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148 HISTORY OF MARYLAND.
invasion of Maryland, was in 1642. It appears by the records that ♦he-
applied to the assembly to restore his property forfeited eight years before,,
and that his petition was refused. About this time he received from the king
the appointment of treasurer of Virginia for life. As the king's cause
waned, Claiborne sought favor with the winning side, and became a zealous
partisan of parliament. All things now seemed favorable for his plans.
Parties arose in the colonies corresponding to those which were contending in
the mother country, and their influence rose and fell with the fortunes of war
across the Atlantic. On July 2d, 1644, was fought the battle of Marston
Moor, which nearly prostrated the royal cause, and increased the boldness of
its adversaries.
Lord Baltimore had naturally taken side, at an early period of the
quarrel, with the king, who had given him such signal proofs of friendship
and favor; and as he was not the man to forsake his sovereign in the hour of
his adversity, the preponderating power of parliament and their animosity
against " malignants " rendered his possessions in Maryland very insecure,,
and weakened his authority with his colonists.
Of these favorable circumstances Claiborne was not slow to avail himself.
He seized Kent Island without difficulty, and in conjunction with Ingle
invaded the western shore. We have no account of his movements, nor what:
resistance was offered ; but the expedition was completely successful. The
proprietary government was overthrown, Governor Calvert compelled to take
refuge in Virginia, and for nearly two years Claiborne and his faction maintained themselves in power. During this period those who had remained
faithful to the proprietary suffered severely. Some were stripped of all their
possessions and driven into exile; while those who were allowed to remain
were ruined by fines and confiscations. Even the pious missionaries among
the Indians, who had abstained from any mingling with the political questions of the day, were seized, their stations broken up, and they themselves,,
with the venerable Father White, the apostle of Maryland, sent in chains to
England, where long imprisonment awaited them.
In an address of the assembly of Maryland to Lord Baltimore, in the
year 1649, these two years of usurpation are thus described:
" Right Hon'ble:
" Great and many have been the miseries calamities and other sufferings which your
poor distressed people inhabitants of this province have sustained and undergone here
since the beginning of the heinous rebellion first put in practice by that pirate Ingle and
afterwards almost for two years continued by his accomplices and confederates in which
time most of your lordship's loyal friends here were spoiled of their whole estate and sent
away as banished persons out of the province those few that, remained were plundered
and deprived in a manner of all livelyhood and subsistence only breathing under that
intolerable yoke which they were forced to bear under those rebels which then assumed
the govt, of your lordship's province unto themselves ever endeavouring by oaths and
what other inventions and practices they might to withdraw the ears and affections of the
inhabitants here from their wonted obedience to your lordship and to assure themselves
| 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 | 00000173 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 148 HISTORY OF MARYLAND. invasion of Maryland, was in 1642. It appears by the records that ♦he- applied to the assembly to restore his property forfeited eight years before,, and that his petition was refused. About this time he received from the king the appointment of treasurer of Virginia for life. As the king's cause waned, Claiborne sought favor with the winning side, and became a zealous partisan of parliament. All things now seemed favorable for his plans. Parties arose in the colonies corresponding to those which were contending in the mother country, and their influence rose and fell with the fortunes of war across the Atlantic. On July 2d, 1644, was fought the battle of Marston Moor, which nearly prostrated the royal cause, and increased the boldness of its adversaries. Lord Baltimore had naturally taken side, at an early period of the quarrel, with the king, who had given him such signal proofs of friendship and favor; and as he was not the man to forsake his sovereign in the hour of his adversity, the preponderating power of parliament and their animosity against " malignants " rendered his possessions in Maryland very insecure,, and weakened his authority with his colonists. Of these favorable circumstances Claiborne was not slow to avail himself. He seized Kent Island without difficulty, and in conjunction with Ingle invaded the western shore. We have no account of his movements, nor what: resistance was offered ; but the expedition was completely successful. The proprietary government was overthrown, Governor Calvert compelled to take refuge in Virginia, and for nearly two years Claiborne and his faction maintained themselves in power. During this period those who had remained faithful to the proprietary suffered severely. Some were stripped of all their possessions and driven into exile; while those who were allowed to remain were ruined by fines and confiscations. Even the pious missionaries among the Indians, who had abstained from any mingling with the political questions of the day, were seized, their stations broken up, and they themselves,, with the venerable Father White, the apostle of Maryland, sent in chains to England, where long imprisonment awaited them. In an address of the assembly of Maryland to Lord Baltimore, in the year 1649, these two years of usurpation are thus described: " Right Hon'ble: " Great and many have been the miseries calamities and other sufferings which your poor distressed people inhabitants of this province have sustained and undergone here since the beginning of the heinous rebellion first put in practice by that pirate Ingle and afterwards almost for two years continued by his accomplices and confederates in which time most of your lordship's loyal friends here were spoiled of their whole estate and sent away as banished persons out of the province those few that, remained were plundered and deprived in a manner of all livelyhood and subsistence only breathing under that intolerable yoke which they were forced to bear under those rebels which then assumed the govt, of your lordship's province unto themselves ever endeavouring by oaths and what other inventions and practices they might to withdraw the ears and affections of the inhabitants here from their wonted obedience to your lordship and to assure themselves |
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