...and Warwick, and others, to the number of forty nobkmen, knights and gentlemen, by the name of "the council established at Plymouth in the county of Devon, for the; planting, ruling and governing of New-England in " — " and granted unto them, and their •uctessors and assigns,...

...and Warwick, and Sir Ferdinando Gorges, with 34 associates and their successors : Styling them " The Council established at Plymouth in the county of Devon,...for the planting, ruling, ordering, and governing of New-England in North America." Q,. What part of the territory was put in their possession by this patent...

...aforesaid, shall be, and, by these presents, are and be incorporated, named, and called by the name of the council established at Plymouth, in the county of Devon, for the planting, ruling, and governing of New England, in America ; and them, the said duke of Lenox, marquis Buckingham, marquis...

...Warwick, and others, to the number of forty Noblemen, Knights and Gentlemen, by the name of " The Councils established at Plymouth in the County of Devon for the Planting, Ruling and Governing of Neiv England in Jimeric«."* The powers of tins Corporation were to be exercised in...

...40.] stituted a council, consisting of forty noblemen, knights and gentlemen,* by the name of " The council established at Plymouth, " in the county of Devon, for the planting, ruling and governing "of New-England, in America."1 They were a corporation with perpetual succession, by...

...however among the whims of that whimsical monarch, James I., in 1620, when he issued his patent to the council established at Plymouth, in the county of...Devon, for the planting, ruling, ordering and governing New-England in America, '_iat he, of his own mere motion and certain ^knowledge, was pleased to make...

...to the duke of Lenox and others, dated November 3, 1620, incorporating them with the style of the " Council established at Plymouth, in the county of Devon, for the planting and governing of New Kngland, in America," HHlfa full powers to purchase and hold lan.ds, appoint officers,...

...bounded he affixed the name of New-England, and to the corporation itself so created, the name of "The Council established at Plymouth in the county of Devon,...for the planting, ruling, ordering, and governing of New-England in America." § 21. Some of the powers granted by this charter were alarming to many persons,...

...the highest nobility and gentry of England, their associates and successors, were constituted " the Council established at Plymouth, in the county of...ordering and governing of New England, in America." By this patent, the whole territory between the 40th and the 48th degrees of north latitude, from the...

...the world, has but one parallel. The adventurers and their successors 162°were incorporated as " The Council established at Plymouth, in the county of...Devon, for the planting, ruling, ordering and governing New-England, in America." The territory, conferred on the patentees in absolute property, with unlimited...