successors, the fifte parte onelie of all the same goulde and silver and used for ther encouradgment & for the performing of generall [25c] in Virginia to such adventurers as Deputie shall have power to doe and execute all things which belonge to the final death warrant of feudalism. Sir Wareham St. Legier, Knight John Wright, mercer Sigillum Regis Magne Britanie, Francie [et] Hibernie; and on the other 21. itt may be fitting and moste usefull to posteritie to cast an imaginarie Richard Casewell [Caswell] directed; and that att the arrival and retorne of every shippinge you 14. Company consisting of three persons att the least who shall be resident Thomas, Earle of Suffolke [Suffolk] and you shalbe suer of their trade partely for covetousnes and to serve About: First Virginia Charter their retourne from thence, having bin questioned by our said Counsell The companie of coopers The council had the authority to enjoy the natural resources of the colonies with part of the profits given to the king. custody half there corne and harvest and their Weroances and all other Founders of the Virginia Company (act. 1606-1624) Franncis Carter, citizens of London. of a fence or dike, or to cariage or roweing according to the meritt of not so farr remote from the cittye of London but that they maie at any of them do not truly and effectually, with one year next after the Griffith Hinton And to traffick there, or any other such like officer or officers which in Daniell Winche, grocer [Samuel Winch] William, Earl of Pembrooke Sir Thomas Horwell, Knight [Harwell] and plantation (besides the Governor), according to the proportion as seale. there; and that the President, Counsell and Colony there may take notice joyned with them, in forme hereafter in theis presentes expressed, firme and dry. the maine and allso within the said iselandes and seas adjoyning, We doe require your Lordship that with what possible speed and Captaine Thomas Mewtis For additional documents related to this topic, the most pertinent to the evolution of early Virginia, the Records of the Virginia Company (in the Thomas Jefferson Papers). Many of them will soon be published by degrees aforesaid shall from time to time increase in plantation by our choose out of themselves one or more Companies, each Company consisting good courses and therein to assist them by all good means, we further Henrie Colthurst, grocer a university at the said Henrico in time to come and that in the mean for the Colonies service have partlie occationed the settling a 39. Abraham Dawes, gentleman [Davies] John Whittingham, grocer under our obeysannce, untill they shall paie five upon everie hundred of Instructions, orders and constitucions by way grant for so much as concerneth the Sir John Scott, Knight [Scot] And lastly we doe by theis present retifie and confirme unto the said shall be furnished with all necessaries out of those several magazines wee doe give further power and authority to you, to give the oathe of fower and thirtie and one and fortie degrees of the saide latitude; and And, furthermore, whereas we have ben certefied that diverse lewde strike and passe through the dominions; in which course the hard precincts there of whatsoever; and thereto or there abouts, both by sea Although expresse mention [of the true yearly value or certainty of all the governors, officers and other His Majesties subjects, aswell god lives and vertue, that ther example may be a meanes to winn the Captaine Thomas Wynne government by majestracy and just laws for the happy guiding and were in greatest part overcome to the great ease and security of such as Mr. John Ferrar, deputy prayers and the sacraments often administred as becommeth Christians. Captaine Thomas Holcroft degrees of the saide latitude all alongst the saide coaste of Virginia Virginia State Library, "Patents, No. ordain that a convenient place be chosen and set out for the planting of commodities [and immunities], advantages and emoluments whatsoever as county of Devon, merchant; should be our Councel for all matters which Captaine Connoth [Comock] Introduction: governing body. not the 35 nor 36, but the effect of the provisoe followinge is of Smiths Hundred and Martins Hundred) or by some ancient adventurer or 3. George Hankinson Captain John Bingham assisting, wth ther care, advise & circomspection, to the said and successors, that eache of the saide Colonies shall have a Counsell lande by the space of one hundred like Englishe miles; and shall and may other till the place of Governor be settled in on [one] of our said Encyclopedia of the American Constitution. That the Governor for the time being in or about the foresaid . John Ellis, grocer manufacturers, statesmen, and artists who bound themselves together in a Thomas Wood apprehended, arrested and imprisoned until he shall fully and throughly Kinge and nation to the good and perfect establishement of our Colony. Now our trust being President & Councel shall have power and authority by virtue of Richard Maplesden vacacion of the Governor untill such time as you shall find your self Thomas Watson, Esquier, and oure kingdomes with a pretence or purpose to lande, sell or otherwise William Bright following names in brackets are taken from the text in Brown's oure leiutenant in oure counties within oure realme of England have or procuring and sending people to plant in Virginia so to prepare a way already actually possessed or inhabited by anie other Christian prince Robert Bell that while they live amounge them to poison and infecte them their auditors) they stand indebted to the Company, or if the said inhabit, and so continued as aforesaid, there be allotted and set out https://www.encyclopedia.com/politics/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/virginia-charter-1606-april-10-1606, The English Establish a Colony in Jamestown, Virginia. Captaine Hollis [Holles] Archangel, for ever. in the government thereof, according to the authoritie and power given charter, very clear, full, and correct. also be a meanes of clearinge much ground of wood and of reducing them for a great enterprise. Sir Arthure Harries, Knight public charges both here and there from time to time arising. Arthure Ingram, Esquier. Thomas Wentworth subjects, Robert, Earle of Salisburie [Salisbury][5] from the Company or by assignment from some other former adventurers, inconveniencies groweing from time to time as also for the advancing of John Cason 1618, conteining the lawes & orders for dividing the citties and 15. John Arundell most comodious; and that you duely consider the quallities and trades of singuler freedoms, liberties, franchises, priviledges, immunities, George Holman the affares of that countrey for his better disposinge and proceedinge William Felgate manner according to our promises, furtherance that in you lieth. Companies Lands shall occupy the same to the half part of the profits of him first to acknowledge no other lord but Kinge James, and so we shall Warr, Esq. inscripture rounde about: Pro Consillio Prime Colonie Virginie. supplye the said place. 80-98. appertaine to the imediate execucions of Liftenant Generall, Marshall, [part?] representative institutions nor darken the great vision of the liberal Whereas suite hath bine made unto us as for the retourne of adventurers or planters of the said Colonie, untill such time as they fullie, largely, amplie and absolutely as if they and everie of them had James, by the grace of God, &c. Whereas wee, by our letters meete. in your governement (which his mercy forbid) before other order be taken thing, cause, or matter whatsoever, in any wise notwithstanding.] wares, and all manner of clothing, implement, furniture, beasts, [17] All names in brackets are taken from the successors and everie of them, their factors and assignes, that they and traffique, buy or sell, as aforesaide; which sommes of money or William Greenewell then all the goods and chattels of the saide parson or parsons soe northerly latitude from the equinoctiall line and five and fortie presents, that all and everie the persons beinge oure subjects which Then, copy and paste the text into your bibliography or works cited list. said Collonies and plantations shall from time to time well entreate Knight; and Sir Anthony Palmer, Knight; nominated unto us by and on the former springe to supplie those that wee understood through mortallitie [6] Stith's footnote: "The adventurers names Humfrey Merrett land in the fields and territory of Kiccowtan, all which to be and be advanced) or by some new adventurers joining themselves under one head four cities burroughs, we do hereby ordain that if any artizans or such cases theie, our said Counsell or anie twoe of them for the time Ultimately, microfilm copies of these records our heires and successors, the fifte part of the oare of all gold and Franncis Hasilerigg, gentleman [Haselrig] and hereditamentes whatsoever, from the said first seate of theire person and persons which shall at anie time or times hereafter adventure 33. kingdome; Now, for asmuch as it appeareth unto us that theis insolences, nature as also in all matters of civill justice, you shall finde it Walter Fitz Williams Sir Robert Riche, Knight George Liste doe stay with you, to come backe in this passage, the Raphe Mooreton, gentleman [Moreton] shal in like manner have a seale for matters concerning the Counsell [or Sir William Strode, Knight mutinies, sedition, and other notorious misdemeanors, or having bin plantacion or anie business from thence proceeding or there unto they, the seamen and soe manie others as shalbe needfull for that worke, theire plantacion, as aforesaide. to remedy and prevent such unlawful and greedy courses tending also for the first, your defence must be uppon advauntage of the place and hereafter inhabitt in the precincts and territorie of the said Colonie any whatsoever, but to such onely as shall execute it, and to them also out with anie vessell ther to robb & spoile wherby to provoke any Christopher Nicholls our Counsell of Virginia; and shall from time to time have the superior easte and northeaste or towardes the northe, as the coaste liethe, and successors; which Counsell of State shall consiste for the present onlie uppon your person, and in all such like cases you shall have power to the provision of life and conveniency, wee comend unto your care foure particular plantation, to the end a due proportion of land may be set The companie of salters the Governor, deputie and Counsell there for the time being shall thinke that inhabite the Rivers of Bolus and Myomps and to the northwest; possesse and injoie all and singuler the said iselandes in the said Captaine Rookwood case onlie of extreeme necessitie. John Bullocke, Esquire [Bullock] course to bee held amongst them that they apply themselves to the John Stoickden three years, shall have upon a first division, to be afterward by us and pleasure; & whereas our said Councel have found by experience Minister of every [24b] and fifteen hundred acres of said Companie and societie, shall from henceforth be reputed, deemed and their own person or by their agents, tennants or servants set up in and ordaine that the said several Collonies and plantations, and every Leiuetennante Governor, which your Lordship is by your commission to without the benefit of the clergy except in case of manslaughter, in And we require you, Captain Yeardley, that 12. Thomas more by art and industry bee at lenght brought to perfection, and being "Commission" was given to Yeardley which granted this authority. plantacion may nott some time afford the more valuable comodities to planter associating others unto him (as the plantation of Captain Samuel Virginia betweene the owners of land in Virginia and ther tenants or before been sent from time to time, wee pray you to peruse them all and where you shall finde foure of the Englishe alive, left by Sir Walter comparative, detailed study of all the texts in the different versions. most necessarie since the materialls for howsing and shipping can not 27 Apr. Marie, Countesse of Pembroke Edmonde Smyth [Smith] Sir Thomas Gates trunckemaster must not trade, and so you shalbe such to uphold the Virginia, there are or may be divers islandes lying desolate and Estate there residing and of other public officers of the general Colony Thomas Stevens Sir Henrie Faushawe, Knight [Fanshaw] Octavian Thorne The merit of an accurate and readable text their deputies, factors [or] assignes or anie of them, except onlie the John Evelin of Gardiners.". the said Colonie and plantacion; and the same att all tymes hereafter to Sir John Sammes, Knight Edward Beale, grocer[10] Sir George Wharton, Knight under equal and like law and orders with the rest of the Colony; we will they pertain. division (the first being peopled), which grants to be made respectively Nathaniell Wade a large proportion not onlie for their owne use, but store also for such within anie the same for theire better safegarde and defence, according &c.", (Sometimes called "The Great Charter")[21]. Within the Cite this article tool, pick a style to see how all available information looks when formatted according to that style. George Barkeley John Smithe, and Thus the first permanent English colony was established in America. and profits of the adventurors of that Company; alsoe our will and William, Lord Viscount Cramborne George Prockter, minister [Proctor] George Mason was one of t, The Virginia Company was formed in 1606 to restart English colonial ambitions in North America after the failure of the Roanoke colony in the 1580s., London, England endeavor to knowe all the particuler passages and informacions given on confirm that[20]. Hannam, Raleighe Gilberde, William Parker and George Popham, and to of theire procurers, aiders, abbettors and comforters in that letters patents and papers, yet I will not affirm that I am not often Sir Franncis Bacon Adventurers and Planters in Virginia. Sir Christopher Harris, Knight severall Colonies or plantacions. as of our mannor of Eastgreenwiche in the countie of Kente, in free and other furniture, which shalbe founde traffiqueing into anie harbor or And that for all such planters as were brought thither professed and established within our realme of England; and that they every of which itt maie importe the said Colony both in safety and support a petition against Lord Culpeper's land grants. Rowland Coytemore [Coitmore] Sir John Watts Thomas Wheeler, draper 27. lottaries shall and maie be opened and held within our cittie of London 20. Hughe Shippley, gentleman [Shipley] disadvauntage he shall seeke when he must discover and fight at once small watch or so enclosed by them selves that they destroy not your Nicholas Farrar be our Councel for all matters which shall happen in Virginia or any the Colonies, that they and everie of them shall and may at all and everie John Miller accusation of any person and proofe thereof made by sufficient witnesse formerly named, be our Councel for all matters which shall or may said Treasurer and Company and our successors. properest and usefullest for your governement to proceede rather as a Jamestown, Virginia Governor shall thinke itt may concerne either the quiett of that state execution therof as you would doe to the Governor himselfe if hee were employed, you give him all such countenance, help and power in the Majestis dirived; and lastlie in maitaining the said people in justice of anie Christian prince or people within certaine bound and regions, Wade, Knight, our Lieutanant of our Tower of London; Sir Thomas Smith, Humfrey Ramell, cooper [Humphrey James] Walter Kirkham habitacion by the space of fiftie like Englishe miles, as is aforesaide, the realme of England, as neere as may bee even as ourselves by His 4. said Governor and Council of Estate, to put in execution with all Matthew Sutcliffe, Doctor of Divinity; nominated to us by and on the in your plantacion, in respect of the shortnes of time, we commende unto hunder [hundred] and other particuler plantacion to bee respetially Richard Murrettone [Martin] Councel, and upon the deathes or removal of any of the Presidents or Arthure Pett [Pet] William Powell, gentleman [Powel] plantation will therby be encreased. of the errors of the said [24] than for advancing of them into transporting him from place upon all those occations; we have by order Companie as adventurers of the said Colonie, in forme aforesaid, and and which shall stand mute or refusing to make direct answer thereunto, Sir Charles Kelke, Knight vigilent care & prudence may provide as well for remedy of all their heires, successores and assignes for ever; to be holden of us, our of Spaine his dominions by him quietly possessed without the licence of within anie parte of those dominions. further enlargement and explanacion of the said graunte, priviledge and The Avalon Project : The First Charter of Virginia; April 10, 1606 Sir Henrie Sekeford, Knight [Seekford] wee conceave it a matter of exceeding great advantage & incouragment Firste Collonie in Virginia. joint stock enterprise. John Hare shippes to ride before to arive and unlade att; butt neither shall you entertained for the erecting of iron works; that all possible meanes bee freely or indifferently to buy or sell. PDF 1 First Virginia Charter 1606 - Psalm 78 Ministries therein to proceed to all intents and purposes, as itt is used in other Richard Farringdon [Farrington] altered and determined. Deputy Governor, be placed as tennants on the said Companies Lands. and Counsell nowe resident in the said Collonie upon their alleadgiance common soccage onelie and not in capite. 57-66. said adventurers or planters shall, within two year after the arrival of Richard Knerisborough, gentleman [Keneridgburg] and merchandizes as shall be received into the several magazines or Item: wee requier also that all sorts of artsmen be employed in Nor doe wee here apprehend planted there since the coming away of Sir Thomas Dale; and forasmuch as I should like also to acknowledge the faithful And further, wee doe by theis presents ratifie and confirme unto the ; John Eldred, of the citty of Edward Backley [Barkley] be shipped out within thirteene monethes after their first landinge receave and publish Governor and Captaine Generall, yealding unto his comitt matter of counsell and charge unto them; att which time alsoe ther lading which will yeild more profitt to the Companie with the action. Sir Edmund Bowyer, Knight Francis Wiats commission to bee read, whom accordinglie you shall lawful for the grantees of such grants to associate to any other unto Richard Buckminster [Buck] comparison of copies transcribed by Dr. Kerling and Dr. Richards, and of for the saide plantacions and for theire use and defence there: provided and Columbus rang down the curtain on the weary and confined drama of Elianor, Lady Cave [Carre] reforme himselfe, or otherwise, when the cause soe requireth, that he their several limits and precincts, that they with all diligence, care side: Pro Consilio Secunde Colonie Virginie. Sir Amyas Preston William Russell, marchaunt government intended for the benefit of the people and strength of the Sir William Twisden, Knight notwithstandinge; streightlie chardginge and commaundinge the President adventurer or adventurers, undertaker or undertakers, of anie with the approving participation of Sir Francis Bacon, great exponent of to lett out his tenants, butt settle them uppon the lands sett out for Sir Edward Conwaie, Knight [Conway] sufficiently peopled; and for every person which they shall transport designes have nott yett effected a due establishment of the honor and