Concession and Agreement of 1664

E113174

colonial charter founding constitutional instrument legal document

The Concession and Agreement of 1664 was a colonial charter that outlined the governmental structure, religious freedom, and land policies for settlers in what became East Jersey in colonial America.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Concessions and Agreements of West New Jersey	3
Concession and Agreement of West New Jersey	2
Concession and Agreement of 1664 canonical	1
Concession and Agreement of the Lords Proprietors of the Province of New Caesarea or New Jersey	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T963193 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Concession and Agreement of 1664
Context triple: [East Jersey, establishedBy, Concession and Agreement of 1664]

A. Treaty of Westminster (1654)
The Treaty of Westminster (1654) was a peace agreement between England and the Dutch Republic that ended the First Anglo-Dutch War and redefined their commercial and naval relations.
B. Treaty of Breda (1667)
The Treaty of Breda (1667) was a peace agreement between England, the Dutch Republic, France, and Denmark–Norway that ended the Second Anglo-Dutch War and reshaped colonial possessions, notably confirming English control of New Netherland (New York).
C. Treaty of Westminster (1674)
The Treaty of Westminster (1674) was the agreement that ended the Third Anglo-Dutch War and confirmed English control over former Dutch territories in North America, including New Netherland (New York).
D. Treaty of Hartford (1638)
The Treaty of Hartford (1638) was an agreement that ended the Pequot War by dissolving the Pequot tribe as a political entity and dividing its survivors and lands among the English colonists and their Native allies.
E. Treaty of Ripon (1640)
The Treaty of Ripon (1640) was an agreement that ended the Second Bishops' War by allowing Scottish forces to occupy parts of northern England at English expense, pressuring Charles I to recall Parliament and contributing to the political crisis preceding the English Civil War.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Concession and Agreement of 1664
Target entity description: The Concession and Agreement of 1664 was a colonial charter that outlined the governmental structure, religious freedom, and land policies for settlers in what became East Jersey in colonial America.

A. Treaty of Westminster (1654)
The Treaty of Westminster (1654) was a peace agreement between England and the Dutch Republic that ended the First Anglo-Dutch War and redefined their commercial and naval relations.
B. Treaty of Breda (1667)
The Treaty of Breda (1667) was a peace agreement between England, the Dutch Republic, France, and Denmark–Norway that ended the Second Anglo-Dutch War and reshaped colonial possessions, notably confirming English control of New Netherland (New York).
C. Treaty of Westminster (1674)
The Treaty of Westminster (1674) was the agreement that ended the Third Anglo-Dutch War and confirmed English control over former Dutch territories in North America, including New Netherland (New York).
D. Treaty of Hartford (1638)
The Treaty of Hartford (1638) was an agreement that ended the Pequot War by dissolving the Pequot tribe as a political entity and dividing its survivors and lands among the English colonists and their Native allies.
E. Treaty of Ripon (1640)
The Treaty of Ripon (1640) was an agreement that ended the Second Bishops' War by allowing Scottish forces to occupy parts of northern England at English expense, pressuring Charles I to recall Parliament and contributing to the political crisis preceding the English Civil War.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial charter ⓘ founding constitutional instrument ⓘ legal document ⓘ
aimedAt	attracting English settlers ⓘ attracting religious dissenters ⓘ
appliesToEthnicGroup	English colonists in New Jersey ⓘ European settlers in East Jersey ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	East Jersey ⓘ Province of New Jersey ⓘ
appliesToTerritorialEntity	East Jersey ⓘ New Jersey ⓘ linked to: New Jersey, United States
author	John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton ⓘ Sir George Carteret ⓘ
country	England ⓘ
dateCreated	1664 ⓘ
followedBy	later New Jersey proprietary instructions ⓘ
grantedBy	John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton ⓘ Sir George Carteret ⓘ
guarantees	freedom from persecution for religious belief (for Christians) ⓘ
hasEffect	encouragement of settlement in New Jersey ⓘ establishment of proprietary government in East Jersey ⓘ
hasTitle	Concession and Agreement of the Lords Proprietors of the Province of New Caesarea or New Jersey ⓘ linked to: Concession and Agreement of 1664
historicalPeriod	English colonial period in North America ⓘ
inception	1664 ⓘ
influenced	later colonial charters in New Jersey ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalForm	proprietary charter ⓘ
locationOfDrafting	England ⓘ
mainSubject	colonial government ⓘ land policy ⓘ religious freedom ⓘ
partOf	British colonial law in North America ⓘ early constitutional history of New Jersey ⓘ
providesFor	appointed council ⓘ appointed governor ⓘ elected assembly ⓘ freedom of conscience in religion ⓘ land grants to settlers ⓘ quit-rents payable to proprietors ⓘ trial by jury ⓘ
publisher	Lords Proprietors of New Jersey ⓘ linked to: Lords Proprietors
regulates	distribution of land in East Jersey ⓘ payment of quit-rents ⓘ political rights of freeholders ⓘ
statedIn	colonial records of New Jersey ⓘ

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