7 Strong similarities between the English county courts and those of the west of England may be observed by comparing American materials with sources such as T. G. Barnes, Somerset Assize Orders, 1629-1640, and J. S. Cockburn, ed., Somerset Assize Orders, 1640-1659, SOMERSRS 71 (1971); for a helpful comparative study of one local officer, see Cyrus H. Karraker, The Seventeenth Century Sheriff; A Comparative Study of the Sheriff in England and the Chesapeake Colonies, 1607-1689 (Chapel Hill, 1930).
8 Beverley, The History and Present State of Virginia, 65.
9 From the ruins of the house, antiquarians reckoned that the main part was 48 feet broad by 43 feet deep, with two wings each measuring 26 feet by 16. The massive walls were 2 1/2 feet thick.
10 Berkeley, Discourse and View of Virginia, 8.