Charter of the Hudson's Bay Company

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The Charter of the Hudson's Bay Company is the 1670 royal document by which King Charles II granted the company extensive trading rights and territorial control over the vast region known as Rupert's Land in North America.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf founding document ⓘ
legal document ⓘ
royal charter ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Hudson's Bay Company Charter ⓘ
Royal Charter of the Hudson's Bay Company ⓘ
appliesToTerritory Rupert's Land ⓘ
archiveLocation United Kingdom National Archives ⓘ
authorizedOrganization Hudson's Bay Company ⓘ
containsProvision establishment of a Governor and Company of Adventurers of England trading into Hudson's Bay ⓘ
obligation to pay rent or dues to the Crown ⓘ
right to appoint governors and officers in Rupert's Land ⓘ
right to hold lands and property in perpetuity ⓘ
right to make ordinances not contrary to the laws of England ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of England ⓘ
dateSigned 1670-05-02 ⓘ
definedTerritoryAs all lands whose rivers flow into Hudson Bay ⓘ
grantedBy Charles II of England ⓘ
grantedMonopolyOn fur trade in Rupert's Land ⓘ
grantedRights exclusive trading rights in Rupert's Land ⓘ
rights of government over Rupert's Land ⓘ
rights to administer justice within Rupert's Land ⓘ
rights to build forts and trading posts ⓘ
rights to make laws within Rupert's Land ⓘ
rights to wage defensive war in the chartered territory ⓘ
grantedTerritorialControlIn Rupert's Land ⓘ
grantedTo Hudson's Bay Company ⓘ
grantedTradingRightsIn Rupert's Land ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver trade in the Hudson Bay watershed ⓘ
historicalPeriod Restoration era ⓘ
linked to: Stuart period
influencedBy English mercantilist policy ⓘ
inForceUntil 19th century ⓘ
issuedBy Charles II of England ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalBasisFor Hudson's Bay Company governance of Rupert's Land ⓘ
Hudson's Bay Company trading monopoly in the Hudson Bay drainage basin ⓘ
legalStatus letters patent ⓘ
regionCovered Hudson Bay drainage basin ⓘ
parts of present-day Canada ⓘ
parts of present-day United States ⓘ
relatedTo British Empire ⓘ
colonial law ⓘ
corporate charters ⓘ
history of Canada ⓘ
significantFor British colonial expansion in North America ⓘ
creation of Rupert's Land as a corporate territory ⓘ
development of the Canadian fur trade ⓘ
establishment of Hudson's Bay Company ⓘ
yearSigned 1670 ⓘ

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

Royal Charter of 1670 → title → Charter of the Hudson's Bay Company ⓘ
British Empire in the Pacific Northwest → governedThrough → Hudson's Bay Company charter ⓘ
linked to: Charter of the Hudson's Bay Company
Charter of the Hudson's Bay Company → alsoKnownAs → Hudson's Bay Company Charter ⓘ
linked to: Charter of the Hudson's Bay Company
Charter of the Hudson's Bay Company → alsoKnownAs → Royal Charter of the Hudson's Bay Company ⓘ
linked to: Charter of the Hudson's Bay Company
Deed of Surrender → precededBy → Hudson’s Bay Company royal charter over Rupert’s Land ⓘ
linked to: Charter of the Hudson's Bay Company