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Charles I annulled the London Co. and took over government of VA
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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But in the year 1626 Charles I for his just reasons annulled the company and, depriving it of the rights granted to it, added Virginia to his crown, appointing governors and judges to rule in his royal name. 33. [Bolton note: The Virginia charter was annulled in 1624, not in 1626.] [Bolton note: Richard Bancroft (1544-1610) became bishop of London in 1597 and Archbishop of Canterbury in November, 1604. He took a prominent part in the famous conference of prelates and Presbyterian divines held at Hampton Court in 1604. He urged in vain the enforcement of the ancient canon "that schismatics are not to be heard against bishops." Lord Clarendon said that "if Bancroft had lived, he would quickly have extinguished all that fire in England which had been kindled at Geneva." He was as lenient with the orthodox as he was harsh with nonconformers.
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