The Muscovy Company, also known as the Russia Company, was an English trading company chartered by Mary I of England on February 6, 1555, founded by Richard Chancellor, Sebastian Cabot and Sir Hugh Willoughby as a successor to the 1551 Company of Merchant Adventurers to New Lands. Described as the first major English chartered joint-stock company, it held a monopoly on trade between England and the Tsardom of Russia until 1698 and continued trading for centuries afterward before reconstituting itself as a charitable organization active in Russia after the 1917 revolution.
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Founding YearSourced to the subject's own account Founding DateSourced to the subject's own account HeadquartersMuscovy House, Seething Lane, London 3 Geography
Country or Jurisdiction ServedWikidata Q1765656, property P17 (country). Classification
Institution SubtypeSourced to the subject's own accountHistoric Trading Company 1 In the Other Atlases
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1. Muscovy Company (Wikipedia)
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Founded 6 February 1555; 471 years ago (1555-02-06) in England
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The Muscovy Company, also known as the Russia Company, was an English trading company chartered by Mary I of England on February 6, 1555, founded by Richard Chancellor, Sebastian Cabot and Sir Hugh Willoughby as a successor to the 1551 Company of Merchant Adventurers to New Lands.
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The Muscovy Company (also called the Russia Company or the Muscovy Trading Company; Russian: Московская компания, romanized: Moskovskaya kompaniya) was an English trading company chartered in 1555.
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3. Survey of London, vol 15, pt 2 (British History Online)
British History Online (Institute of Historical Research)Survey of London, vol 15, pt 2, pp 4-6, British History OnlineQuote, Survey of London, vol 15, pt 2, pp 4-6, British History Online
It was therefore nine years after its foundation that it was housed in Muscovy House, Seething Lane, and, as we have seen, it remained here for fifteen years
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