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INGLE RETURNS TO ENGLAND. 149
of the province so wrongfully taken and unjustly possessed by them which our sufferings
we hope your honour apprehends and is sensible and which tho' they were ever violent
even like a tempest for the time yet now (thanks be to God) all is past and calm and the
whole province in perfect subjection again under your lawful government and authority
^during all which time your honour cannot be ignorant what pains and travail your
friends underwent in aiding your dear brother for the subduing of those rebels and after
again in conserving the province for your lordship never sparing labour cost or estate
which they were or could be possessed of until they had accomplished their intended
purpose and desires in regaining it again and settled it under your lordship's protection
and dominion."
Thus, even from the meagre and imperfect records which remain, we can
see how Maryland, meant to be the abode of peace, was drawn into the vortex
of the unhappy contentions which were convulsing the mother-country, and
here, as well as there, religious differences embittered political controversies.
Discordant elements had found their way into the province; and the "calm"
for which the assembly was piously thankful, was but a brief and deceitful
lull in the tempest.
After his rebellion in Maryland, Ingle returned to England, and while
there, Captain Cornwaleys entered suit against him for the recovery of about
£3000, for damages which he had suffered in the destruction of his property
during the rebellion. Cornwaleys, who appears to have lived in considerable
affluence, in his declaration1 alleged that Ingle, in February, 1645, had
incited his servants to rebellion, and led by a certain John Sturman, his son
Thomas, and William Hardwick, they took possession of his mansion, burned
his fences, killed his swine, carried off his cattle, wrenched off the locks of
his doors, and damaged his estate to the amount of about £3000.
In response to this suit, Ingle appealed, in February, 1646, in the following memorial to the lords in parliament assembled:
" The humble petition of Richard Ingle showing: That whereas the petitioner,
having taken the covenant, and going out with letters of marque, as Captain of the ship
Reformation, of London, and sailing to Maryland, where finding the Governor of that
province to have received a commission from Oxford to seize upon all ships belonging to
London, and to execute a tyrannical power against the Protestants, and such as adhered
to the Parliament, and to press wicked oaths upon them, and to endeavor their extirpation, the petitioner, conceiving himself, not only by his warrant, but in his fidelity to the
Parliament, to be conscientiously obliged to come to their assistance, did venture his life
and fortune in landing his men and assisting the said well affected Protestants against
the said tyrannical government and the Papists and malignants. It pleased God to
enable him to take divers places from them, and to make him a support to the said well
affected. But since his return to England, the said Papists and malignants, conspiring
together, have brought fictitious acts against him, at the common law, in the name of
Thomas Cornwallis and others, for pretended trespass in taking away their goods, in the
parish of St. Christopher's, London, which are the very goods that were by force of war
1 He represents himself as possessing "a com- a hundred breed cattle, a great stock of swine
fortable dwelling-house, furnished with plate, and goats, some sheep aqd horses, a new pinnace
linen hangings, bedding, brass, pewter, and all about twenty tons, well rigged and fitted, besides
manner of household stuff, worth at least a a new shallop and other small boats."
thousand pounds, about twenty servants, at least
| 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 | 00000174 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | INGLE RETURNS TO ENGLAND. 149 of the province so wrongfully taken and unjustly possessed by them which our sufferings we hope your honour apprehends and is sensible and which tho' they were ever violent even like a tempest for the time yet now (thanks be to God) all is past and calm and the whole province in perfect subjection again under your lawful government and authority ^during all which time your honour cannot be ignorant what pains and travail your friends underwent in aiding your dear brother for the subduing of those rebels and after again in conserving the province for your lordship never sparing labour cost or estate which they were or could be possessed of until they had accomplished their intended purpose and desires in regaining it again and settled it under your lordship's protection and dominion." Thus, even from the meagre and imperfect records which remain, we can see how Maryland, meant to be the abode of peace, was drawn into the vortex of the unhappy contentions which were convulsing the mother-country, and here, as well as there, religious differences embittered political controversies. Discordant elements had found their way into the province; and the "calm" for which the assembly was piously thankful, was but a brief and deceitful lull in the tempest. After his rebellion in Maryland, Ingle returned to England, and while there, Captain Cornwaleys entered suit against him for the recovery of about £3000, for damages which he had suffered in the destruction of his property during the rebellion. Cornwaleys, who appears to have lived in considerable affluence, in his declaration1 alleged that Ingle, in February, 1645, had incited his servants to rebellion, and led by a certain John Sturman, his son Thomas, and William Hardwick, they took possession of his mansion, burned his fences, killed his swine, carried off his cattle, wrenched off the locks of his doors, and damaged his estate to the amount of about £3000. In response to this suit, Ingle appealed, in February, 1646, in the following memorial to the lords in parliament assembled: " The humble petition of Richard Ingle showing: That whereas the petitioner, having taken the covenant, and going out with letters of marque, as Captain of the ship Reformation, of London, and sailing to Maryland, where finding the Governor of that province to have received a commission from Oxford to seize upon all ships belonging to London, and to execute a tyrannical power against the Protestants, and such as adhered to the Parliament, and to press wicked oaths upon them, and to endeavor their extirpation, the petitioner, conceiving himself, not only by his warrant, but in his fidelity to the Parliament, to be conscientiously obliged to come to their assistance, did venture his life and fortune in landing his men and assisting the said well affected Protestants against the said tyrannical government and the Papists and malignants. It pleased God to enable him to take divers places from them, and to make him a support to the said well affected. But since his return to England, the said Papists and malignants, conspiring together, have brought fictitious acts against him, at the common law, in the name of Thomas Cornwallis and others, for pretended trespass in taking away their goods, in the parish of St. Christopher's, London, which are the very goods that were by force of war 1 He represents himself as possessing "a com- a hundred breed cattle, a great stock of swine fortable dwelling-house, furnished with plate, and goats, some sheep aqd horses, a new pinnace linen hangings, bedding, brass, pewter, and all about twenty tons, well rigged and fitted, besides manner of household stuff, worth at least a a new shallop and other small boats." thousand pounds, about twenty servants, at least |
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