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May 1641: Leonard Calvert is leaving the state to go to Virginia, and appoints Thomas Cornwallis as Leiutenant General to serve in his absence.L. Calvert, citing petitions of the citizens, pardons John Dandy for the murder of an Indian boy, for which he had been sentenced to death. (John Dandy is later convicted and hung for the murder of one of his servants, whom he had physically abused consistantly, including hitting him in the head with the blade of an axe, a wound that had opened when the body was examined.) July 1641: L. Calvert requires tobacco planters to plant at least two acres of corn. Compliance is to be overseen by the Surveyor General. During this period John Langford is appointed Surveyor General.
To the Sherriff of St Maries :
Whereas it is necessary at this present to Stand upon our guard against the Indians, these are therefore to publish and Straitly to prohibit all persons whatsoever that no man presume to harbour or entertain any Indian whatsoever after notice hereof upon pain of Such punishment as by Martiall Law may be inflicted, And I doe hereby authorise and declare it Lawfull to any Inhabitant whatsoever of the Isle of Kent to Shoot wound or kill any Indian whatsoever comeing upon the Said Island untill further Order be given herein Given at St Maries
10 July 1641
Signed Leonard Calvert
These are to License William Howkins to keep an Ordinary or Victualling House at or near Saint Marys during pleasure
Signed
Leonard Calvert
Conditions propounded by the right honorable Cecilius Lord Baltemore Lord Proprietr of the Province of Maryland in the parts of America, to such persons as shall adventure or goe to plant in the Province aforesaid which conditions are to begin from the ffeast of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary 1642. And to continue till new or other conditions of plantaon for the said province shalbe published vnder his Lops hand and scale within the said Province.
Imprmis what person soever being of Brittish or Irish descent that shalbe at the charge to transport into the Province of Maryland himselfe or his deputy with any number of able men betweene the ages of sixteene and fifty yeares of age of the discent aforesaid, provided & furnished with armes & munition according to a pticular herevnder exprest, or any number of women betweene the ages of fourteene and fourty yeares of age There shalbe granted vnto every such Adventurer for every twenty persons he shall so transport thether in one yeare, a proportion of good land within the said Province conteyning in quantity two thousand acres of English measure; wch said lands shalbe erected into a Manner, and be conveyed by grant vnder the Seale of the said Province to him or her and his or her heires forever in socage tenure, with all such royalties & priviledges as are vsually belonging to Manners in England.
Rendring & paying yearly vnto his Lopp and his heires for every such Mannor a quitt Rent of fforty shillings sterling p annu to be paid in the commodities of the country, and such other services as shalbe generally agreed for publique vses and the common good.
Item what person soever of the discent aforesaid shall at his or her owne charge transport him or her selfe and any lesse number of persons men or women then twenty of the discent aforesaid and aged & provided as abovesaid, he or she shall have assigned to him or her and his or her heires and assignes for ever for & in respect of him or herselfe and every such person as aforesaid, fifty acres of land within the said Province to be holden of some Mannor of his Lopps within the said Province in free socage paying therefore yearly a quitt Rent of twelve pence sterling p annu to his Lop and his heires for every fifty acres in the commodities of the country as aforesaid.
Item any person of the discent aforesaid that shall at his or her owne charge transport thether any children of the discent aforesaid, that is to say, boyes vnder the age of sixteene yeares and girles vnder the age of fourteene yeares, shall have granted to them and their heires for & in respect of every such child so to be transported as aforesaid twenty five acres of land within the said Province to be holden of some Mannor of his Lopps within the said Province as aforesaid vnder the yearly rent of six pence sterling for every twenty five acres to be paid as aforesaid.
Item every person whatsoever that shall clayme any proportion of land in the said Province of Maryland by vertue of the conditions aforesaid shall passe a grant of the said lands so due to him her or them as aforesaid vnder the Seale of the Province aforesaid within one yeare next after the said lands shalbe due vnto them and assigned and sett forth in some part of the said Province by his Lops Lieutent grall there, or in default thereof they shall by vertue of these conditions loose their right vnto the said lands for ever
A Particular of such Armes and Ammunition as are intended & required by the Conditions abovesaid to be provided & carried into the said Province of Maryland for every man betweene the ages of sixteene & fifty yeares wch shalbe transported thether.
Imprmis one muskett or bastard muskett with a snaphance lock
Item ten pound of powder
Item fourty pound of lead bulletts, pistoll & goose shott, each sort some
Item one sword and belt
Item one bandelier & flaskdated at London, tenth day of November 1641.
C: Baltemore.
Puzzling Entry from the record of the English House of Lords: [23 June, 1642: Commissions to Robert Evelin and William Blount, Declaration of Martial Law.]Cecilius &c To our Trusty ROBERT EVELIN GreetingWhereas it is necessary at this present to put the English liveing at PISCATOWAY in a posture of defence agt the Indians, and to comitt the care and charge thereof unto Some able and discreet person We relying much upon your Skill and courage, Doe hereby Constitute appoint and authorise you the Said Robert Evelin to take the charge and Command of all or any the English in or near abt Pascatoway, and to leavie train and Muster them upon all occasions, to punish and Correct delinquents according to yr discretion and the discipline of war, to make war, resist, or offend any enemies whatsoever, that Shall assault you or them, and to pursue them by Sea or Land, and by any means you may to take and vanquish them, and either to Save or kill them at your pleasure by the Law of war, and to doe all and every other thing, which unto the charge and Office of a Captain of an Army belongeth or hath accustomed to belong, And We hereby require all the Said English to be Obedient unto you, in executing the charge and Command aforesaid upon pain of Contempt as may be Justly Inflicted by the Law Martiall, Cecilius &c To our Trusty Counsellor WILLIAM BLOUNT ESQ GreetingWhereas the Military band of our COUNTY OF ST MARIES is at this time destitute of a Captain to take care & Charge of the Safety and defence thereof Especially in this present danger and fear of the Incursions of Some Indians our enemies, We relyeing much upon the Skill and Courage Doe hereby Constitute and authorise you to be the Captain of the Souldiery our Said County of St Maries to leavie Muster and train all or any English able to bear arms within Or Sd County according to your disretion and to punish all Contemners and other offenders against the Law of discipline of war, according to the Said Law and discipline as near as you may, and to use all force and means you may for the resistance of the Enemy and Safety and defence of the Colony, and to doe all and every other thing which unto the Charge and Office of a Captain of an Army belongeth or have accustomed to belong, And We doe hereby require all the Inhabitants of the Said County and all other persons within the Same for the time being to be obedient unto you in all things that Shall concern the Execution of the power & Command hereby Comitted unto you upon Such pain of Contempt as may be Justly Inflicted by the Law Martiall, This our Comission to endure UNTILL THE RETURN OF OUR DEAR BROTHER LEONARD CALVERT INTO THIS PROVINCE, or untill furthr Order to the Contrary Orders proclaimed 23 June 1642 upon pain of death or other penalties, as by Severity of Martiall Law may be inflicted :That noe Inhabitant or housekeeper entertain any Indian upon any colour of Licence, nor doe permitt to any Indian any Gunn powder and Shott. |
A very militant order from Cecil, dated July 2, 1642, commissioning William Mac:Fennin, is crossed out in the records and is substitued with a modified order signed by Leonard Calvert on July 11, 1642.
A Comission to Macfenin to the purpose of the warrt Signed by Govr 11 July 1642These are to desire you to repair to the Great men of Patuxent and of the Nations adjoyned to them and of them todemand in my name to deliver without delay unto Simon Demibiel or Henry Bishop or any other the bearer or Bearers whereof the persons of Such Indians of any of those nations as Shall be named to you by the Said Simon or Henry to have done unto them and other English injury in their Swine &otherwise, to the end the Said Simon or Henry may bring the Sd Indians before me to answer Such Complaints as Shall be objected against them by the said Simon or Henry or any others, And Certifie me what you have done herein as Soon as you may, And this Shall be your warrant. |
To Mr Rigby. |
The moment of the rose and the moment of the yew-tree/ Are of equal duration. A people without history /Is not redeemed from time, for history is a pattern/ of timeless moments. -TS Eliot |  |
