Virginia Company of London

E48684

chartered company joint-stock company

The Virginia Company of London was an English joint-stock company chartered in the early 17th century to finance and establish settlements in North America, most notably the Jamestown colony in Virginia.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Virginia Company of London canonical	36
Virginia Company	8
London Company	2
Virginia Company colonists	1
Virginia Company colony	1
Virginia Company expeditions	1
Virginia Company of London colony	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	chartered company ⓘ joint-stock company ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Virginia Company of London ⓘ surface form: London Company Virginia Company of London ⓘ surface form: Virginia Company
charterDate	1606-04-10 ⓘ
charteredBy	James VI and I ⓘ surface form: King James I of England
charterExtended	1609 ⓘ 1612 ⓘ
charterFeature	monopoly on trade with Virginia ⓘ right to govern settlers ⓘ
colonized	Virginia ⓘ
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ
dissolutionReason	revocation of charter ⓘ
dissolvedBy	Court of King’s Bench ⓘ surface form: Court of King's Bench
endTime	1624 ⓘ
foundedBy	James VI and I ⓘ surface form: King James I of England
foundedColony	Bermuda (United Kingdom) ⓘ surface form: Bermuda Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ surface form: Colony of Virginia Henricus ⓘ Jamestown ⓘ
grantedBy	Royal Charter ⓘ
headquartersLocation	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
industry	colonial enterprise ⓘ overseas trade ⓘ
introducedCrop	commercial tobacco cultivation in Virginia ⓘ
introducedInstitution	House of Burgesses ⓘ representative government in English America ⓘ
legalForm	joint-stock company ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	England ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London
notableLeader	Sir Edwin Sandys ⓘ Sir Thomas Gates ⓘ Thomas Smythe ⓘ surface form: Sir Thomas Smythe Thomas West 3rd Baron De La Warr ⓘ surface form: Sir Thomas West, Lord De La Warr
operatedIn	North America ⓘ Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ surface form: Virginia Colony
organizedVoyage	HMS Discovery ⓘ surface form: Discovery (ship) Godspeed ⓘ Susan Constant ⓘ
purpose	establish English settlements in North America ⓘ exploit natural resources of Virginia ⓘ find a northwest passage to Asia ⓘ find precious metals ⓘ
sentExpedition	Jamestown ⓘ surface form: 1607 Jamestown expedition
shareholderType	English nobility ⓘ London merchants ⓘ private investors ⓘ
startTime	1606 ⓘ
successor	Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ surface form: Crown Colony of Virginia

Referenced by (50)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Colony and Dominion of Virginia → establishedBy → Virginia Company of London ⓘ

Colony and Dominion of Virginia → precededBy → Virginia Company of London ⓘ

this entity surface form: Virginia Company colony

Sea Venture shipwreck → relatedTo → Virginia Company of London ⓘ

this entity surface form: Virginia Company

Sea Venture shipwreck → operator → Virginia Company of London ⓘ

Second Charter of Virginia → grantedTo → Virginia Company of London ⓘ

Jamestown → foundedBy → Virginia Company of London ⓘ

Virginia Company of London → alsoKnownAs → Virginia Company of London ⓘ

this entity surface form: London Company

Virginia Company of London → alsoKnownAs → Virginia Company of London ⓘ

this entity surface form: Virginia Company

John Rolfe → associatedWithCompany → Virginia Company of London ⓘ

John Smith → employer → Virginia Company of London ⓘ

Sea Venture → operator → Virginia Company of London ⓘ

this entity surface form: Virginia Company

Sea Venture → ownedBy → Virginia Company of London ⓘ

George Somers → associatedWith → Virginia Company of London ⓘ

this entity surface form: Virginia Company

William Strachey → employer → Virginia Company of London ⓘ

Deliverance → operatedBy → Virginia Company of London ⓘ

Patience → ownedBy → Virginia Company of London ⓘ

St. George’s, Bermuda → foundedBy → Virginia Company of London ⓘ

this entity surface form: Virginia Company

Jamestown Exposition → honoredEntity → Virginia Company of London ⓘ

Richard Moore → appointedBy → Virginia Company of London ⓘ

Third Charter of Virginia → appliesToJurisdiction → Virginia Company of London ⓘ

Third Charter of Virginia → mainSubject → Virginia Company of London ⓘ

Third Charter of Virginia → relatedTo → Virginia Company of London ⓘ

Shirley Plantation, Charles City County, Virginia → originalLandGrantBy → Virginia Company of London ⓘ

subject surface form: Shirley Plantation

James Fort → foundedBy → Virginia Company of London ⓘ

Starving Time (1609–1610) → appliesToJurisdiction → Virginia Company of London ⓘ

this entity surface form: London Company

Starving Time (1609–1610) → significantParticipant → Virginia Company of London ⓘ

Powhatan peoples → encountered → Virginia Company of London ⓘ

this entity surface form: Virginia Company colonists

Matoaka → associatedWith → Virginia Company of London ⓘ

Godspeed → operatedBy → Virginia Company of London ⓘ

Godspeed → sponsoredBy → Virginia Company of London ⓘ

this entity surface form: Virginia Company

Susan Constant → operator → Virginia Company of London ⓘ

Susan Constant → sponsoredBy → Virginia Company of London ⓘ

Susan Constant → relatedTo → Virginia Company of London ⓘ

Sir Edwin Sandys → memberOf → Virginia Company of London ⓘ

Tsenacommacah → colonialConflictWith → Virginia Company of London ⓘ

Henricus → partOf → Virginia Company of London ⓘ

this entity surface form: Virginia Company of London colony

Henricus → foundedBy → Virginia Company of London ⓘ

A True Relation of Such Occurrences and Accidents of Note as Hath Happened in Virginia → associatedPerson → Virginia Company of London ⓘ

A Map of Virginia → associatedWith → Virginia Company of London ⓘ

President of the Council of the Jamestown colony → appointedBy → Virginia Company of London ⓘ

President of the Council of the Jamestown colony → associatedWith → Virginia Company of London ⓘ

Christopher Newport → employer → Virginia Company of London ⓘ

Rebecca Rolfe → associatedWith → Virginia Company of London ⓘ

English colonization of Bermuda → governingCompany → Virginia Company of London ⓘ

this entity surface form: Virginia Company

A True Reportory of the Wracke, and Redemption of Sir Thomas Gates Knight → commissionedBy → Virginia Company of London ⓘ

Third Supply mission to Jamestown → partOf → Virginia Company of London ⓘ

this entity surface form: Virginia Company expeditions

Third Supply mission to Jamestown → operator → Virginia Company of London ⓘ

Lord De La Warr → associatedWith → Virginia Company of London ⓘ

subject surface form: Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr

Jamestown Island → foundedBy → Virginia Company of London ⓘ

Somers Isles Company → relatedTo → Virginia Company of London ⓘ

this entity surface form: Virginia Company