Copy Letters Patent of Elizabeth I granting to the Earl of Cumberland and 215 others the power to form a corporate body to be called the "Governor and Company of Merchants of London, trading into the East Indies" and naming Thomas Smith the first governor

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Title
Copy Letters Patent of Elizabeth I granting to the Earl of Cumberland and 215 others the power to form a corporate body to be called the "Governor and Company of Merchants of London, trading into the East Indies" and naming Thomas Smith the first governor
Date
31 Dec 1600
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Document Type
  • Charter
Reference
IOR/A/1/2
Era
  • 1599-1613 Early voyages