on 5 may 1623, records for the council on new england say, "christopher levett to be a principal patentee; and to have a grant of of land." the next month, on 26 june 1623, the records note "the king judges well of the undertaking in new england, and more particularly of a design of christopher levett, one of the council for settling that plantation, to build a city and call it york." the king proclaimed that anglican churches across england should take up collections to add levett in his settlement attempts.