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118 HISTORY OF MARYLAND.
* Within a few months after the decision of the lords commissioners of"
plantations, but, as we may fairly conjecture from circumstances, before the-
lords commissioners had " certified his majesty what they had thought fit to-
be done," agreeably to the terms of the reference before stated, and therefore,.
before the king knew the result of their adjudication, Claiborne, assisted
by Sir William Alexander, his patron in the business, " partly by misrepresentation," as Mr. Chalmers observes, procured in July, 1638, the following-
order or letter to Lord Baltimore, commanding him to allow Claiborne-
and his agents or partners to enjoy their possessions, and be safe in
their persons and goods, till the cause referred, as mentioned, should be*
decided:*
" Charles Rex.
Right, trusty, &c. Whereas formerly, by our royal letters to our governor and
council of Virginia, and to others, our officers and subjects, in these parts, we signified our pleasure, that William Claiborne, David Morehead, and other planters in the
island near Virginia, which they have nominated Kentish island, should in no sort
be interrupted in their trade or plantation by you, or any other in your right, but rather
be encouraged to proceed cheerfully in so good a work; we do now understand, that,
though your agents had notice of our said pleasure, signified by our letters, yet, contrary
thereto, they have slain three of our subjects there, and by force possessed themselves by
right of that island, and seized and carried away both the persons and estates of the said,
planters. Now, out of our royal care to prevent such disorders, as we have referred to
our commissioners of plantations the examination of the truth of these complaints, and,
required them to proceed therein according to justice; so now, by these particular letters-
to yourself, we strictly require and command you to perform what our former general
letter did enjoin, and that the aboved named planters and their agents may enjoy, in the'
mean time, their possessions, and be safe in their persons and goods there, without',
disturbance or farther trouble by you or any of yours, till that cause be decided. And
herein we expect your ready conformity, that we may have no cause of any farther •
mislike. Given under our signet, at our manor of Greenwich, the 14th day of July, in
the 14th year of our reign, 1638."
Lord Baltimore, on receiving the order, "with an attention which he
deemed due to the commands of his prince, though founded on misinformation, said, that he would wait on the king and give him perfect
satisfaction."2 Subsequent events justify us in inferring that when the
king came to be fully informed of all the circumstances relative to'
Claiborne's claims and Lord Baltimore's rights, the adjudication of the
lords commissioners was finally ratified by his majesty, and in the
terms of that decision, "both sides were left to the ordinary course
of justice."
Pursuant to this judgment, and most probably in pursuance of some
special order from the king to that purpose, the governor and council of
Virginia issued the following proclamation, forbidding any person belonging to their jurisdiction from trading within the limits of Lord Baltimore's-
charter without license first obtained of him or his agents :
1 Bozman, ii., p. 72. 2 Chalmers' Annals.
| 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 | 00000143 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 118 HISTORY OF MARYLAND. * Within a few months after the decision of the lords commissioners of" plantations, but, as we may fairly conjecture from circumstances, before the- lords commissioners had " certified his majesty what they had thought fit to- be done," agreeably to the terms of the reference before stated, and therefore,. before the king knew the result of their adjudication, Claiborne, assisted by Sir William Alexander, his patron in the business, " partly by misrepresentation," as Mr. Chalmers observes, procured in July, 1638, the following- order or letter to Lord Baltimore, commanding him to allow Claiborne- and his agents or partners to enjoy their possessions, and be safe in their persons and goods, till the cause referred, as mentioned, should be* decided:* " Charles Rex. Right, trusty, &c. Whereas formerly, by our royal letters to our governor and council of Virginia, and to others, our officers and subjects, in these parts, we signified our pleasure, that William Claiborne, David Morehead, and other planters in the island near Virginia, which they have nominated Kentish island, should in no sort be interrupted in their trade or plantation by you, or any other in your right, but rather be encouraged to proceed cheerfully in so good a work; we do now understand, that, though your agents had notice of our said pleasure, signified by our letters, yet, contrary thereto, they have slain three of our subjects there, and by force possessed themselves by right of that island, and seized and carried away both the persons and estates of the said, planters. Now, out of our royal care to prevent such disorders, as we have referred to our commissioners of plantations the examination of the truth of these complaints, and, required them to proceed therein according to justice; so now, by these particular letters- to yourself, we strictly require and command you to perform what our former general letter did enjoin, and that the aboved named planters and their agents may enjoy, in the' mean time, their possessions, and be safe in their persons and goods there, without', disturbance or farther trouble by you or any of yours, till that cause be decided. And herein we expect your ready conformity, that we may have no cause of any farther • mislike. Given under our signet, at our manor of Greenwich, the 14th day of July, in the 14th year of our reign, 1638." Lord Baltimore, on receiving the order, "with an attention which he deemed due to the commands of his prince, though founded on misinformation, said, that he would wait on the king and give him perfect satisfaction."2 Subsequent events justify us in inferring that when the king came to be fully informed of all the circumstances relative to' Claiborne's claims and Lord Baltimore's rights, the adjudication of the lords commissioners was finally ratified by his majesty, and in the terms of that decision, "both sides were left to the ordinary course of justice." Pursuant to this judgment, and most probably in pursuance of some special order from the king to that purpose, the governor and council of Virginia issued the following proclamation, forbidding any person belonging to their jurisdiction from trading within the limits of Lord Baltimore's- charter without license first obtained of him or his agents : 1 Bozman, ii., p. 72. 2 Chalmers' Annals. |
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