Burgesses, House of: bribed by Governors, 19, 20; represent people, 25; privileges, 26; franchise, 26; wages, 27, 28; county pays, 28; Speaker, 28; committees, 29; guards elections, 29; as a court, 29; control of taxation, 29-31; act of 1680, 30; rule under Commonwealth, 67, 68; elect Governor, 70; Berkeley corrupts, 77; end of Long Assembly, 87, 88; Bacon's victory in, 88; Bacon's Laws, 91, 92; pro-Berkeley in 1677, 99; protest appeals to England, 114; James II scorns petition, 114; protest fees, 115; sole right to tax, 115; dispute King's authority, 115, 116; reject royal bills, 127; rile Edward Randolph, 128; refuse aid to New York, 128; L500 for New York, 128, 129; name Treasurer, 128, 129; Nicholson wheedles, 138; Spotswood bribes, 163, 164; new election, 164; oppose Spotswood, 165; Spotswood rebuffs, 165, 166; judges elections, 166; strike at Governors' power, 167; Spotswood denounces, 168; deride Spotswood, 171; charges against Spotswood, 173; praise Drysdale, 177, 178; contempt of punished, 179; praise Gooch, 180; growth of, 182; salaries, 183; power of grows, 184; aristocrats in, 184; praise Gooch, 193; protest pistole fee, 197; fee called arbitrary taxation, 197; appeal to King, 198; audacity of, 204; eject Acadian exiles, 204; vote L60,000, 205; emit treasury notes, 205; reply to Fauquier, 219; declaration of rights, 220; protest Stamp Act, 224, 225; Henry's resolutions, 226; Botetourt opens, 1768, 233; reassert sole right to tax, 233; meet unofficially, 233, 234; Botetourt promises repeal, 235; call convention, 239; take lead in Revolution, 242; many in uniform, 246; last session, 248 Burke, Edmund: on "Conciliation," 241 Burwell, Lewis: land holdings, 135; Nicholson threatens, 143 Burwell, Lucy: Nicholson in love with, 142-145; returns gifts, 144, 145 Butler, Nathaniel: his "Unmasking of Virginia," 11 Butts, Thomas: refuses to certify grievances, 165; House asks arrest, 165, 166 Byrd, William I: auditor, 34; makes rent roll, 135; respect due to, 152 Byrd, William II: Receiver General, 168; Spotswood ousts, 169; opposes new court, 170; Spotswood denounces, 171; agent for Burgesses, 173 Byrd, William III: 221 Camm, Rev. John: takes clergy protest to King, 213; sues for salary, 214; Fauquier denounces, 214; case thrown out, 216; supports Dunmore, 242 Capitol: plan, 146; burns, 182; rebuilt, 183; soldiers lodge in, 248; convention of 1776, 255 Carter, Landon: defends Two-penny Act, 214