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  1. Jun 29, 2024 · Six Royal Charters. During the twenty-seven years (1174 to 1201) in which there are no records of the names of the priors, with the one exception above, several additional charters were obtained, both from King Henry and King Richard.

  2. 1 day ago · A royal charter from King Charles II incorporated "The Governor and Company of Adventurers of England, trading into Hudson's Bay" on 2 May 1670. The charter granted the company a monopoly over the region drained by all rivers and streams flowing into Hudson Bay in northern parts of present-day Canada.

  3. Jun 24, 2024 · Incorporated by royal charter on December 31, 1600, it was started as a monopolistic trading body so that England could participate in the East Indian spice trade. It also traded cotton, silk, indigo, saltpeter, and tea and transported slaves.

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  4. 6 days ago · Charter of Henry I dated at Westminster, A.D. 1133, in his 33rd year, granting to the church, to Rahere the prior, the canons regular, and to the poor of the hospital freedom from all earthly service, and peace to all coming to the fair.

  5. 20 hours ago · The three forms of colonial government in 1776 were provincial (royal colony), proprietary, and charter. These governments were all subordinate to the British monarch with no representation in the Parliament of Great Britain .

  6. Jun 29, 2024 · The royal charter provided an institutional structure for the society, with president, treasurer, secretaries, and council. Though it had royal patronage almost from the start, the society has always remained a voluntary organization, independent of the British state.

  7. 4 days ago · Definitions of royal charter. noun. a charter granted by the sovereign (especially in Great Britain) see more.

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