tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post4426662561692177792..comments2023-10-12T02:21:40.102-07:00Comments on English Historical Fiction Authors: The first true Virginian - The Honourable Sir William BerkeleyDebra Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03256313302199653185noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-45229825601042015242013-06-10T14:36:04.632-07:002013-06-10T14:36:04.632-07:00Lovely blog, Anna!
Sir William's wife was Fra...Lovely blog, Anna! <br />Sir William's wife was Frances Culpepper Stephens. She was my aunt - sister of my 16th great grandfather Walter Culpepper. The Culpeppers, male and female alike, had a tradition of acquiring fortune through marriage. Another example was the daughter of my aunt Joyce Culpepper and her spouse Lord Edmund Howard - a young lady by the name of Catherine Howard who married well above her station. Haha. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12058448807606707652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-82948823036153725532013-06-10T13:08:29.438-07:002013-06-10T13:08:29.438-07:00I would hazard that the purchasing was essentially...I would hazard that the purchasing was essentially some sort of "administrative surcharge" - the king needed money and Virginia was a nice, juicy plum. Out went the king, in came the Commonwealth, and guess what? They needed money too! (Plus they definitely did not want a confirmed royalist such as Sir William sitting in rich Virginia)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-26825988061377121932013-06-10T07:47:33.010-07:002013-06-10T07:47:33.010-07:00Anna, I found it most interesting that Sir William...Anna, I found it most interesting that Sir William actually "purchased" the governorship of Virginia - and then later had to resign it! Does this mean that the purchase was a sort of limited time contract? I understand that any man who undertook to govern in such a way was of necessity an approved man of means with what we would today refer to as "a business plan" to develop the area economically...but once that individual arrived and began to govern (obviously investing good money in the process)he could lose the governorship to another? Thank you for the education!Octavia Randolphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09280624466763859908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-17957608683646529862013-06-10T00:01:34.361-07:002013-06-10T00:01:34.361-07:00Sometimes odd characters from history really do fl...Sometimes odd characters from history really do flick a switch. It can set a persons interest along all sorts of paths. I did not realise that American colonies faced the same sort of class and religious discrimination that happened in Britain. I've never before thought, how the English civil war would affect the Americas - yet it must of done. This is a very interesting blog. I'm sure Sir William would not have made his journey back to Britain if he could for see that he would not return to Virginia.Retro Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18284792318213734083noreply@blogger.com