Theywouldnotsurrendertheircharter。Thenawritofquowarrantowasissued;trialbeforetheKing’sBenchfollowed;andjudgmentwasrenderedagainsttheCompanyinthespringtermof1624。ThuswithclangorfellthefamousVirginiaCompany。
Thatwasoneyear。TheMarchofthenextyearJamesStuart，KingofEngland，died。ThatyoungHenrywhowasPrinceofWaleswhentheSusanConstant，theGoodspeed，andtheDiscoverysailedpastacapeandnameditforhimCapeHenry，alsohaddied。HisyoungerbrotherCharles，forwhomwasnamedthatotherandoppositecape，nowascendedthethroneasKingCharlestheFirstofEngland。
InVirginianomoreGeneralAssembliesareheldforfouryears。KingCharlesembarksupon\"personalrule。\"SirFrancisWyatt，agoodGovernor，isretainedbycommissionandaCouncilisappointedbytheKing。Nolongerareaffairstobeconductedafterafashion\"democraticalandtumultuous。\"
OrdersaretransmittedfromEngland;theGovernor，assistedbytheCouncil，willtakeintocognizancepurelylocalneeds;andwhenheseessomeoccasionhewillissueaproclamation。
Wyatt，recalledfinallytoEngland;GeorgeYeardleyagain，whodiedinayear’stime;FrancisWest，thatbrotherofLordDeLaWarrandanancientplanter—theseinquicksuccessionsitintheGovernor’schair。FollowingthemJohnPott，doctorofmedicine，hashisshortterm。ThentheKingsendsoutSirJohnHarvey，avariciousandarbitrary，\"sohaughtyandfurioustotheCouncilandthebestgentlemenofthecountry，\"saysBeverley，\"thathistyrannygrewatlastinsupportable。\"