Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia . to draw up an addrefs to the king anda petition to Parliament requefting the fame liberty of importing fait from Europethat the Northern colonies enjoyed, papers to which the Council refufed to agree,the time being evidently in their opinion not propitious. The Affembly was proroguedto the laft Thurfday in December. The feffion, however, thus coming to a clofe was thelaft of this Affembly, fince on the death of Governor Spotfwood Governor Gooch fucceededhim in command of the colonial troops engaged in the Spanifh expedition and veryfhortly took
Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia . to draw up an addrefs to the king anda petition to Parliament requefting the fame liberty of importing fait from Europethat the Northern colonies enjoyed, papers to which the Council refufed to agree,the time being evidently in their opinion not propitious. The Affembly was proroguedto the laft Thurfday in December. The feffion, however, thus coming to a clofe was thelaft of this Affembly, fince on the death of Governor Spotfwood Governor Gooch fucceededhim in command of the colonial troops engaged in the Spanifh expedition and veryfhortly took his departure for Port Royal. On his return from the expedition he calleda new Affembly. 58 See pp. 429, Hening, V, 121-123. THE JOURNAL OF THE House of Burgesses AT A GENERAL ASSEMBLY, Begun and held at WILLIAMSBURG the firstday of February in the firft year of the Reignof Our Soverain Lord GEORGE the Secondby the Grace of God of Great Britain, France& Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith & in the Year of Our Lord RICHMOND, General A ENERAL /ASSEMBLY BEGUN and held at WILLIAMSBURG the first day of February in the firftyear of the Reign of Our Soverain Lord GEORGE the Second by the Graceof God of Great Britain France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith & in the year of Our Lord MDCCXXVII. Before the Honble WILLIAMGOOCH Esq. His Majeftys Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief ofthe Colony and Dominion of VIRGINIA. On which day being the firft day ofthe Seffion of this Affembly Richard Fitz William John Grymes William Dandridgeand John Custis Esq^ By virtue of a Commiffion to them directed by the LieutenantGovernor, did orderly & diftinc?tiy adminifter the Oathes appointed by Adl of Parlia-ment to be taken inftead of the Oathes of Allegiance and Supremacy, the AbjurationOath appointed to be taken by an Adl of Parliament made in the fixth year of theReign of the late Queen Anne, together with the Teft and Oath of a Burgefs to fortyfix
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