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King James granted rights to Jamestown
Source: Historical proof of the right of the Catholic King to the territory held to-day by the British King under the name of New Georgia #558
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4. Patent of James I, ceding the lands included between 84° and 41°:*[Arredondo note * Cardenas, Decada 10". [f. 177.] As a result of this event [Jamestown founded], James I, who granted what did not belong to him, made no difficulty in yielding to the petitions of Gosnold and his companions to have the company confirmed. He therefore gave his royal approbation, t[Arredondo note t The year 1607.] with permission for all the families of the interested parties to go to the new settlement of Virginia, under the conditions that he chose to impose, and granted to the company the mainland and islands situated between 34° and 41° of latitude, as though they were his own, issuing a royal decree for this purpose. 31. [Bolton note: The first patent to the London Company was granted before the Newport expedition sailed. Arredondo gives Gosnold undue prominence in the case.
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