Flowerdew

He also owned a private plantation of 1000 acres on the south side of the James River, which he named Flowerdew Hundred, in honor of his wife, Lady Yeardley.

History of American Women Maggiemac 2007

Temperance Flowerdew survived a hurricane at sea and ate rats for dinner, and she arrived in Jamestown in August 1609, just in time for the winter famine that followed.

History of American Women Maggiemac 2007

He played the part of Colonel Flowerdew, who was hit by a cannon ball — he really was hit, in the real battle.

War Game Price, Anthony 1976

Colonel Flowerdew had died there according to plan on the hillside above the Swine Brook, deluged in contraceptive blood to the admiring "oohs" and "aahs" of the crowd.

War Game Price, Anthony 1976

And Colonel Flowerdew had been carried away, back down the hillside, to where the wounded and dying lay.

War Game Price, Anthony 1976

And Colonel Flowerdew had then become James Ratcliffe, ready for his next special effect — (ix) Royalist cannonade resumes.

War Game Price, Anthony 1976

Before 1627 the first windmill in the colony had been erected and was in operation at Flowerdew Hundred, Governor Yeardley's plantation on the south side of the James River.

Domestic Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century Annie Lash Jester

I said, "It is a desperate chance, Flowerdew, but if it succeeds we will save the day."

The Record of the Canadian Cavalry Brigade 1920

The leading commaander of A squadron was Lieut. Flowerdew; he received the Victoria Cross, but alas, it was a posthumous honour; if any man deserved it he did.

The Record of the Canadian Cavalry Brigade 1920

As Flowerdew approached the first line he was shot from one side through both thighs, and of course the horse was shot too.

The Record of the Canadian Cavalry Brigade 1920