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lords of manors incraesed authority, and the limitation
of suffrage was changing the character of the assembly.
The Stuart method was more acceptable there than else
where. However, Virginia moved now quickly in the same
direction. When Sir William Berkely died in London
in the summer of 1677, Lady Berkely inherited all
his estates and became the wealthiest person in all
the old Southern colonies. She was mistress of the 
Greenspring estate; she owned great tracts of land
in northern Virginia and the Albermarle settlements,
and she was one of the eight proprietors of the Carolinas. Her brother, John Culpeper, resided in England
but drew a large income from the sales of lands in 
America, and her cousin, Lord Thomas Culpeper, was
soon to assume the overlordship in Virginia.
Meanwhile, Herbert Jefferies, with mandates
from Charles II, was trying to restore harmony among
the terrorized Virginians. He was ignored and
denounced by lady Berkely; and the majority of the
Council, led by Phillip Ludwell, treated the new Governor so badly that he took up his residence with
Thomas Swann, a southside opponent of the emerging