72
119. He doubles the governor's salary, 72
120. He imposes the perquisite of ship money, 73
121. He, by proclamation, raises the value of Spanish coins, and
lowers it again, 73
122. Sir Henry Chicheley, deputy governor, 74
The plant cutting, 74
123. Lord Colepepper's second assembly, 75
He takes away appeals to the assembly, 75
124. His advantage thereby in the propriety of the Northern Neck, 76
125. He retrenches the new methods of court proceedings, 77
126. He dismantled the forts on the heads of rivers, and appointed
rangers in their stead, 77
127. Secretary Spencer, president, 77
128. Lord Effingham, governor, 77
Some of his extraordinary methods of getting money, 77
Complaints against him, 78
129. Duty on liquors first raised, 78
130. Court of Chancery by Lord Effingham, 78
131. Colonel Bacon, president, 79
The college designed, 79
132. Francis Nicholson, lieutenant governor, 79
He studies popularity, 79
The college proposed to him, 79
He refuses to call an assembly, 79
133. He grants a brief to the college, 79
134. The assembly address King William and Queen Mary for a college
charter, 80
The education intended by this college, 80
The assembly present the lieutenant governor, 80
His method of securing this present, 80
135. Their majesties grant the charter, 80
They grant liberally towards the building and endowing of it, 80
136. The lieutenant governor encourages towns and manufactures, 80
Gentlemen of the council complain of him and are misused,
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