Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Yeardley” in chapter 8 of George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition.:
...ir common wrongs.
After a strenuous contest on the part of rival factions for the control of the company, the influence of Sir Edwin Sandys prevailed; Argall was displaced, and the mild and popular Yeardley was now appointed captain-general of the colony. But before the new chief magistrate could arrive in Virginia, Argall had withdrawn, having pre- viously, by fraudulent devices, preserved for himse...
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| † | George Yeardley | 33 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 0 user votes | |
| Yeardley | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| Francis Yeardley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
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