Letters patent of Sir Thomas St George, Garter Principal King of Arms and of Sir Henry St George, Clarenceux King of Arms, granting arms to the English Company, Trading to the East Indies Charter 13 Oct 1698.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

British Library, owner.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

St. George, Henry, Sir, 1625-1715.

St. George, Henry.

St. George, Thomas, Sir, -1703.

St. George, Thomas.

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], 1698.

Notes:

After the first Act of Parliament for regulating the trade to the East Indies was passed, effectively putting the Company's monopoly up for auction, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord Montagu, devised an arrangement for the government to borrow £2 million. All those who offered money, whether individuals or corporations, were to be united into a corporation called the General Society and each member of the Society was to be permitted to trade to the East Indies. This document grants arms to the company, to be called The English Company, Trading to the East-Indies.See also IOR/A/1/55 and IOR/A/1/56.

AMDigital Reference: IOR/A/1/58

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