Virginia Company

Topic: Virginia Company

1. Verified Sourced Facts

• The local wiki page for Virginia Company states that it points to:

“Shakespeare and the Founders of Liberty in America”

• The local Virginia Company overlap matrix lists:

“Henry Neville, Member / Investor, 1610-1615”

• The same overlap matrix lists:

“Henry Wriothesley (3rd Earl of Southampton), Treasurer / Senior Leader, 1609-1624”

• The same overlap matrix lists:

“Dudley Digges, Member / Investor, 1609-1622”

• The same overlap matrix lists:

“Leonard Digges, Member, c.1609-1622”

• The same overlap matrix lists:

“William Herbert (3rd Earl of Pembroke), Member / Major Investor, 1609-1624”

• The same overlap matrix lists:

“Philip Herbert (4th Earl of Pembroke and 1st Earl of Montgomery), Member / Investor, 1609-1624”

• The same overlap matrix lists:

“William Strachey, Secretary / Correspondent, 1609-1611”

• The local chapter notes state:

“The Tempest draws on accounts of the 1609 Sea Venture shipwreck in Bermuda”

• The same chapter notes state:

“William Strachey's letter describing the wreck circulated among Virginia Company members before publication”

• The same chapter notes state:

“Neville's connections to the Virginia Company would have given him access to Strachey's account”

• The History of Parliament transcription preserved in the packet for Sir Henry Neville III states that the younger Sir Henry Neville was:

“Member, E.I. Co. by 1618, Africa Co. 1618, New River Co. by 1619, Virg. Co. by 1620.”

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3. Quoted Source Text

Local Virginia Company wiki page

• “Shakespeare and the Founders of Liberty in America”

Virginia Company overlap matrix

• “Henry Neville, Member / Investor, 1610-1615”
• “Henry Wriothesley (3rd Earl of Southampton), Treasurer / Senior Leader, 1609-1624”
• “Dudley Digges, Member / Investor, 1609-1622”
• “Leonard Digges, Member, c.1609-1622”
• “William Herbert (3rd Earl of Pembroke), Member / Major Investor, 1609-1624”
• “Philip Herbert (4th Earl of Pembroke and 1st Earl of Montgomery), Member / Investor, 1609-1624”
• “William Strachey, Secretary / Correspondent, 1609-1611”

Local chapter-plan notes

• “The Tempest draws on accounts of the 1609 Sea Venture shipwreck in Bermuda”
• “William Strachey's letter describing the wreck circulated among Virginia Company members before publication”
• “Neville's connections to the Virginia Company would have given him access to Strachey's account”

History of Parliament transcription for Neville III

• “Member, E.I. Co. by 1618, Africa Co. 1618, New River Co. by 1619, Virg. Co. by 1620.”

4. Citations

• “Virginia Company.” Henry Neville Research Wiki, 12 Oct. 2019, http://nevilleresearch.com/index.php?title=Virginia_Company.
• wiki_virginia_company.md, local preservation of the wiki page.
• virginia-company-overlap.csv, local project matrix for Virginia Company / Neville / publication-world overlap.
• NOTES_chapter_plan.md, local chapter notes on Strachey, Bermuda, and The Tempest.
• sir_henry_neville_iii_1588_1629.md, for the user-supplied History of Parliament transcription identifying the younger Sir Henry Neville as a Virginia Company member by 1620.

5. Notes on Access

• This is presently a network packet rather than a direct-company-record packet.
• The overlap matrix is useful for identifying the main Virginia Company names in the Neville orbit, but it is still a project-built matrix rather than a printed roster.
• The younger Sir Henry Neville’s Virginia Company membership is directly preserved through the user-supplied History of Parliament transcription.
• The elder Henry Neville’s 1610-1615 Virginia Company role in this packet currently rests on the local overlap matrix and chapter-plan notes; it should later be upgraded from direct company records or printed calendars.
• The wiki points to this external resource:
• Gayley, *Shakespeare and the Founders of Liberty in America*