Word: royall
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Castle Square.- Royal Middy...
Castle Square.- Royal Middy...
Troubles with the Indians finally brought matters to a head. In May, 1676, they attacked the estate of Nathaniel Bacon. Being refused a royal permit the latter set out of his own accord and chastised the plunderers. When Berkeley took the field, he saw that the entire populace was aroused, and the only means of pacifying them was to call another assembly. The result was a crushing defeat of the Berkeley party and the election of Bacon to the assembly. He was arrested on his way to Jamestown, but was released on parole. Before the Assembly Bacon publicly acknowledged...
...averted, however, by the betrothal of the young Charles to the Spanish Infanta. From this time King James came completely under the control of the Spanish ambassador, Gondomar, and it was by his advice that James let seven years pass without calling Parliament together. The popular discontent with the royal policy found constant embodiment in the discussions at the meetings of the Company...
With the election of Sandys as treasurer of the Company, the royal hostility grew apace. At the very next election, when he forbade Sandy's re-election, his interference was repaid by the election of the Earl of Southampton. The king's deadly jealousy now found ready allies in Sir Thomas Smith and his friends in the Company hostile to Sandy and Southampton. When in 1621 the king summoned Parliament, the members of the Company belonging to that body succeeded in defeating his cherished plans...