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44 HISTORY OF MARYLAND.
This " fighting with Frenchmen,'' was an interesting episode iii the brief
history of the colony. War was then progressing between England and
France—that war so insignificant in its immediate results, and so momentous
in.its ultimate consequences—and the colonies were sometimes the scenes of
hostilities.
In the autumn of 1628, Leonard Calvert and his brother-in-law, William
Peasley, returned to England to look after the interests of the colony-; and
Leonard Calvert humbly petitions that Lord Baltimore may have a share in
the prizes that had been taken from the French by the ships Benediction and
Victory, and that a letter of marque might be issued, antedated so that he
might receive his proportion. In December, William Peasley also presented
a petition to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty on behalf of Lord
Baltimore, asking for the use of the ship St. Claude in lieu of the Esperance,
for the defence of his plantation and the English fishermen in Newfoundland
against the inroads of the French. On the 13th of
December, his majesty, through Sir Francis Cotting-
ton, addressed an order to the Lord High Treasurer
" that one of the six prize ships is to be lent to the
Lord Baltimore that he might be the better able to
defend himself against the French; and requesting
that it may be a good one." And a few days afterwards the prize ship St. Claude was delivered to
Leonard Calvert "for one year," "in consideration
of Lord Baltimore's good services last year in Newfoundland against the French." The Eev. Erasmus
SIR FRANCIS COTTINGTON. c, , J, -. ■, ,, . -, > ^ , , ,
Sturton, who had been the resident Protestant
minister at Ferryland, left there on the 26th of August, 1628, and in October
complained to the authorities in England that in violation of law, mass was
publicly celebrated in Newfoundland.
Soon after Leonard Calvert obtained the St. Claude, he sailed in her as
supercargo for his father's province, and on the 19th of August, 1629, Lord
Baltimore, in the following letter to the king, " gives thanks upon his knees
for the loan of a fair ship ":
"Most gracious and dread Soverajgne:
" Small benefits and favors can speake and give thanks, but such as are high, invaler-
able, cause astonishment and silence. I am obliged unto yo'r ma'ty for the latter in such,
a measure, As reflecting upon my weakness and want of merit, I know not what to say.
God Almighty knowes, who is the searcher of hearts, how myne earnes to. sacrifice
myself for yo'r ma'ty's service.. Yf I do but know how to employ my endeavors worthy,
of that greate goodness and benignity, which your ma'ty is pleased to extend towards me-
upon all occasions, not only by reaching yo'r gracious and royall hand to my assistance
in lending me a faire shipp (for w'ch upon my knees I render yo'r ma'ty most humble
thankes), but by protecting me also against calumny and malice, w'ch hath already sought
to make me seeme fowle in yo'r ma't's eyes. Whereas I am so much the more confident
of God's blessing upon my labor in these plantations (notwithstanding, the many crosses
| Title | History of Maryland - 1 |
| Creator | Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas) |
| Publisher | J. B. Piet |
| Place of Publication | Baltimore |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000069 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 44 HISTORY OF MARYLAND. This " fighting with Frenchmen,'' was an interesting episode iii the brief history of the colony. War was then progressing between England and France—that war so insignificant in its immediate results, and so momentous in.its ultimate consequences—and the colonies were sometimes the scenes of hostilities. In the autumn of 1628, Leonard Calvert and his brother-in-law, William Peasley, returned to England to look after the interests of the colony-; and Leonard Calvert humbly petitions that Lord Baltimore may have a share in the prizes that had been taken from the French by the ships Benediction and Victory, and that a letter of marque might be issued, antedated so that he might receive his proportion. In December, William Peasley also presented a petition to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty on behalf of Lord Baltimore, asking for the use of the ship St. Claude in lieu of the Esperance, for the defence of his plantation and the English fishermen in Newfoundland against the inroads of the French. On the 13th of December, his majesty, through Sir Francis Cotting- ton, addressed an order to the Lord High Treasurer " that one of the six prize ships is to be lent to the Lord Baltimore that he might be the better able to defend himself against the French; and requesting that it may be a good one." And a few days afterwards the prize ship St. Claude was delivered to Leonard Calvert "for one year," "in consideration of Lord Baltimore's good services last year in Newfoundland against the French." The Eev. Erasmus SIR FRANCIS COTTINGTON. c, , J, -. ■, ,, . -, > ^ , , , Sturton, who had been the resident Protestant minister at Ferryland, left there on the 26th of August, 1628, and in October complained to the authorities in England that in violation of law, mass was publicly celebrated in Newfoundland. Soon after Leonard Calvert obtained the St. Claude, he sailed in her as supercargo for his father's province, and on the 19th of August, 1629, Lord Baltimore, in the following letter to the king, " gives thanks upon his knees for the loan of a fair ship ": "Most gracious and dread Soverajgne: " Small benefits and favors can speake and give thanks, but such as are high, invaler- able, cause astonishment and silence. I am obliged unto yo'r ma'ty for the latter in such, a measure, As reflecting upon my weakness and want of merit, I know not what to say. God Almighty knowes, who is the searcher of hearts, how myne earnes to. sacrifice myself for yo'r ma'ty's service.. Yf I do but know how to employ my endeavors worthy, of that greate goodness and benignity, which your ma'ty is pleased to extend towards me- upon all occasions, not only by reaching yo'r gracious and royall hand to my assistance in lending me a faire shipp (for w'ch upon my knees I render yo'r ma'ty most humble thankes), but by protecting me also against calumny and malice, w'ch hath already sought to make me seeme fowle in yo'r ma't's eyes. Whereas I am so much the more confident of God's blessing upon my labor in these plantations (notwithstanding, the many crosses |
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