A question for the experts...and a way to screw around with the development of English America at a very influential point.
In a scenario where Henry, Duke of Gloucester, doesn't catch smallpox in 1660, would Charles II grant him lands in America? How much land would be suitable? This is a kind of a subset of what would Charles II have given Henry to live on?
Would Charles have divided the New Netherlands rather than give it all to the Duke of York?
Would Gloucester have just been one of the eight or so proprietors of Carolina? Is it possible that Charles would have given all of the Carolina Grant to One brother and all of the New Netherland grant to the other?
Would Charles have hived off a more settled part of Virginia and made that a Proprietary Grant (a la the Northern Neck grants)?
Could Charles have done a two-step...Trade the Northern Neck grant for a proprietorship in the Carolinas?
I'm guessing he wouldn't go overboard and give Jamaica to either of his Brothers. Were any of the Caribbean Islands ever given as a proprietary grant?
Thanks in advance for any thoughts on the matter,
David
In a scenario where Henry, Duke of Gloucester, doesn't catch smallpox in 1660, would Charles II grant him lands in America? How much land would be suitable? This is a kind of a subset of what would Charles II have given Henry to live on?
Would Charles have divided the New Netherlands rather than give it all to the Duke of York?
Would Gloucester have just been one of the eight or so proprietors of Carolina? Is it possible that Charles would have given all of the Carolina Grant to One brother and all of the New Netherland grant to the other?
Would Charles have hived off a more settled part of Virginia and made that a Proprietary Grant (a la the Northern Neck grants)?
Could Charles have done a two-step...Trade the Northern Neck grant for a proprietorship in the Carolinas?
I'm guessing he wouldn't go overboard and give Jamaica to either of his Brothers. Were any of the Caribbean Islands ever given as a proprietary grant?
Thanks in advance for any thoughts on the matter,
David
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