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Copy letters patent of James I renewing privileges of the Governor and Company of Merchants of London, trading into the East Indies, and granting further privileges relating chiefly to payment of customs Charter 31 May 1609.
East India Company: Module 1, Trade, Governance and Empire, 1600-1947 (India Office Records, A - D) Available online
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- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- James I, King of England, 1566-1625.
- James.
- East India Company--History--Sources.
- East India Company.
- Letters patent--England--Early works to 1800.
- Letters patent.
- Genre:
- Charters and articles of incorporation
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Production:
- [Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified], 1609.
- Notes:
- AMDigital Reference: IOR/A/1/5
- Dated '7, 42 James I' (ff. 24-45); alphabetical list of merchants nominated (ff. 18-23); oaths to be sworn by officers and merchants (ff. 46-49). By this charter the rights and privileges of the Company became perpetual.
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- Description based on publisher metadata (viewed March 5, 2025).
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