Council of Virginia: powers of, 4; quarrels of, 4, 5; under constitution of 1621, 21; patronage of, 21; powers of, 23-25; as cabinet, 23; as Upper House, 23, 24; as supreme court, 24; prestige of, 24, 25; Virginia House of Lords, 25; conflict with Harvey, 41-47; arrest Harvey, 46; Burgesses oust, 71; power of from England, 72; dissolve Assembly, 1659, 72; lose fat jobs, 134; Nicholson abuses, 140, 141; six accuse Nicholson, 147-150; represent aristocracy, 151, 152; titles of, 152; respect for, 152; Nott defers to, 154, 155; appeal for peace, 155; Burgesses back, 155; a threat to Liberty, 159; land holdings of, 162; preserve judicial power, 169-171; for large land grants, 178; negative role in Revolution, 242 County courts: undemocratic, 21; Governor's power over, 22; duties of, 31; Governor appoints, 78; taxation by, 78; Bacon's Laws, 92 Coventry, Attorney General: issues _quo warranto_ against Company, 12 Cromwell, Oliver: neglects Virginia, 70; death, 72 Cromwell, Richard: Lord Protector, 72; resigns, 72 Culpeper, Lord Thomas: despotism under, 18; limits franchise, 27; grant to, 82; Governor, 102; Cavalier, 109; delays sailing, 109; brings peace, 110; forces act for "perpetual revenue," 110-112; returns to England, 112; robs soldiers, 113; hangs rioters, 113; Effingham succeeds, 113 Curtis, Edmund: commissioner to Virginia, 64; negotiates surrender, 65 Dale, Sir Thomas: Governor, 6; brings harsh laws, 6; cruelty of, 7 Dawson, Commissary William: meets Dinwiddie, 194; denounces Two-penny Act, 212 Day of Prayer: June 1, 1774, 238, 239 Debts: due merchants, 189; appeals to Privy Council, 189, 190 De la Warr, Lord: Governor, 5, 6; ill, 6; leaves Virginia, 6; humane, 7; sails with Magna Carta, 8; death, 8 Democracy: New World favorable for, 3; yeomen build up, 3; Quary warns of, 35; gains under Commonwealth, 75; Glorious Revolution, 122; small slave holders for, 185 Dennis, Captain Robert: heads commission to Virginia, 64; lost on the _John_, 64 Digges, Cole: election thrown out, 166, 167; named to new court, 170; Indian Company, 171 Digges, Edward: Governor, 71 Dinwiddie, Robert: Lieutenant Governor, 194; career, 195; backs Assembly, 195; pistole fee, 196-200; calls Virginians republicans, 198, 199; cautioned by King, 199, 200; horrors of Indian war, 201; warns British, 201; sends Washington to the Ohio, 201; asks funds, 201; vetoes bill with rider, 202; wants Parliament to tax, 202, 204; expends funds, 206; resigns, 206; sounds alarm bell, 207; suggests union of colonies, 208 Drummond, Sarah: property confiscated, 104