...authority of the king, constituting them a corporation with perpetual succession, 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." It consisted of forty noblemen, knights, and gentlemen, among...

...right in the waters and shores of the sea passed from the crown, by letters patent from James I., to the council established at Plymouth, in the county of Devon, for the planting, &c. of New England, and from that council so much of their territory thus acquired, as was contained...

...year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord, Charles, by the grace of God, King of England, &c.7 between the Council established at Plymouth, in the county of Devon, for the planting, ordering, ruling and governing of New England, in America, of the one part, and the Right Honorable...

...Sir Francis Gorges, with thirty-four others, and their successors, by which they were constituted " The Council established at Plymouth, in the county...ordering, and governing of New England in America." This patent became the civil basis of all the grants and patents by which New England was afterwards colonized;...

...were seeking a new and separate patent of incorporation for New England, under the style and title of the council established at Plymouth, in the county...ordering, and governing of New England, in America, which, says Mr. Prince, is the great and civil basis of all the future patents and plantations that...

...reign, claiming the whole continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, granted to " The Council of Plymouth in the County of Devon for the planting,...ordering and governing of New England in America," " all that part of America lying and being in breadth from forty degrees to forty-eight degrees of...

...to the Duke of Lennox, Sir Ferdinando Gorges, and others, forming an association under the name of " The Council established at Plymouth, in the county of Devon, for the planting, ordering, and governing of New England, in America." To this company was given " all that circuit,...

...Plymouth, during their first lustre of years : their Patent, how and when obtained 62 79 CHAP. XV. The Council established at Plymouth, in the County of Devon, for the ordering the affairs of New England, and their proceedings with reference thereto . . .65 84 CHAP....

...Plymouth, during their first lustre of years : their Patent, how and when obtained ..... 62 79 CHAP. XV. The Council established at Plymouth, in the County of Devon, for the ordering the affairs of New England, and their proceedings with reference thereto . . .65 84 CHAP....

...were seeking a new and separate patent of incorporation for New England, under the style and title of the council established at Plymouth, in the county...ordering, and governing of New England, in America, which, says Mr. Prince, is the great and civil basis of all the future patents and plantations that...