John Hawks: The Lion And The Regulator Petition

The Governor had an architect that traveled from England with Tryon to North Carolina. John Hawks was the English-trained architect and builder of Tryon Palace , and was the first professionally trained architect in North Carolina and one of the first in the American colonies. According to a 1765 letter from Gov. William Tryon, Hawks arrived in New Bern with Tryon in 1764 and was "the Master Builder I took over with me from England, and who is a very able Worthy Man." In 1767, with the palace begun, Tryon reiterated that Hawks "came with me out of England to superintend this Work in All its Branches. He was in the Service of Mr. Leadbeater." Hawks started working with Tryon on the design almost immediately.
The original estimate for construction costs of the mansion was five-thousand pounds. In 1767, Tryon informed the Assembly that additional funds in the amount of fourteen-thousand, seven hundred and ten pounds were needed. In 1768, the Assembly provided ten-thousand of the needed funds. They collected the remainder of the needed funds in the form of …show more content…
A number of influential members of the area communities signed the Regulator Advertisement and the Regulator Petition, of which there were several versions of each. The terms of ‘Regulation’ and of the ‘Regulator’ were introduced in the Regulator Advertisement in 1768 . The citizens of Orange County sent a petition to Governor Tryon over the court incident, it begins, “To the Governor & Councill &. The humble Petition of us the Subscribers sheweth that We the Inhabitants of Orange County pay larger Fees for recording Deeds than any of the adjacent Counties and many other Fees more than the Law allows by all that We can make out from which a jealosie prevails that we are misused” The petition goes on to ask for the Governors’ protection from unjust taxes and corrupt