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Sir William Harris of Creaksea, Essex was knighted by James I on his coronation. Sir William was also reported to have taken part in the Spanish Armada.

The Virginia Company of London was a joint-stock company chartered by King James I in 1606 to establish a colony in North America. Such a venture allowed the Crown to reap the benefits of colonization—natural resources, new markets for English goods, leverage against the Spanish—without bearing the costs.

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  • Virginia Company of London - https:// encyclopediavirginia.org /entries/ virginia-company-of-london/
  • Sir William Harris b. 1569 - https:// www.geni.com/people/ Sir-William-Harris /6000000016475912665
  • William Harris (Tudor person) - https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ William_Harris_(Tudor_person) - probably not the same as the one who married Frances
  • Sir William Harris, of Creeksea, Kt. b. 1556 - https:// www.geni.com/people/ Sir-William-Harris-of-Creeksea-Kt /6000000000834073009 - High Sheriff of Essex and father of Frances Raymond
  • Virginia Company - https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Virginia_Company
  • HERRYS (HARRIS), Sir Arthur (c.1587-1632), of Creeksea Place and Woodham Mortimer, Essex - http:// www.historyofparliamentonline.org/ volume/1604-1629/member/ herrys-sir-arthur-1587-1632 - brother of Frances Harris/Raymond

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