Conceived in Liberty Volume 2 - Ludwig von Mises Institute

of the Council, had acquired an enormous amount of land—under Fairfax's
overlordship—for himself, his relatives, and friends. When Fairfax's claim
was upheld, he validated all Virginia grants in his region, with himself, of
course, as the overlord receiving quitrents. The quitrents, however, were
poorly enforced, Fairfax having come up against the almost universal colonial
resistance to paying this feudal levy. Being poorly enforced, the Fairfax proprietary
did not arouse the resentment that might have been expected.
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