He tried and executed nearly every one on whom he could lay his hands.

Virginia became a vast jail or Tyburn Hill.

Four men were hung on the York, several executed on the other side of the James River, and one was hanged in chains at West Point.

In February, 1677, a fleet with a regiment of English troops arrived, and a formal commission to try rebels was organized, of which Berkeley was a member.

This commission determined to kill Bland, who had been captured in Accomac.