They met with a succession of arbitrary measures and were finally forced to a decision.

They would not surrender their charter.

Then a writ of quo warranto was issued; trial before the King's Bench followed; and judgment was rendered against the Company in the spring term of 1624.
Thus with clangor fell the famous Virginia Company.
That was one year.

The March of the next year James Stuart, King of England, died.

That young Henry who was Prince of Wales when the Susan Constant, the Goodspeed, and the Discovery sailed past a cape and named it for him Cape Henry, also had died.