Parliament of England, Charter granted by Queen Elizabeth to the East India Company
“ And also of our further especial Grace, certain Knowledge and mere Motion, we do, for us, our Heirs and Succes- sors, grant to and with the said Governor and Company of Merchants of London, Trading into the East Indies, and their successors, that when and as often, at any Time, during the said Time and space of Fifteen years, as any custom. ”
