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 proclamation of Nat. Bacon in 1676, which seems rather hard upon Lallard, as he was denounced hy the opposite party as "a fellow of turbulent and mutinous speech and Bacon's chief trumpet, parasite &c," and ultimately lost his seat in the council on account of his sympathy with and furtherance of the rebellion. In Aug.. 1676, Col. Ballard issued warrants for pressing men and provisions for Bacon's service and on Aug. 11, he signed the petition calling for the election of burgesses for an assembly to meet Sept. 4, of that year. On June 11, 1677, Gov. Jeffreys wrote Secretary Williamson that he had suspended I'allard from the council and a collectorship, and on Feb. 10, 1678-79, the board of trade and plan- tations directed that Col. Ballard be put out of the council. Ballard continued to be a prominent figure in the colony, however, and in 1680, was speaker of the house of burgesses. His case as a creditor of "Bacon the Rebel" was represented to the King by the council in . Ballard's wife, Anna, was one of the ladies of the council placed by Bacon upon the breastworks before Jamestown, to delay Berkeley's attack until he could com- plete his defences. He has many descendants.

Chicheley, Sir Henry. Governor of Virginia, (q. V. ).

Jenings, Peter, represented Gloucester in the house of burgesses in March, 1659-60, prior to which date, nothing is known of him. He was again a burgess from Gloucester in 1663 and 16(^)6. he was appointed one of the commissioners to treat with Maryland con- cerning the cessation of tobacco culture. Fie was sworn a member of the council on June 20, 1670, and on September 15 of the same year was commissioned attorney general of Virginia by the King and reappointed to the council. He died in or before 1671.

Spencer, Nicholas. President of the council and acting governor (q. v.).

Pate, John, of (Gloucester county, was the ncfjhew and administrator of Richard Pate who patented 1.154 acres of land on the north side of York river, and who represented Glou- cester in the house of burgesses in 1653 and died in 1C57. Col. John Pate was appointed a justice of Gloucester in the year of 1660 and tocik the oaths as a councillor, according to one account, in 1670, and according to another, on Sept. 27 of the year following. It is re- corded that in 1672, "John Pate, Esq., dying possessed of a considerable estate in this coun- try, and his wife being out of the country. Mr. Thomas I'ate, his brother's son," had been appointed administrator. The Pate family is a well known one in 'irginia.

Bray, James, of James City county, was living in A'irginia as early as 1666, and. on April 15. 1670. was sworn a member of the council. He retained his seat until 1676. when during Bacon's rebellion, he seems to have been an active supporter of Cjov. Berkeley. He signed the proclamation of Aug. 11, 1676, calling an assembly to meet in the following September. Tl.e commissioners sent to sup- pi ess the rebellion reported, on Dec. 6. 1677, tliat Mr. James Bray was a great loser in his estate by that uprising, but they were evidently not favorably disposed towards him, for the English board of trade and Plantations, on Dec. 6. 1677. pronounced him to be a "'rash and fiery fellow," and, on Feb. 10. 1678-79, the same body directed that he be put out of the council. Fie was too friendly to Berkeley to suit the tastes of the royal commissioners. His wife. Mistress Angelica Bray, will always be remembered as one of the "guardian angels of the rebel camp," as the ladies whom Bacon str>(>d in front of his men at Jamestown to