From "Historical Sketches of North Carolina", by John Hill Wheeler:
In 1683, Seth Sothel, who had purchased the rights of Lord Clarendon, arrived as Governor in North Carolina.
The Character of Sothel presents every vice that can degrade man or disgrace his nature. During the six years that he misruled the people of North Carolina, the dark shades of his character were not relieved by a single ray of virtue. Profligate in his habits, licentious in his tastes, sordid and avaricious in his conduct; his administration is marked by every kind of extortion. He was not fit to rule over a people that were impatient of any tyranny or oppression. He was impeached, imprisoned by the people, and sentenced by the colony to twelve months exile, and a perpetual incapacity for the office of governor. He returned to South Carolina, where he afterwards became governor; from this colony also his vices expelled him, and he died in North Carolina in 1692 without issue.
