 The islanders' protest to the Crown initially concerned the mis-treatment of Perient Trott and his heirs (including Nicholas Trott), but expanded to include the Company's wider mismanagement of the colony.This led to a lengthy court case in which the Crown championed Bermudians against the Company, and resulted in the Company's Royal Charter being revoked in 1684.From that point onwards the Crown assumed responsibility for appointing the Colony's governors (it first re-appointed the last company governor).