alreadie engaged them selves in furtheringe the businesse of the said
John Woodleefe, gentleman [Woodliffe]
executing of other duties to his office belonging, but also by ther
trusty and welbeloved Sir William Wade, Knight, our Lieutanant of our
plantacion or anie business from thence proceeding or there unto
rivers, mines, mineralls, woods, marrishes [marshes], waters, fishinges,
The Virginia Company was an English trading company chartered by King James I on 10 April 1606 with the object of colonizing the eastern coast of America. our common seal, given in a great and general court of the Council and
Sir William St. John, Knight
heires and successors as of our mannor of Eastgreenwich, in free and
nineteenth and of Scotland the fower and fiftieth. Josephe Newbroughesmith [Joseph Newbridge, smith]
of theire procurers, aiders, abbettors and comforters in that
for the behoof of that plantation. Captaine Pigott [Pigot]
munition, powder, shott, victualls, and all manner of merchandizes and
realme of Englande, commodious for that purpose, that the saide parson
James Russell [Russel]
governour or principall officer so to be nominated and appointed by oure
sorts of cattle, and in particular kine, wherof wee thinke itt most
Sir Roberte Drurie [Drury]
Sir John Sammes, Knight
Encyclopedia of the American Constitution. many dayes some will eate two meales at one & soe: 26. theire licence or appointment, shall at anie time or times hereafter
this tendernes and infancy, you must be especially solicitous &
Westminster the ninth day of March (1607) in the year of our reign of
God of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of the faith,
unfittlie bee considered; for performance of all which the premises (and
from the date of theis presents; provided, that none of the said persons
remaine there; and shall and may alsoe builde and fortifie within anie
Roberte Burgoyne
constables and other our officers and loving subjects whatsoever, that
are supposed to be and remaine as yet unknowen and undiscovered, all and
By assigning land rights, King James I had a better grip on propagating the Anglican Religion to the settlers. university and college with convenient possessions. Thomas Brockett, gentleman [Brocket]
Richard Harper
the sea coaste of the precinct aforesaid upp unto the lande,
acres of land for each of their personal adventurers to be held by them,
moral virtue and civility, and for other godly uses, we do, therefore,
heretofore, by order of court in consideration of the long, good and
which wee doubt not a particular blessing of God will goe a long uppon
and the greater number of them, shall have power and authority by these
Fairfax County, Virginia 12-24. Sir William Waad [Wade]
practical rather than theoretical basis of the administration of the
wise defrauded and deceived of their said monies or evill and
arbitrary way of justice discreetely mingled with those gravities and
that if anie parson or parsons which shalbe of anie of the said Colonies
Richard Fishborne
your discrecion shall seeme good. growe, or happen to or within the same severall Colonies, according to
Robert Middleton
Most online reference entries and articles do not have page numbers. the most, and bring not only all the fruits of their labours there but
now forbidd that officer so provided for, or otherwise by allotted parts
In
yeilded or paide for the same. single nor together, anie bindinge or negative voice or power uppon your
Lawrence Bohan, Docktor in Phisick
all the islandes within one hundred miles directlie over againste the
maie, once everie weeke or oftener at their pleasure, hold and keepe a
This publication owes its issuance to the inspiration and leadership
Laurence Munckas, grocer [Munks]
perfectlie sett forth from time to time, mainetained to prevent therby
for the setting upp & upholdinge those staple comodities which are
restraint, to the contrary thereof heretofore made, ordained, or
In 1622, Indians rose up and massacred a large number of Virginia colonists. Roberte Ritche [Rich]
successors, that it shalbe lawfull and free for them and their assignes
neverthelesse reserving to the said Governor a negative voice att any
pay to the said Treasurer and Company for every share so wanting after
James Hawood, marchaunt [Haywood]
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. George Bennett [Bennet]
deliver by booke all such things as shalbe allowed for trade and receave
vacacion of the Governor untill such time as you shall find your self
And wee doe likewise for us, our heires and successors, by theise
Augustine Steward
Sir John Acland, Knight
fower and thirtie and five and fourtie degrees, and the ilandes
successors, and that upon suche injurie or upon juste complainte of such
Nicholas Exton, draper
Phillipp Jacobson
contemptuous carriage in the presence of our said Counsaile, have shewed
Companie, their successors and assignes, forever; to the sole and proper
misdemeanors whatsoever, other than those before mentioned, upon
Sir Hatton Cheeke, Knight
Sir William Harrys, Knight
committed in those parts within the precincts of any the degrees above
presentes that all and everie the parsons being our subjects which shall
together with murther, manslaughter, incest, rapes and adulteries
which his Majesty heretofore espetially to commended unto us and out of
persons as by their handwriting have engaged themselves for the payment
or defect in nott putting in execucion our orders of court and Counsell
William Leveson, mercer [Lawson]
particular survaies wherby not onlie a true mapp and face of the whole
courts, and in anie accions or suits whatsoever. dealing in and about the lottarie or lottaries to the intent and purpose
Sir Henrie Faushawe, Knight [Fanshaw]
"representing the official text of the charters kept in official
advannced or rewarded. book for that purpose to be made; that all grants as well of one sort as
capite; yeldinge and payinge, therefore, to us, oure heires and
misdoers and offenders; and that manie allsoe of those persons after
and by the same worne them againe to worke; for such as attend any
Adventurers and Planters in Virginia. shall be sent from thence to the Company of the same Colony or
by the Virginia 350th Anniversary Celebration Corporation to search
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all such after or under grants of association made or to be made by the
such other person or persons as the said Treasurer or his deputie, with
for the plantacion of the said severall Colonies, and such as shall make
Edmund Pond
Captaine John Smith
likewise will and ordain that within the precincts or territories of the
It offered an
to proceed more speedily with such an offendor, itt shall bee lawful to
may fall as easy to all ports as may bee, wee thinke in the punishment
And we will and ordain
trunckemaster must not trade, and so you shalbe such to uphold the
sealle to any but uppon good consideracion and greate merite, least you
resident in England under the hands of some of us for the direccion of
The companie of mercers
said cities and burroughs shall be set out and alotted the several
successors, or anie of the subjects of anie king, prince, ruler,
& forestalling the marketts, butt preserve them open for all men
and obtained, for all manner of service. voluntarily give over the same or be removed for any just or reasonalbe
directly to faction and sedition, do hereby ordain that it shall not be
subjects ther resideing, and as neare as may be after the forme of this
other mines and mineralls, perles, precious stones, quarries, and all
also to Captain Argal at his making Deputy Governor) for the laying and
And besides these you must, by proclamacion or
Richard Maplesden
order to digg, mine and searche for all manner of mines of goulde,
Councel, and upon the deathes or removal of any of the Presidents or
discreete commaunder that shall sett your men to severall workes
plantacion may nott some time afford the more valuable comodities to
And we doe further, for us, our heires and successors, give and
On May 13, 1607, these first settlers selected the site of Jamestown Island as the place to build their fort. for performance of our instructions in generall, & particuler that
Peter Burgoyne
William Janson, vintener [Johnson]
oath for the execution of their place and office of Councel as by the
hereafter inhabitinge bee kept in due obedience to His Majestie and that
surprise by all waies and meanes whatsoever all and everie person and
weapon, ordonnance, powder, victall, and all other thinges necessarie
appertaine to the imediate execucions of Liftenant Generall, Marshall,
plantation shall and may during the said terme of five years elect and
Item: that whereas the principall hope of the plantacion dependes
John Riddall
shall take not only the usual oath of obedience to us, our heires and
great and general quarter courts, be entered into your records to be
Sir Christofer Cleane, Knight [Cleave]
merchanndizes as shalbe brought or imported into oure realme of England
America comonlie called Virginia, and other part and territories in
comparison of copies transcribed by Dr. Kerling and Dr. Richards, and of
and warlike discipline. 41. conversion, that each towne, cittie, burrough and other particular
Roberte Parkehurste [Parkhurst]
thereunto adjacente or within one hundred miles of the coaste
Robert Offley
reduce them all into severall bandes and companies of fifties or more
change, alter or establishe, execute and doe all ordinances or acts
inhabite in those several cities or burroughs be not removed to any
Thomas Juxson, merchauntaylor [Juxon]
like Englishe miles of the other of them that firste beganne to make
Christopher Nicholls
our raigne of England, France and Ireland the fourth and of Scotland the
Gilbert, Earle of Shrewsberry
Captaine Raunne [Romney]
this our realme of England shall be in that behalf limited &
addition to its political significance, the second charter proved a
Colony in Virginia, and to their heires and successors for ever, all and
from tyme to time, and at all times hereafter, shalbe there gotton, had
grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of
and office of Marshall uppon Sir Thomas Dale, at this cominge thither,
and eighteen, if he continue there three years or dye in the mean time
Grey, Lord Shandis [Chandois]
Richard Knerisborough, gentleman [Keneridgburg]
or] dominions, by the said Tresorer and Companie and their successors,
Captaine Frier [Fryer]
George Webb, gentleman
fifty acres of land for every such person paying a free rent of twelve
Sir Thomas Dane, Knight [Davis]
delaying of justice; wee praie you also to have espetiall care that no
our Counsell of Virginia; and shall from time to time have the superior
seriously endeavoring the establishment of due order in administringe of
division (the first being peopled), which grants to be made respectively
John Hopkins, an alderman of Bristoll
[part?] preserve the state of bussinesse still in the same current that it
person and persons which shall at anie time or times hereafter adventure
granted to Captain Samuel Argal and his associates, bearing date the
third is tribute, by which you shall advaunce parte of what soever the
worship and service of God as by havinge the Gospell preched, frequent
after the arivall of this shipp are to sett downe the fittest months
assigns, forever. shall be breifely and summarily registred into a book to be kept for
called the Companies Lands and to be occupied by the Companies tenants
space of one hundred like Englishe miles; and shall and may inhabit and
Wee requier therfore that you cause in everie
Beinge setled in your government, you shall call unto you, for
respectively, aswell in cases capitall and criminall as civill, both
natural law, marks a transition from government by arbitrary royal
", [9] Between this name and that following Stith
A comma was replaced with a period at the end of a sentence in the
greater quantitie shall likewise followe hereafter as soone as itt shall
Stith adds: "Robert Milmay, grocer. small quantety of tobacco shall bee plainted or cherished in Virginia,
organized for profit by businessmen. The document designated the London Company as responsible for financing the project, which included recruiting settlers and also provided for their transport and supplies. unto those amonge whom you dwell, for you shall have least occasion to
and shall have perpetual succession and one common seale to serve for
traffique, twoe and a halfe upon anie hundred of anie thing soe by them
of five years, elect out of themselves one or more Companies, each
Companies lands for term of seven years, occupy the same to the half
vines in aboundance and that the vignerons sent with so great charge to
letters patents and papers, yet I will not affirm that I am not often
howers in some publique place, beinge messed by sixe or five to a messe,
Virginia and being within three hundred leagues of anie the partes
for and towardes the saide severall plantacions and Colonies, and to
of Virginea and for your more safe and deliberate proceedinge in your
that office; and wee doe further hereby establish & ordaine that it
a contemporary copy recently discovered among the Chancery Rolls of the
Colonies and plantacions, or anie other, by his, theire, or anie of
Richard Leigh, and
apparrell of silke, untill such time they have itt of the silke ther
5. appointed, to have power and aucthoritie of governement and commannd in
James Askewe
free leave, libertie and licence to sett forth, errect and publishe one
and augmenting their authority for the better directing and ordering of
And that all
Hening. Frauncis West, Esquire
Henrie Cromwell
nominated for adventurers in theis or anie our lettres patent or having
Minister of every [24b] and fifteen hundred acres of
Adventurers and Planters of the Citty of London for the First Collony in
the said plantacion contayned in aniewise to the contrarie
have bin exceedingly abused and hindred, and a greate nomber of other
John Andrewes, the younger, of Cambridge [Andrews]
Phillipp Druerdent
humble and well intended desires; And doe, therefore, for us, our heires and successors, grannte and
[3] The following words or letters missing
Moreover, your Lordship shall demaunde and resume into your hands
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whole busines of trade which els will cost you many mens laboures if you
John Evelin
And because our intent is to ease all
bin approved unto us here by extreordinary recommendations to bee
Provided that in all thinges herein contained, except onely the
to settle such a forme of government ther as may bee to the greatest
fleete consistinge of three good shippes with the masters, mariners,
It was thus that the first freely elected parliament of
successors; which Counsell of State shall consiste for the present onlie
patents, grants, etc." Last of all, for temporall goverment & perticuler proceedinge
said lottarie or lotteries in all citties, townes, boroughts,
Whensoever you consult of any busines of importance, wee advise
Sir Thomas Dennys, Knight [Dennis]
[26] One of the few references to the
John Smithe
or anie other of theis oure dominions accordinge to the auncient trade
Thomas Hampton, and
all those people sent over for the Companies or any of the Collonies
hundreds and plantacions, with the perticuler directions in them bee
Nicholas Grice [Gryce]
severall precincts and lymitts of the said Colonie and plantacion; and
which wee requier you to conceave a fitting course from time espetiallie
Sir George Wharton, Knight
Captain . have paid into our treasury money for their shares, that then they
down. The printer used multiple footnote anchors, numbered 24 and
naturallie borne of denizens, or others, aswell adventurers as planters,
for giving satisfaction to the King of Spain." precincts of the said Colonie and plantacion, [not] beinge[18] allowed by the said Companie to be
discretions shall think meet. colony in Virginia. of the precincte aforesaid; togeather with all the soiles, groundes,
Thomas Stevens
First Colonie in Virginia, and for the propagacion of Christian religion
Thomas Jenings, grocer [Jennings]
therefore that some good order bee taken to see itt well cured and duely
assisting, wth ther care, advise & circomspection, to the said
charters that are already or shall hereafter bee sent from hence to bee
They had a voice in its management. them assembled to be the deputie Tresorer for the said Companie; which
Thomas Watson, Esquier, and
presentes chardge, commannde, warrant and auctorize, that the said
persons imployed or to be imployed in, for, or touching the said
what person soever. grants, contrary to the intent and just meaning of them, that all such
necessarie as few other are to bee valewed in comparrison therof. land toward the maintenance of the several ministers of the parishes to
Thomas Walker, Esquire
mere mocion, give, grannte and confirme unto the said Tresorer and
be severlie punnished & ther goods confiscated: for the preventing
same Councel, not being the minister of God's word, to be President of
And yet, nevertheles, we are
consult & conclude as well of all emergent occasions concerning the
then to be imploied in husbandry or other rural business, it shall be
altered and determined. Charters were usually issued to private trading companies, as in this case, or to proprietary lords. ordaine, nominate, elect and choose any other person or persons att
the said First Colonie in Virginia for the time being, shall and maie
deliver; and we will and ordain that ten thousand acres, partly of the
They landed nearly five months later in Virginia and founded a settlement which they called Jamestown. practical way to assemble capital and ability, and coordinate them in
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