There have beene given to the Collonie this yeere, by Devoute Persons, these guifts ensuinge.
Two Persons, unknowne, have given faire Plate and other rich Ornaments for two Communion Tables; whereof one for the Colledge, and the other for the Church of Mistress Mary Robinson's foundinge: who in the former yeere by her Will gave 200. pounds towards the foundinge of a Church in Virginia.
Another unknowne person[16] (together with a goodly letter) hath lately sent to the Treasurer 550. pounds in gold, for the bringing up of Children of the Infidels: first in the Knowledge of God and true Religion; and next, in fitt Trades whereby honestly to live.
Master Nicolas Ferrar deceased, hath by his Will given 300. pounds to the College in Virginia, to be paid, when there shall be ten of the Infidels children placed in it. And in the meane time foure and twenty pounds by yeere, to be distributed unto three discreet and Godlie men in the Colony, which shall honestly bring up three of the Infidels children in Christian Religion, and some good course to live by.
An unnamed person sent to the Treasurer the summe of ten pounds, for advancing the Plantation.[17]
27. The Ordinance of 1621 for Virginia
Stith's History of Virginia, App. IV; Hening's Statutes, I, 110 ff.
The Records of the Virginia Assembly of 1619 (see No. 25 above) show that the London Company had given to the settlers a "great charter." No copy of it exists; but apparently its political features were repeated in this document, issued by the Company July 24/Aug. 3, 1621, on the appointment of a new governor. This great Ordinance has sometimes been called, mistakenly, The First Charter to the Virginian Colonists. It is the second such charter. Cf. American History and Government, § 30.
An Ordinance and Constitution of the Treasurer, Council, and Company in England, for a Council of State and General Assembly.