Carter, Robert: Speaker of House, 28; Treasurer, 130; influence of, 140; charges against Nicholson, 147, 148; haughty, 171; President, 1726, 179; slaves of, 184 Carter, Robert, of Nomini Hall: refuses tea, 238; not a "courtier," 242 Charles City County: grievances of, 32; accuse Berkeley, 77; grievances neglected, 78; illegal voting in, 100 Charles I: will not restore Company, 13; calls Assembly, 15; offers to buy tobacco crop, 15; needs money, 16; illegal taxes, 36; tobacco contract, 44; executed, 62 Charles II: Berkeley proclaims, 63; restoration, 73; proclaimed in 1660, 74; reappoints Berkeley, 75; Arlington-Culpeper grant, 82; on causes of Bacon's Rebellion, 97; sends troops, 97; angered at Assembly, 103; gold from Louis XIV, 107; despotism in Virginia, 108-113; prohibits printing, 117 Charter: granted Virginia Company, 4, 5; sought by Virginians, 17, 18; Assembly asks, 83; again asked, 1689, 123; to confirm Assembly, 123, 124 Cheeseman, Major: Berkeley's brutality to, 95 Chicheley, Sir Henry: leads force against Indians, 86; Deputy Governor, 106; rules impartially, 106 Civil War in England: influence on colonies, 3; affects Virginia, 36 Claiborne, William: agent against Baltimore, 38; settlement on Kent Island, 43; battle with Marylanders, 43; commissioner for Parliament, 64; negotiates for peace, 65, 66; Secretary, 67 Clergy: thank Spotswood, 163; Two-penny Act, 211; protest, 211, 212; address to King, 212 Cocke, William: in Indian Company, 171 Cole, William: election of thrown out, 166, 167 Committees of Correspondence: 236, 237, 239 Committees of Safety: take over courts, 248 Commons, House of: opposes James I, 3; in Civil War, 36 Commonwealth: Virginia surrenders to, 66; Virginia constitution under, 66, 67; rule of, 70; anarchy, 73; influence of on Virginia, 75 Constitution of State of Virginia: drawn up, 257 Continental Congress: proposed, 236, 237, 239; delegates to, 240; Declaration of Rights, 240; makes Washington commander, 245 Convention, Provincial: in 1774, 240; at Richmond, 1775, 243; Henry's address, 243, 244; prepare for war, 244; take over government, 248, 249; in 1776, 255; instruct for independence, 255, 256 Conway, Edwin: baits Spotswood, 165 Corbin, Gawin: baits Spotswood, 165, 172 Corbin, Richard: protests paper money, 219; complains to Board of Trade, 219; pays for powder, 245