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very struck him violently upon the shoulder and said "I arrest you of suspicion and Trea- son to his Majestic." Upon this the other councillors, headed by Utie, arrested the gov- ernor. He was. with the other leaders of the council, ordered to England by the King to answer the charges preferred against them by Harvey. He petitioned the King to be allowed to return to \'irginia and was given permis- sion upon his furnishing a bond of £1.000 to appear before the star chamber at any time appointed. Menifie returned to \'irginia almost at once, but was back in England shortly. He and Councillors Peirce, Mathews and West were at length ordered to return to an- swer the charges, but there is nothing to show that any of them went. ]\Ienifie's name was included by the King in his commission of councillors in 1641, so it appears probable that his majesty's feelings had changed towards the worthy councillors. In any event, the breaking out of the civil war must have sus- pended all the proceedings. He died in 1644. leaving a daughter who married Captain Henry Perry.

Hooke, Francis. Writing in 1635. Gov. Harvey informed Secretary \\'indebank that he knows no man so fit to command the fort at Point Comfort as Capt. Francis Hooke, who was an old servant of King James, and requested the King's approval of his appoint- ment to that office. This was evidently re- ceived as the good captain was given the office and was also made a member of the council. Jan. 18, 1636-37. Little further is known of him save that prior to his residence in \'ir- ginia, he had been a naval officer and com- manded a ship ofif the coast of Ireland.

Donne or Dunn, George, as his name was frequently spelt, was the second son of Dr.

John Donne, the poet and Dean of St. Paul's. He was baptized. May 9, 1605, and led an eventful life. He was associated as sergeant major in the settlement of St. Christopher and, when the Spaniards captured the place, was carried as a hostage to Madrid, where he re- mained a long time a prisoner. He finally made his escape by bribing his jailors and got safely to England. He went to Virginia with Harvey and, in Jan., 1636-37, was a member of the council and marshall of \'irginia. Early in 1640, he was in England in the in- terests of Harvey and presented the King with a treatise entitled 'A'irginia Reviewed" which i^ still extant and in the British Museum. He also petitioned the King to confirm his title to the various offices which he had held in the colony, and this was done. His death occurred in 1641.

Brocas, William, settled at an early date in Charles River, now York, and early in 1637 v.as called to the council on the order of the English government and was present at many meetings. He was again appointed in the royal commission of 1641. and once more by Charles II. in 1650. The house of burgesses failed to include him. however, in the council elected by them two years later. Capt. Brocas re- ceived numerous grants of land in York and on the Rappahannock, and about the year 1650, removed to what is now Middlesex county. The good captain appears to have married three times, but died without issue, as it is stated in the records that one John Jackson was his heir-at-law.

Thoroughgood, Adam, was the seventh son of William Thoroughgood of Grimston in Norfolk and brother of Sir John Thorough- good, a pensioner of Charles I. He was born in 1602 and came to \'irginia in 162 1, settling