Governor William Berkeley
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Sir William Berkeley, a favourite of by King Charles II of England, was a colonial governor of Virginia, and one of the Lords Proprietors of the Colony of Carolina. - AsNotedIn
Sir William Berkeley, a favourite of by King Charles II of England, was a colonial governor of Virginia, and one of the Lords Proprietors of the Colony of Carolina. - AsNotedIn
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| 1605/00/00 | William Berkeley is born in 1605 in Bruton, Somersetshire to Sir Maurice and Elizabeth Berkeley (nee Killigrew), of the Bruton branch of the Berkeley family, both of whom held stock in the Virginia Company of London. | Born | |||||
| 1643/06/00 | As Royal Governor, Sir William is granted 984 acres of land designated "by name of Green Spring" in June 1643. | Owner | Green Spring | Williamsburg | |||
| 1649/00/00 | By 1649, Sir William' residence is finished to where he can entertain on a fairly lavish scale. | Royal Governor | Green Spring | Williamsburg | |||
| 1650/02/00 | In Virginia, Berkeley initially refuses to recognize Cromwell's English government and welcomes Royalists to Virginia. His "house and purse were open to all," according to Henry Norwood, one of the guests of Green Spring who had fled Cromwell's England. | Host | Green Spring | Williamsburg | |||
| 1652/00/00 | A fleet arrives from England bearing commissioners to replace the Virginia's Royalist government with Cromwellians. Berkeley raises an army of 1,000 to defend Jamestown, but, under avowable surrender terms, Berkely to disbanded his forces and retired. | Royal Governor | Jamestown National Historic Site | Jamestown JCC | |||
| 1660/00/00 | With Charles II on the throne and the Commonwealth at an end, Sir William Berkeley is once more appointed Governor of the Virginia Colony. | Royal Governor | |||||
| 1667/00/00 | Sericulture is a special interest of Sir William's, and the Governor plants many mulberry trees at Green Spring. By 1667, Virginia sent the Charles II of England a gift of 300 pounds of silk. Black walnut trees on Berkeley's estate yielded wainscoting. | Owner | Green Spring | Williamsburg | |||
| 1676/12/00 | Still running the government, Governor William Berkeley quits Arlington (lost). | Royal Governor | Arlington Archeological Site | Cape Charles | Bacon's Rebellion | ||
| 1677/01/25 | Berkeley returns to his burned capital and his looted home. His wife describes Green Spring in a letter: for the house it looked like one of those the boys pull down at Shrovetide, and was almost as much to repair as if it had beene new to build. | Royal Governor | Green Spring | Williamsburg | Bacon's Rebellion | ||
| 1677/02/00 | The General Assembly meets at Green Spring, beginning their reign of terror. Enemies are imprisoned or executed, their lands and properties confiscated. Ruins of the jail where these men were confined are the only standing structure at Green Spring today. | Royal Governor | Green Spring | Williamsburg | Bacon's Rebellion | ||
| 1677/04/00 | By spring of 1677, Sir William resigns as governor and sets sails for the England to plead his case before the King. | Royal Governor | |||||
| 1677/07/09 | Sir William Berkeley dies in Berkeley House, Mayfair, London. He was laid to rest in the crypt of St Marys church encased in "lead exactly fitted to the shape of the body, shewing the form of the features, hands, feet and even nails", instead of a coffin. | Died | Church Of St Mary | Twickenham |
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