Vane's stance can be seen in the way the first Rhode Island patent was drafted in 1643, when he sat on the Parliamentary committee charged with colonial affairs.King, pp. 110–113 Unique among all of the early English colonial charters, it contains provisions guaranteeing freedom of religion.King, pg. 115 (Vane assisted Roger Williams again in 1652, when the latter sought a confirmation of the Rhode Island charter and the revocation of a conflicting charter that had been issued to William Coddington.)King, pp. 117–124
