Excerpt from North Carolina: A Study in English Colonial Government These grantees were much more able to utilize their privileges and to discharge their duties than either of the other patentees had been. They were among the leading characters and statesmen of England, five of them holding high office of state, the most of them hav ing been loyal to the crown during the tumultuous periods of the civil war and of the commonwealth. It is most probable that the king used this as a means of rewarding his able supporters, ...
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Excerpt from North Carolina: A Study in English Colonial Government These grantees were much more able to utilize their privileges and to discharge their duties than either of the other patentees had been. They were among the leading characters and statesmen of England, five of them holding high office of state, the most of them hav ing been loyal to the crown during the tumultuous periods of the civil war and of the commonwealth. It is most probable that the king used this as a means of rewarding his able supporters, though in so doing he was giving away many of his powers and rights. These lords proprietors were: the Earl of Clarendon, the high chancellor; the Duke of Albemarle, the master of the horse and captain-general of all the forces; Lord, afterwards Earl, Craven; Lord Berkley, council lor; Lord Ashley, afterwards Earl of Shaftesbury, the chancellor of the exchequer; Sir George Carteret, coun cillor; Sir John Colleton; and Sir William Berkley, the governor of Virginia. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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