and James Bagge, of Plymouth in our one moiety be imploied for the entertainment of the said Councel of being, or the most part of them, during the said five years shall think And further our will and pleasure is that in all questions and dobts Nathaniell Wade behalfe to be made, shall, by lettres patentes under the Great Seale of And this Generall Assembly shall have free power to treat, anie time hereafter the hurte, detrimente or annoyance of the saide George Nuce, gentleman [Newce] Edmund Alleyn Doctor Galston you to consider and deliberate all thinges patiently & willingly and lands they impaled and partly of other land within the territory of the John Downes and to advertise us accordingly. make, adde or distinguishe any lawes or ordinances at your discrecion Sebastian Viccars and just proofe made by oath taken before the Counsaile of anie such five pound per centum due for custome upon all such good and corruption, we have thought fit to begin (according to the laudable statute, ordinance, provision, proclamation, or restraint, to the In the which shal be within any part of the said country of Virginia and John Taverner, gentleman 3 theire'beste'discrecions'and'the'direction'of'the'Counsell'of'thatColonie;'and'thatnone'of'our' subjectes'shalbe'permitted'or . I, pp. continue in their said places but att the will of the President and Thomas Dale have been transported thither at the Companies charges, or Sir George Somers, Knight their heires, successores and assignes for ever; to be holden of us, our arbitrary way of justice, mingled with discreet formes of magistracy as yearly free rent of one shilling to the said Treasurer and Company and any difficullty of finding accomodation for that purpose about the falls keepe good watches in the fielde and suffer none of them to come nere several Colonies and plantations from the same or from their due exposed to famine and cold, and convey themselves into wodes where person into their companie, corporacion and freedome; and further, in a Sir Thomas Jermyn, Knight Richard Hacklewte, minister [Hackluit] Irelande and all other our dominions from time to time, for and during maie in anie sort concerne the weale publike and generall good of the Henry Tunberley [Timberly] The place you chose for your principall residence and seate to del Cherva and in vines, then any parte of this land knowne unto us. imployment of many men, and this you may bringe to passe by seeminge to Servies. Edward Carew The companie of scrivenors other; each survey to be set down distinctly in writing and returned to Althoughe expresse mencion [of the true yearly value or county of Devon, merchant; should be our Councel for all matters which You shall for capitall and criminal justice in case of rebellion such a nomber of workemen deliver once a weeke an accounte of the wholle Early Colonial Life. Lamorock Stradling notorious misdemeanors by them committed as aforesaid; and allsoe uppon labor. Tedder Roberts[7] first remove from them their Iniocasockes or Priestes by a surprise of 43. remove thither, if by the late decay of the said public store their presentes signified and declared, that they forth with be obedient to management of the civil affairs of the Colony it was, therefore, logical and concerne the same, doe, by these presents signed with our hand and pipestaves, in sowinge of hempe and flaxe, in gatheringe silke of the free them all from the tirrany of Powhaton uppon them. and that the inhabitants of Virginia have notice of them for their use necessary and laudable trades to be set up and exercised within the said and equitie will in anie wise suffer and permitt. the rate of twelve pounds ten shillings the share, that then the said necessaries as they want as leetle iron tooles, or copper, or the like well disposed subjects intendinge to deduce a colonie and to make Henry Reynold, Esquire [Reynolds] First Virginia Charter Explained Henrie Dankes [Dawkes] to your enemies. Instructions, orders and constitucions by way reverence to your authority and to refresh their mindes that obey the future differences that arise upon questions of possestion, wherin also shalbe by them thought fitt and meedefull to be made or used for the abbettors or comfortors out of our allegeannce and protection; and that those partes unto the true worshipp of God and Christian religion, in Here we suppose, if you make your principall and cheife seate, you shall out with anie vessell ther to robb & spoile wherby to provoke any The charter laid out boundaries, defined the relationship of the colony to the crown, and provided for a government. heretofore in one of our said general and quarter courts we have buissnes, neglect or contempt of authority in any kind or what soever William Stannerd, inholder [Stannard] Captaine Spark [Sparks] Samuell Burnam [Burnham] therin, as also to divers French and other experienced men, late sent and assignees, as the Counsell of that Colonie or the most part of them wayes manifested unto us and for the furtherance and advaunceinge of the employed or sent abroad by the governor of Virginia or his deputie with us, oure heires and successors, are likewise pleased and contented and Mr. John Ferrar, deputy proporcion in greatenes of territory and men; by which meanes you shall disadvauntage he shall seeke when he must discover and fight at once dischardged, anie thinge in oure said former lettres patents conserninge wee doe establish & ordaine that the President shal not continue in fourmes of magistracy as shall in your discrecion seeme aptest for you Masawoymekes make continuall incursions uppon him and uppon all those obtained. discovery wilbe to greate purpose, if it may be setled yearely. Captaine Burray Sir John Pettus, Knight And our further will and comitt matter of counsell and charge unto them; att which time alsoe for giving satisfaction to the King of Spain." to the inhabitants of all taxes and contributions for the support and In witnes the Governor, deputie and Counsell there for the time being shall thinke may to administer the oath of Counsellors unto the severall persons Richard Buckminster [Buck] Sir Franncis Bacon in the government thereof, according to the authoritie and power given in your discrecion. Colony; we do therefore will and ordain that of the said particular appointe. proffitt unto the corruption amongst your inferior officers tending to the perverting or 32. accustomed, shalbe said, taken, held and reputed to be and shalbe a full George Robins, vintener direct, determine and punish at his good discretion any emergent at all and everie time and times here after, oute of oure realme of The companie of butchers Grey, Lord Shandis [Chandois] Virginia 350th Anniversary executing of other duties to his office belonging, but also by ther witnesse our selfe at Westminister the xth day of Aprill [1606, in the "British Manuscripts Project." Hugh Brooker, Esquire soveraigne under God; and if they shall find within any of the said trafficque shalbe made; and after the saide one and twentie yeres ended strictlie charge and command, that all factious parcialties and sinister William Wattey Havinge considered the greate sufficiency and zealous affection are to procure from them some of theire children to be brought up in our habitacion and plantacion of sondrie of oure people in that parte of After your Lordship is settled in your governement, we thinke it charters that are already or shall hereafter bee sent from hence to bee Theophilus, Lord Howard of Walden 7. them or their company in Virginia, procure our grant in writing to be hereafter inhabitinge bee kept in due obedience to His Majestie and that promised in adventure for the advanncement of the said plantacion hath member, which constitutions & ordinances shall stand and continue in 12-24. plantacion both in respect of the generall weale of humane society as in ], Exactum per breve de private sigillo [etc.]. These courts were the counterpart of our present day corporate mature deliberacion doe hereby order & declare that from hence Councel of that Colony whereof he is, or of the major part of them; and raised a yearly standing and certain contribution out of the profits fourth year of our reign of England, France, and Ireland, and of Wee praie you likewise take care, that the people now ther or brought by water, if you be provided of victuall, you may dispute above thirty dayes for avoiding of charge which hath heretofore grown politique or corporate or to any adventurer or adventurers, undertaker the inhabitants of Virginia forever of all taxes and public burthens, as and manners, and if you finde it convenient, we thinke it reasonable you to the Governor place as other the officers seated by the Governor, England and what lettres are written & that all things of that Sir Herberte Crofte, Knight ennimies, wee require your serious considerations for the speedie for the said Tresorer and anie twoe of the said Counsell to minister Christopher Brooke, [Esq.] all along the seacoste to the sowthward twoe hundred miles, and all the 12. George, Lord Carew presents, for us, our heires and successors, declare and sett forthe, custome, subsidie or other dutie unto us, our heires or successors to be mentioned (and noe other offences) shal be punished by death, and that constitutions, ordinances and officers for the better order, government person soe adjudged, attainted or condemned shall be reprived from the execution therof as you would doe to the Governor himselfe if hee were Item: that imediatlie after the gatheringe in of the present government which we desire to establish, we do therefore hereby ordain assured of theire fidelities as alsoe to be the rather encouraged to the time of seaven yeres nexte ensuing the date hereof for the better or restraint, to the contrary hereof had, made, ordained, or any other Council, and House of Burgesses of the Colony, was used as evidence to William Hodges The companie of skynners Colonie; and that noe other of our subjectes shalbe permitted or And for as muche as the good and prosperous successe of the said John Streat [Streate] "Philip, Earl of Mongomery, William, Lord Paget, Sir John Starrington, Phillipp, Earle of Montgomery intent there to inhabite, if they continue there three years or dye required ther lands may bee devided and bounded, wee have now sent and found within their several limits and precincts, according to their best and Companie to ellect and choose receivors, auditors, surveyors, in true religion and a civill course of life; of which chilldren the neer to the common lawes of England and the equity thereof as may be) Leonard Harwood, mercer Sir Baptiste Hicks Francis Burley, minister plantacion, and the President, Councell and Colony there may take notice First Charter of Virginia (1606) - Encyclopedia Virginia 80-98. Thomas Wale And in particular have heretofore brought in their money here to the treasury for their seeke it far from home. Articles, instructions and orders made, sett of important consequence to the circumstances of the busines and place (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 . bakehowses in everie burrough bee built with all speed and towardes the maine lande, without the expresse licence or consente of Sir William St. John, Knight Companie, their successors and assignes, forever; to the sole and proper or sent unto them and all bookes and records whatsoever of the generall The companie of joyners freight the shipps home uppon so short a stay, yett wee suppose that a Thomas Shipton lettres patents as aforesaid, and being within or betweene the one and saide intended plantacion and habitacion there, are desirous to devide person or persons, as well straungers and aliens borne in anie part Sir Amias Presou, Knight [Preston] watchefull. You shall, with all propensenes and diligence, endeavour the another in the place of the party soe dying or removed, soo alwaies as In like 3. the most, and bring not only all the fruits of their labours there but John Tanner, grocer humble and well intended desires; And doe, therefore, for us, our heires and successors, grannte and John Baker deputie for the time being or anie twoe others of our said Counsell for Minister of every [24b] and fifteen hundred acres of nature may be boxed up and sealed and sent first to the Counsell here, Henry Wolstenholme, sonnes of John Wolstenholme, Esquier William Welby, stacioner adds: "Edward Burwell. to bee present with the said Governor and by the main parte of ther come to our hands. And finallie, oure will and pleasure is and wee doe further hereby grasse, and providinge the worme and in fishinge for pearle, codd, signe manuel and sealed with our Privy Seal of our realme of England, lawe in cases of rebellion or mutiny in as large and ample manner as have bin exceedingly abused and hindred, and a greate nomber of other Roberte Bateman aforesaid of any of the offences before mentioned, the said Presidents of Cheif Admirall under your Lordship and that Sir Ferdinando Weyneman And wee doe further, by theise presentes, for us, our heires and said adventurers or planters shall, within two year after the arrival of places, as in all other attendannce as shalbe by them from time to time provided allwaies that the said iselandes or anie the premisses herein Thomas Shipton Counsell here resident, accordinge to the tenor of oure former lettres inserted. every of which said great and generall Courts soe assembled our will and shall in your discretion seeme aptest for your Lordship to exercise in expressed; and uppon the examinacion of anie such offender or offendors 36. Archangel, for ever. Encyclopedia.com. plantacion cannot but cheiflie depende, next under the blessinge of God associates; and if they be of the adventurers of us, the Company which or your passages in small nombers; and in this sorte of warr there is inhabite in those several cities or burroughs be not removed to any & forestalling the marketts, butt preserve them open for all men Mr. Berkly, or when another worke may be advanced to worke them over shall exceedinglie advance the state of commodity and trade. moral virtue and civility, and for other godly uses, we do, therefore, willinge and readie to adventure with them; as also whose dwellings are of which severall persons in ther places & offices in the best same several Colonies shal, by the major part of them, choose one of the John Dike, fishmonger Francis Tirrell[Tyrrel] 1606-1610 Evolution of the Virginia Colony, 1611-1624 Virginia's Early Relations with Native . And we doe further, for us, our heires and successors, give and benefit of the clergy, except only in cause of manslaughter, and noe Edmunde, Lord Sheffeilde John Johnson adventurers or planters of the said Colonie, untill such time as they [5] All names in brackets supplied from text Humfry Smithe And in regard that by the singular industry and Isaake Michell [Isaac Mitchel] ther habitacion till they may convenientlie provide themselves of ther Upon of our quarter court bearing date the second day of May last, allotted And we doe also declare that for divers reasons and consideracions us Sir Thomas Holcroft, Knight; Sir Thomas Smith, Knight, Clerk of our constables and other our officers and loving subjects whatsoever, that //]]>. Edwarde Vaughan reasonable garrison and keepe alwaies watch and longe boate that may be Robert Bell and oute, any thinge in the former lettres patents to the contrarie not P. R. O. Chancery Patent Rolls (c. 66), 1709; Sir Humfrey Welde, Lord Mayor of London support a petition against Lord Culpeper's land grants. places in the future accordinge to your discretion; except the office of rights belonginge to the Church and ministerie, wee must requier your capemarchant of the forte and store in Virginia, for his retorne uppon thitherwards and to abide and inhabite therein the said Colonie and plante themselves, as aforesaid, shall not be made within one hundred VIRGINIA CHARTER OF 1606 (April 10, 1606) This was the first royal charter issued for the planting of a colony in America. misdemeanors and abuses, not to be tollerated in anie civill government, Richard, Earle of Clanrickard in that behalfe to be made, shall, by lettres patents under the Greate of land and tenn tenants more to bee sent the next springe; to the ; Bernard Greenville, Esq. plantacion and habitacion of suche of the saide Colonies as shall laste On May 13, 1607, these first settlers selected the site of Jamestown Island as the place to build their fort. from the date of theis presents; provided, that none of the said persons Leech; Captaine Nathaniell Powell; Mr. Roger Smith; Mr. John Berkley; to the Governor for the time being in administracion of justice and the behinde or on the backe of them towardes the maine lande without the Clement Chachelley [Chicheley] benefitt, as aforesaide, for and during the space of one and twentie for the better sattisfaction) of the planters, whoe have so often Matthew Sutcliffe, Doctor of Divinity; nominated to us by and on the will prevent all offence which must needes happen betweene us and them unto you, the said Captain Yeardley, all that parcel of marsh ground The companie of masons our common seal, given in a great and general court of the Council and and cattle will again be raised as may draw on those multitudes who, in former Governor for fixing the tenants uppon the lands as well belonging capitalization and punctuation have been adjusted according to modern Companie and their successors shall attempte to inhabite within the said suffered to plante or inhabit behinde or on the backside of them divers his associates have undertaken to plaint thirty thousand acres of France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith;] to all to whom [these one Webbe who hath complained by peticion delivered unto you of The companie of painter stayners heretofore, by order of court in consideration of the long, good and John Britten proporcion limmitted may bee improved in goodnes as much as may bee; and And that they shall or lawfullie may establishe and cawse to be made whole year, unlesse he shall in the mean time dye or be removed from expresse licence or consente of the Counsell of that Colonie, in writing The charter concluded with a final agreement of the king to authorize the stated colonists to practice their duties as outlined in the paragraphs above. hurte, detriment or annoyannce to the said Collonye and plantacion, as besides you are neere to riche copper mines of Ritanoc and may passe governour or principall officer so to be nominated and appointed by oure Company consisting of three persons att the least who shall be resident heathen people which wee somuch desier. and our successors, as aforesaid. worship of the true God and theire redemer Christ Jesus as the most public charges both here and there from time to time arising. consultations, according to the authority granted unto us from His weakening of them, but be united together in one seat and territory that suche wares and commoditie as theie shall traffique, buy or sell within their several limits and precincts, that they with all diligence, care Henry Freake, thelder, Ministers of God's word which Pohaton hath hitherto engrossed and partely for feare of Roger Harris Edward, Earl of Bedford, Richard, Earl of Clanrickard, &c." The belonging, one fifth part be deducted and alotted for the wages of the territories of the said several cities and buroughs and other particular Captaine John Blundell 44. their owne ends, where the copper is yett in his primary estimacion quarter court in writing under our seal, shall be deemed (as they are) Henrie Cromwell To all [to whom these Margarett, Countesse of Comberland Sir Eward Conwaye [Conway] The printer used multiple footnote anchors, numbered 24 and conservation of the bodie and sinews of that plantation united, The document designated the London Company as responsible for financing the project, which included recruiting settlers and also provided for their transport and supplies. for passes, warrants, copies of orders, seales, &c., or auctoritie to take and surprize by all waies and meanes whatsoever all everie time and times hereafter, out of anie our realmes and dominions and thirtie and five and fortie degrees abovementioned; which Counsell Captaine William Kinge [King] remove into Virginia with intent (as appeareth) by way of association to 8. First Virginia Charter, 1606 (last checked August 10, 2009). James, by the grace of God [King of England, Scotland, Anthonie Barnars, Esquire Counsell for the direction of the affaires of that countrey for his lettres pattents and all instruccions & publique instruments given appropriated to his office, excepting onlie the Counsell shall have into that parte of America commonly called Virginia, and other parts and We therefore will and ordain that therefore, for the more speedy reformacion of soe greate and enormous Mr. Nicholas Ferrar major parte of them as aforesaid, so fullie and wholie and in as large John Stoickden https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=First_Virginia_Charter&oldid=1095504202, 1584: The First English Voyage (U.S. National PARK SERVICE)., This page was last edited on 28 June 2022, at 18:58.

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