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Royal charter

document issued by a monarch, granting a right or power to an individual or organisation

32 dated entries naming Royal charter, drawn from 25 separate years between 1155 CE and 1869 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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12th century

  • 1155Henry II grants the city of Bristol ('Brycgstow') a Royal charter, and is divided between Gloucestershire and Somerset (until 1373).source

13th century

  • 1272The Worshipful Company of Cordwainers and Curriers are granted rights to regulate the leather trade in the City of London. The Fishmongers Company receive its first Royal Charter.source

14th century

  • 1318Cork City was given an English Royal Charter and for many centuries was an outpost of Old English culture.source
  • 1372April 8 – King Robert II of Scotland issues a Royal Charter granting royal burgh status to the town of Irvine, North Ayrshire, a status that lasts for 603 years until royal burghs are abolished in 1975.source

16th century

  • 1600December 31 – The East India Company is granted a Royal charter in the Kingdom of England for trade with Asia.source

17th century

  • 1608Five royal schools in Ulster are given a Royal Charter by King James I.source
  • 1608Five royal schools in Ulster are given Royal Charter, by King James I.source
  • 1663January 10 – The Royal African Company is granted a Royal Charter by Charles II of England.source
  • 166310 January – the Royal African Company is granted a Royal Charter.source
  • 1671December 5 – Royal charter granted to The King's Hospital (Blue Coat School) in Dublin.source
  • 1693February 8 – The College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia is granted a Royal charter.source
  • 16938 February – the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, is granted a Royal charter from King William III and Queen Mary II of England.source
  • 1694July 27 – The Bank of England is founded through Royal charter by the Whig-dominated Parliament of England, following a proposal by Scottish merchant William Paterson to raise capital, by offering safe and steady returns of interest guaranteed by future taxes. A total of £1.2 million is raised for the war effort against Louis XIV of France by the end of the year, to establish the first-ever government debt.source
  • 169427 July – the Bank of England is established by Royal charter following a proposal by Scottish-born merchant William Paterson; John Houblon becomes its first Governor.source

18th century

  • 17043 November – Queen Anne's Bounty (a fund established to augment the incomes of poorer Church of England clergy) receives a Royal Charter.source
  • 1711September 8 – The South Sea Company receives a Royal Charter in Britain.source
  • 17118 September – the South Sea Company receives a Royal Charter.source
  • 1718Greenwich Hospital receives a Royal Charter (revoked in 1829).source
  • 17238 March – the Chelsea Waterworks Company receives a Royal Charter.source
  • 1727May 31 – The Royal Bank of Scotland is founded by Royal Charter in Edinburgh.source
  • 172731 May – the Royal Bank of Scotland is founded by Royal Charter in Edinburgh. Co-founder Lord Ilay is its first governor.source
  • 172731 May – the Royal Bank of Scotland is founded by Royal Charter in Edinburgh.source
  • 176915 July – the Royal Hibernian Military School, founded in Dublin to educate orphaned children of members of the British armed forces in Ireland, is granted its Royal charter.source

19th century

  • 182523 April – Royal charter granted to the Geological Society of London.source
  • 1829August 14 – King's College London is founded by Royal Charter, under the patronage of King George IV and the Prime Minister, The Duke of Wellington.source
  • 18317 March – Royal Astronomical Society receives its Royal Charter.source
  • 1836November 28 – The University of London is established by Royal Charter, with University College London and King's College London named as the first affiliated colleges.source
  • 1838Royal Scottish Academy is granted its Royal charter.source
  • 1841October 16 – Queen's University is founded in Kingston, Ontario, by Rev. Thomas Liddell, who carries a Royal Charter from Queen Victoria, and becomes the school's first principal.source
  • 1853The Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China is incorporated in London by Scotsman James Wilson, under a Royal Charter from Queen Victoria.source
  • 185631 July – By Royal Charter, Christchurch is proclaimed New Zealand's first city.source
  • 1869The Royal Ulster Yacht Club of Bangor, County Down, receives its royal warrant.source

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