早期敕許海外貿易公司

正式名稱	通稱	法人化日期	備註
The Master, Wardens and Commonalty of Merchant Venturers of the City of Bristol	Society of Merchant Venturers of Bristol	1552年12月18日
Merchants Adventurers of England, for the Discovery of Lands, Territories, Isles, Dominions and Seigniories unknown, and not before their late Adventure or Enterprize, by Seas or Navigation commonly frequented	Company of Merchant Adventurers to New Lands	1555年2月26日
Governor, Assistants, and Fellowship of Merchant Adventurers of England	Company of Merchant Adventurers of London	1564年7月18日
The President, Assistants, and Fellowship of Merchants of Spain and Portugal	Spanish Company	1577年6月8日
Governor, Assistants and Fellowship of the Merchants of Eastland	Eastland Company	1579年8月17日
Governor and company of merchants of the Levant	Levant Company	1592年9月11日
The Governor and Company of Merchants of London, Trading into the East-Indies	East India Company	1600年12月31日
The Treasurer and Company of Adventurers and Planters of the City of London, for the first Colony in Virginia.	Virginia Company of London	1609年5月23日
The Treasurer and the Company of Adventurers and Planters of the City of London, and Bristol for the Colony of Plantation in Newfound Land	Newfoundland Company	1610年5月2日
Governor and Company Of merchants of London trading into france and the dominions thereof	French Company	1611年7月12日
The Council established at Plymouth, in the County of Devon, for the planting, ruling, and governing of New-England, in America	Council for New England	1620年11月3日