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Proprietary colonies were a type of colony in English America which existed during the early modern period. In English overseas possessions established from the 17th century onwards, all land in the colonies belonged to the Crown, which held ultimate authority over their management. All English colonies were divided by the Crown via royal ...
A city charter or town charter (generically, municipal charter) is a legal document ( charter) establishing a municipality such as a city or town. The concept developed in Europe during the Middle Ages . Traditionally, the granting of a charter gave a settlement and its inhabitants the right to town privileges under the feudal system.
Charter can be used as a synonym for "hire" or "lease", as in the "charter" of a bus, boat or plane. [1] A charter member (US English) of an organization is an original member; that is, one who became a member when the organization received its charter. [2] A chartered member (British English) is a member who holds an individual chartered ...
Paganism. v. t. e. Likely 11th-century copy of AD 854 Royal Charter issued by King Ethelwulf granting 20 hides of land to the monks of St. Peter at Winchester. Anglo-Saxon charters are documents from the early medieval period in England which typically made a grant of land or recorded a privilege. The earliest surviving charters were drawn up ...
Charter city. In the United States, a charter city is a city in which the governing system is defined by the city's own charter document rather than solely by general law. In states where city charters are allowed by law, a city can adopt or modify its organizing charter by decision of its administration by the way established in the charter.
Ancient prescriptive right, confirmed in 1927 [1] 1965. Coronation place of King Æthelstan in 924–925. Æthelstan described Kingston as royal town in a charter, as did Eadred later in the 10th century. In 1927 the mayor of Kingston upon Thames petitioned George V for the right to use the title of "royal borough".
Royal Charter. The Royal Charter Storm (also known as the Great storm of 1859) [1] of 25 and 26 October 1859 was considered to be the most severe storm to hit the Irish Sea in the 19th century, [2] [3] with a total death toll estimated at over 800. It takes its name from the Royal Charter ship, which was driven by the storm onto the east coast ...
The Royal Charter was a steam clipper which was wrecked off the beach of Porth Helaeth [1] in Dulas Bay on the northeast coast of Anglesey, Wales on 26 October 1859. About 450 lives were lost, [2] the highest death toll of any shipwreck on the Welsh coast. The precise number of dead is uncertain as the complete passenger list was lost in the ...