James, by the grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland,
Defender of the Faith, etc.: Whereas Our loving and well-disposed subjects, Sir
Thomas Gates, and Sir George Somers, Knights, Richard Hackluit, Clerk,
Prebendary of Westminister, and Edward-Maria Wingfield, Thomas Hanham, and
Ralegh Gilbert, Esquires William Parker, and George Popham, Gentlemen, and diverse others of Our loving subjects, have been humble suitors unto Us, that We would vouchsafe unto them Our license, to make habitation, plantation, and to deduce a colony of sundry of Our people into that part of America commonly called Virginia, and other parts and territories in America, either appertaining unto
Us, or which are not now actually possessed by any Christian
Defender of the Faith, etc.: Whereas Our loving and well-disposed subjects, Sir
Thomas Gates, and Sir George Somers, Knights, Richard Hackluit, Clerk,
Prebendary of Westminister, and Edward-Maria Wingfield, Thomas Hanham, and
Ralegh Gilbert, Esquires William Parker, and George Popham, Gentlemen, and diverse others of Our loving subjects, have been humble suitors unto Us, that We would vouchsafe unto them Our license, to make habitation, plantation, and to deduce a colony of sundry of Our people into that part of America commonly called Virginia, and other parts and territories in America, either appertaining unto
Us, or which are not now actually possessed by any Christian