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LORD BALTIMORE VISITS VIRGINIA. 47
frequently than in the former reign, though the emptiness of the royal coffers induced
the monarch to connive at the frequent practice of compounding for the penalties.
It is not impossible, but that this disposition of the minds of churchmen towards the
Catholics had passed by this time across the Atlantic to Virginia."1
Lord Baltimore arrived at Jamestown, Virginia, on the first of October,
1629,2 accompanied by his wife and several of their children.3
Immediately on the arrival of Lord Baltimore in Virginia, Governor Dr.
John Pott and his council, composed of Captain Roger Smyth, Captain Samuel
Matthews, Secretary William Claiborne and others, called him before them
and tendered him the oath of allegiance and supremacy which he refused to
take, as will be seen by the following statement, signed by the Virginia
Council and forwarded to the King's Privy Council on the 30th of November, 1629:
" Right Hon'ble,
" May it please yo'r lordshps to understand that about the beginninge of October last,
there arrived in this colony, the Lord Baltimore from his plantation in Newfoundland,
w'th an intention, as we are informed, rather to plant himself to the Southward then
settle here, although since he hath seemed well affected to this place, and willing to
make his residence therein, w'th his whole family. We were readyly inclined to render
unto his lordsh'p all those respects w'ch were due unto the honor of his person or w'ch
might testifie w'th how much gladness we desired to receive and entertain him, as being
of that eminence and degree; whose presence and affection might give greate advancem'ts
to this plantation. Whereupon, according to the instructions from yo'r lordsh'pps, and
the usual course held in this place, wee tendered the oaths of supremacie and aleidgeance
to his lordsh'p, and some of his followers, who making profession" of the Romish religion,
utterly refused to take the same, a thing w'ch we could not have doubted in him, whose
former employm'ts under his late ma'ty, might have indeared to us a privation, he would
not have made denyall of that in poynt, whereof consisteth the legalitie and fidelitie
w'ch evry true subject oweth unto his soveraigne. His lord'hp then offerred to take this
oath, a copy whereof is included, but in true discharge of the trust imposed in us by his
ma'tie, wee could not imagine that soe much latitude was left for us to decline from the
prescribed forme, so strictly exacted and soe well justified and defended by the pen of
our late soveraigne, Lord King James, of happy memory. And among the many
blessings and favors for w'ch wee are bound to blesse God, and w'ch the colony has
received from his most gratious ma'tie, there is none whereby it hath beene made more
happy than in the freedome of our religion, w'ch wee have enjoyed, and that no Papists
have beene suffered to settle their abroad amongst us. The continuance wherof wee
most humbly implore from his most sacred ma'tie, and earnestly beseech yo'r lord'hps
that by your mediations and councells the same may be established, and confirmed
1 Bozman, i., p. 254. Governor of Maryland; 3. George; 4. Eran-
2 Va. B. Report, 1870. cis; 5. Henry; 6. John; 7. Anne, married to
3 This lady was his second wife, his first wife William Peasely, Esq.; 8. Dorothy; 9. Eliza-
having died seven years before. Her death is beth, who, with Dorothy, died unmarried;
thus mentioned by a correspondent of Sir Dud- 10. Grace, married to Sir Robert Talbot, of
ley Carleton, in a letter of August 10, 1622:— Cartown, County Kildare, Ireland; 11. Helen —
" Two days since Secretary Calvert's lady went Irish Compendium, 1756; London Magazine, 1768.
away in childbirth, leaving many little ones Philip Calvert, who in 1656 was made secre-
behind her."—MS. Maryland Historical Society. tary of the province of Maryland, afterwards
By his first wife he had eleven children: 1. chancellor, and then governor, was son of the
CEecilius, the heir to the title; 2. Leonard, second wife.
who in 1633 was appointed by his brother first
| 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 | 00000072 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | LORD BALTIMORE VISITS VIRGINIA. 47 frequently than in the former reign, though the emptiness of the royal coffers induced the monarch to connive at the frequent practice of compounding for the penalties. It is not impossible, but that this disposition of the minds of churchmen towards the Catholics had passed by this time across the Atlantic to Virginia."1 Lord Baltimore arrived at Jamestown, Virginia, on the first of October, 1629,2 accompanied by his wife and several of their children.3 Immediately on the arrival of Lord Baltimore in Virginia, Governor Dr. John Pott and his council, composed of Captain Roger Smyth, Captain Samuel Matthews, Secretary William Claiborne and others, called him before them and tendered him the oath of allegiance and supremacy which he refused to take, as will be seen by the following statement, signed by the Virginia Council and forwarded to the King's Privy Council on the 30th of November, 1629: " Right Hon'ble, " May it please yo'r lordshps to understand that about the beginninge of October last, there arrived in this colony, the Lord Baltimore from his plantation in Newfoundland, w'th an intention, as we are informed, rather to plant himself to the Southward then settle here, although since he hath seemed well affected to this place, and willing to make his residence therein, w'th his whole family. We were readyly inclined to render unto his lordsh'p all those respects w'ch were due unto the honor of his person or w'ch might testifie w'th how much gladness we desired to receive and entertain him, as being of that eminence and degree; whose presence and affection might give greate advancem'ts to this plantation. Whereupon, according to the instructions from yo'r lordsh'pps, and the usual course held in this place, wee tendered the oaths of supremacie and aleidgeance to his lordsh'p, and some of his followers, who making profession" of the Romish religion, utterly refused to take the same, a thing w'ch we could not have doubted in him, whose former employm'ts under his late ma'ty, might have indeared to us a privation, he would not have made denyall of that in poynt, whereof consisteth the legalitie and fidelitie w'ch evry true subject oweth unto his soveraigne. His lord'hp then offerred to take this oath, a copy whereof is included, but in true discharge of the trust imposed in us by his ma'tie, wee could not imagine that soe much latitude was left for us to decline from the prescribed forme, so strictly exacted and soe well justified and defended by the pen of our late soveraigne, Lord King James, of happy memory. And among the many blessings and favors for w'ch wee are bound to blesse God, and w'ch the colony has received from his most gratious ma'tie, there is none whereby it hath beene made more happy than in the freedome of our religion, w'ch wee have enjoyed, and that no Papists have beene suffered to settle their abroad amongst us. The continuance wherof wee most humbly implore from his most sacred ma'tie, and earnestly beseech yo'r lord'hps that by your mediations and councells the same may be established, and confirmed 1 Bozman, i., p. 254. Governor of Maryland; 3. George; 4. Eran- 2 Va. B. Report, 1870. cis; 5. Henry; 6. John; 7. Anne, married to 3 This lady was his second wife, his first wife William Peasely, Esq.; 8. Dorothy; 9. Eliza- having died seven years before. Her death is beth, who, with Dorothy, died unmarried; thus mentioned by a correspondent of Sir Dud- 10. Grace, married to Sir Robert Talbot, of ley Carleton, in a letter of August 10, 1622:— Cartown, County Kildare, Ireland; 11. Helen — " Two days since Secretary Calvert's lady went Irish Compendium, 1756; London Magazine, 1768. away in childbirth, leaving many little ones Philip Calvert, who in 1656 was made secre- behind her."—MS. Maryland Historical Society. tary of the province of Maryland, afterwards By his first wife he had eleven children: 1. chancellor, and then governor, was son of the CEecilius, the heir to the title; 2. Leonard, second wife. who in 1633 was appointed by his brother first |
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