Select Charters of Trading Companies, AD1530-1707

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Provides transcriptions of 41 charters granted to early companies ranging from international trading concerns to domestic manufacturers. Has substantial introduction with sections including 'Early precedents'; 'Demand for corporateness'; 'Regulated companies'; 'Patents of exploration'; 'The Levant Company'; 'African companies'; 'East India Company'; 'Patents of invention'; Monopolies before the Act'; 'Monopolies after the Act'; 'Patents of colonisation'; 'Mining Companies'; 'Fishing companies'; 'Industrial companies'; 'Banking, insurance and water companies'; 'The South Sea Company'. The charters transcribed include those of the Merchants Trading to Andalusia, 1530; Mines Royal Co, 1568; Mineral & Battery Works Society, 1568, 1603-4; New Art Society, 1571; Fellowship of English Merchants for Discovery of New Trades, 1576-7; Levant Co, 1600; Newfoundland Co, 1610; Company of Merchants Trading to France, 1611; Fellowship of the King's Merchants Adventurers of the New Trade, 1615; African Co, 1618; New River Co, 1619; London Starchmakers' Co, 1622; London Goldwiredrawers Co, 1623; Westminster Soapers' Society, 1631; South & North Shields Saltmakers' Society, 1635, 1638-9; Yarmouth Saltmakers' Society, 1636; London Soapmakers' Society, 1637; Company of Royal Adventurers into Africa, 1660, 1662-3; Royal Fishing Co, 1663-4; Royal African Co, 1672; York Buildings Concession, 1675; Royal Fishery of England Co; White Paper Makers' Co, 1686; Fire Office, 1687-8; King & Queen's Corporation for Linen Manufacture, 1690; English Copper Miners' Co, 1691; Hollow Sword Blades Co, 1691; Cumberland Pearl Fishers' Co, 1691-2; Tapestry Makers' Co; Company for Melting Down Lead with Pit Coal, 1692; Royal Lutestring Co, 1692; Saltpetre Co, 1692; Company for Digging & Working of Mines, 1693; Welsh Copper Miners' Co, 1694; Mine Adventurers' Co, 1704; Amicable Society, 1796; Charitable Corp, 1707