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Bennett, Mr., one of the members of the Congregational Church of Virginia, settles at Providence, 370 ; is appointed by the council of state of England, one of the commissioners for the purpose of reducing the colonies, 433 ; assists in the reduction of Virginia, 438; of Maryland, 439 to 443; is appointed go- vernor of Virginia by the commissioners, 445 ;- See Commissioners for re- ducing the colonies.
Berkeley, sir William, is appointed governor of Virginia, in the place of sir John Hervey, 149; tenor of the instructions sent to him, ib.
Blasphemy, punishment prescribed for, by the act of 1648, 351.
Blount, William, is appointed one of the council by the commission brought out by governor Calvert, 285.
Brainthwayte, William, is appointed commander of the isle of Kent, 89; tenor of his commission, ib; he receives a second commission altering some of the provisions of the former, 90 ; is appointed commissioner of St. Mary's county, - 280 ; is appointed lieutenant general, during the absence of governor Calvert,
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in Virginia, 285; special writ issued to him by governor Calvert, requiring his presence at the assembly, 286; is appointed commander of the isle of Kent, 288.
Brent, Mrs. Margaret, becomes the administratrix of governor Calvert, 315; is admitted by the assembly to be the attorney of the lord proprietary in the province, ib; asks a vote in the assembly for herself, and one as the attorney of governor Calvert, 323 ; her request refused by governor Greene, ib; her protest entered against all the acts of the assembly, ib; her management of the soldiers in the province, in prevention of mutiny, 361 ; she is defended by the assembly, from the invectives of the lord proprietary, ib.
Brent, Giles, a special writ is issued to, calling him to a seat in the assembly, 101; is appointed one of the council, 140; is appointed commander of the island of Kent, 166; grant of land on the island made to him, ib; appointed commander of the county of Kent, 246 ; authorised by the same appointment to hold a county court, ib; appointed governor by governor Calvert, during his absence in England, 252; he qualifies as governor, 254; oath taken by him on that occasion, ib; takes measures to repel the invasions of the Indians, 256 ; commissions issued by him to captain Cornwaleys, authorising him to proceed against the Indians, 257, 258; new instructions sent to governor Brent by the lord proprietary, 267; tenor of these instructions, ib; his procla- mation against Richard Ingle, whom he arrests for high treason, 271; takes offence at some proceedings of the secretary during his absence from the colony, and deposes him, 280; is appointed one of the council in the commis- sion sent out by governor Calvert, 285; special writ issued to him, requiring his presence at the assembly, 286.
Brooke, Robert, commission to him, 375; its tenor, 376; is made commander of Charles county, 377; is appointed governor by the commissioners, after the reduction of Maryland, 442 ; upon governor Stone's being reinstated, he is made one of the council, 448.
Berkeley, sir William, governor of Virginia, is applied to by captain Hill, for- mer governor of the province, to intercede for him with governor Calvert, 308 ; governor Greene's answer to the letters of sir William and captain Hill, ib ;- see Correspondence, note LVII., appendix; sir William Berkeley grants a commission to Edmond Scarborough, authorising him to fix a settlement on Palmer's island, in the province of Maryland, 417; supposed cause of this as- sumption of right on the part of the governor of Virginia, 418.
Calvert, Leonard, is sent out by his brother Cecilius in charge of a colony, 26; his arrival in the Chesapeake bay, 27; has an interview with captain Clay- borne in relation to his settlements on Kent island, ib; sails up the river Poto- mac, and takes formal possession of the country in the name of the king of England, 28; sails further up the Potomac and visits the natives on its banks, 29; his treatment, ib; negotiates with the Yoamacoes and obtains possession of their principal town for his settlement, which he names St. Mary's, 30; is visited by sir John Harvey, then governor of Virginia, ib; is visited by the neighbouring chiefs, 31; harmony existing between the natives and the colo- nists, ib; issues a commission to captain George Evelyn, authorising him to put in force the civil authority of the lord proprietary on the island of Kent, 43; tenor of the commission, 44; issues his warrants for convening the as- sembly, in pursuance of the lord proprietary's orders, 47; form and tenor of the warrant, ib; resolves to proceed against the inhabitants of the isle of Kent, who had refused to submit to his authority, with an armed force, 62; author- ises the secretary of the province to hold a meeting of the assembly during his absence, if necessary, 63; takes the oath of allegiance to the king of Eng- land, which had been prescribed by the assembly, 112; issues a commission
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to arrest all persons found trading with the Indians, 114; shortly after issues a new commission, under the act of assembly, for the same purpose, 115; takes the oaths of office and allegiance prescribed by the assembly, 140; is- sues his orders for organizing and training the militia against the province, 152; demand made by William Clayborne, of his property within the pro- vince, 169; the answer of the governor and council to the same, 170; the governor issues his writs for the purpose of convening the assembly, ib; forms of the writs, 170, 171; regrants by the governor of those lands on the isle of Kent, which had been sold by Clayborne to divers persons, 181; authorizes the inhabitants of Kent island, by proclamation, to use martial law against the Indians, 183; issues his proclamation for the assembly to meet in October, 1641, 189 ; on account of the absence of the governor, the secretary prorogues the assembly until March, ib; the governor issues his proclamation, dated Kent fort, calling the assembly in March, 190 ; he issues another proclama- tion for the same purpose, ab; tenor of the proclamation, ib; supposed causes of these proceedings, 191 ; orders proclaimed in relation to the Indians, 213 ; the governor solicits the military aid of Virginia against the Indians, 228 ; his letter to the governor of Virginia, 229, 230; proclamation made by the governor, declaring certain Indian tribes therein named, to be enemies to the province, 232; a new commission sent out to him by his brother, the lord proprietary, 233 ; tenor of the commission, 234; variance between the present and former commission, 234 ;- see Commission, note LI., appendix; alterations made by this commission, in the mode of appointing the council, 235; calls a meeting of the assembly, 237; their proceedings, 238; debate on the act touching passes, 238; decision of the governor on the same, 241; the governor and his servants exempted from military duty, 242 ; issues his proclamation to regu- Iate the intercourse of the colonists with the Indians, 247 ; the proclamation, ib; his proclamation in relation to an expedition against the Indians, 249 ; he concludes a treaty with the Nanticokes, 249 ; his proclamation relating there- to, ib; determines not to send an expedition against the Indians, 251 ; he de- termines to go to England, 252; appoints Giles Brent governor in his ab- sence, ib; exempts Nathaniel Pope from military duty, 252; his return from England, 281 ; brings with him new commissions for himself, his council and secretary, 281; variances between the present and former commissions, 282 ;- see Commissions, note LIV., appendix; visits Virginia, 285; probable causes of his visit, ib; appoints William Brainthwayte lieutenant general, &c. during his absence, ib; calls an assembly, which does not meet, 286; sends persons to the isle of Kent to inquire into the proceedings of William Clay- borne, who had repossessed himself of the island, and resorted to open milita- ry violence, 287; declares Clayborne an enemy of the province, 288; is de- posed by Clayborne and his associates, and flies to Virginia, 290; great ob- scurity of the history of the colony at this time, and its causes, ib; captain Edward Hill appointed governor of the colony during his absence, 293; war- rant of attorney sent him by his brother, the lord proprietary, relating to his private affairs, 295; returns to the province at the head of a body of armed men, and regains the government, 296 ; governor Hill resigns his office to him, ib; convenes the assembly, which had been called by governor Hill, ac- cording to adjournment, 297 ; proceedings before the assembly in relation to the pay of governor Calvert's soldiers, 298 ; his speech to them, ib; determines to subdue the isle of Kent, 303; the island submits, and the government is settled, ib; he grants a general pardon, 304; appoints Robert Vaughan com - mander, &c., ib; his death, 306; his character, ib; Thomas Greene appointed governor, by Gov. Calvert, before his death, 307; his administratrix adjudged to be the attorney in fact of the lord proprietary, 315; the assembly of 1648,
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provides for the sustenance of the soldiers in the province,'321; depositions taken before the assembly, in relation to the pay of the soldiers, 326 ;- see Deposition, note LIX., appendix; heads of several acts of this assembly which are not extant, 326.
Calvert, Philip, is sent out to the province by his brother, the lord proprietor, 545 ; gives him a commission, appointing him secretary of the province, and one of the council, ib ;- see this Commission, note XC., appendix; instructions sent by him to the governor and council to make certain grants of land, among which is one to himself of six thousand acres, ib; he is authorised to adminis- ter the oath of office to governor Fendall, 546.
Calvert county erected, its boundaries, 499.
Catholics, insurrection of, in Ireland, in the year 1641, and massacre of the Pro- testants, 191; causes and intents of the insurrection, 192.
Catholic religion, Roman, state of, in the province in the year 1654, 492.
Cattle, an act relating to the marking of cattle, passed at the assembly of 1649, 359 ; continued in force by an order of the assembly of 1650, ib.
Charles I., king of England, issues a proclamation against emigration, 42.
Charters of Virginia, attempts made in England to revive the old charters of Virginia, 210; declaration of the assembly of Virginia, in opposition to their revival, 211; a copy of this document transmitted to the king of England, 212; his majesty's answer to the same, ib.
Charter of Maryland, 9 to 21.
Church, rights of the, secured within the province by an act passed at one of the early sessions of the assembly, 107; confirmed by an act of 1640, 174.
Chancery, court of, an act passed by the assembly of 1638-9, to erect a, 131; tenor of the act, ib.
Charles II. proclaimed king throughout the province by governor Greene, 380 ; he appoints sir William Davenant governor of Maryland, 410; appoints sir William Berkeley governor of Virginia, ib.
Clayborne, William, interview between, and Leonard Calvert, in relation to his settlements on Kent island, 27; Clayborne attempts to interrupt the harmony between the colonists and natives, 32; inducements which led to this, 33; resorts to open force in opposition to the government of lord Baltimore, and sends an armed vessel to capture those of the colony, 34; success of this mea- sure, 35 ; flies to Virginia, ib; application made by the government of Mary- land to the government of Virginia, to deliver him up as a criminal, ib; is sent to England by the governor of Virginia, ib; nature of the charges made against him by the government of Maryland, ib, see note; an indictment found against him by the first grand jury which met at St. Mary's for piracy and murder, 59; an act of attainder against him, is passed by the assembly, 64; one of his companions, Thomas Smith, is tried by the assembly, and con- demned to death, ib; he petitions the king in council to redress his wrongs, 69 ; substance of the petition, ib; the king approves his petition, and issues to him an order to lord Baltimore, commanding that nobleman to permit him to enjoy his possessions in the province, 72; the matter in dispute is referred to commissioners, who decide in favour of lord Baltimore, and recommend that the parties be left to their legal remedies, 72; the goods belonging to Clay- borne in the province, are seized and confiscated by the provincial govern- ment, 76; nature of the trade carried on by Clayborne and the colonists, with the Indians, 76; makes a demand of his property within the province, 169; the answer of the governor and council to his demand, ib; the lands which had been sold by him to different persons on the isle of Kent, are regranted by the governor, 181 ; seems to have repossessed himself of the isle of Kent, 186 ; per- sons are sent to inquire into his proceedings there, 287; he is declared an enemy of the province, 288; probable causes of his conduct, 288; Clayborne deposes
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governor Calvert, (who flies to Virginia,) and assumes the government, 290 ; great obscurity of the history of the colony at this time, and its causes, ib; an act passed at the assembly of 1650, relating to, 391; cause of the passage of this act, ib ;- see act, note LXXV., appendix; his conduct towards the colo- ny, 392; is appointed by the council of state of England, one of the commis- sioners for the purpose of reducing the colonies, 433; assists in the reduction of Virginia, 438; of Maryland, 439 to 443 ; is appointed secretary of Virginia by the commissioners, 445 ;- see Commissioners for reducing the colonies.
Clergy, benefit of, allowed to certain felonies, by an act of assembly, 123; defi- nition of, 125.
Colonies, reduction of the, proceedings in England relating to, 433 to 443; the council of state appoint commissioners for the purpose of reducing them, 433; instructions given to the commissioners, ib; the province of Maryland is at first inserted in these instructions, but is afterwards stricken out, ib; the commis- sioners set sail with a small fleet, 436; they stop at Barbadoes and aid sir George Ayscue in the reduction of that island, ib; the safe arrival of captain Curtis in Virginia, where he joins with him Bennett and Clayborne, and pro- ceeds to the reduction of Virginia, 437; the colony of Virginia is surrendered to the commissioners, 438 ; governor Stone supposed to have assisted the commissioners in the reduction of Virginia, ib; the commissioners go to Maryland, 439; they make several propositions to governor Stone, ib; tenor of the propositions, 440 ; part of them are accepted and part rejected, io; they ask for the governor's commission, which they retain, and remove him and the other officers from their stations, 441; they proclaim the authority of the par- liament of England, and by the same proclamation, appoint Robert Brooke governor, 442; they declare all the commissions issued by lord Baltimore to be null and void, and completely reduce the province to subjection to the par- liament of England, 443 ;- see Proclamation, note LXXXI., appendix. See Commissioners, &c.
Colonies, ordinance of parliament relating to the colonies, 265; substance of the ordinance, 266.
Colonists, their traffic with the Indians, 77; their coasting trade, 78; their trade to Europe, ib; they attempt to erect a settlement on the Schuylkill, 205; an expedition against them ordered by the governor of New York, 206 ; are com- pelled to take out patents for their lands, 250; many of those who had been concerned in the rebellion, having fled to Virginia, cautious measures are taken to regulate their return, 311; the oath required to be taken by persons com- ing into the colony, ib; proclamation of governor Greene in relation to their return, 312.
Commissions, continuance of, in case of the death of the lord proprietary, pro- vided for, 155.
Commissioners for reducing the colonies,-(see Reduction of the colonies, )-after the reduction of Maryland they return to Virginia, 445; Mr. Bennett appoint- ed governor of that colony, ib; Mr. Clayborne appointed secretary, ib; they return again to Maryland, 446; they replace captain Stone and Mr. Hatton in their respective offices of governor and secretary, 447 ;- see their Proclama- tion, note LXXXII., appendix; they return to Maryland, 501; causes of their coming, 502; they make application to governor Stone, who refuses to recog- nize their authority, 503; they go to Patuxent, at which place governor Stone comes to them, and again submits to a reduction of the province, 504; rea- sons for his having submitted, 505; they issue an order to sequester the pro- perty of those opposed to them in the late conflicts, 529; one of them goes to England, and has an interview with Oliver Cromwell, the lord protector, 532; controversies between the commissioners and lord Baltimore, referred to the
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lords commissioners, Whitlocke and Widdrington, ib; they make a report on the same, ib; their report referred to the commissioners for trade, who make a report to Oliver Cromwell, 537; this report is sent out by lord Baltimore in company with his instructions to the governor, ib; tenor of the report, 538; the commissioners for the reduction of the colonies, send another agent to England, 540; the report of the commissioners for trade is not ratified by Cromwell, 541; the commissioners for the reduction of the colonies, in con- tinuation of their opposition to lord Baltimore, prepare and present a paper to Cromwell, ib; tenor of the paper, ib ;- see note LXXXVIII., appendix; their agents in England (Bennett and Mathews) enter into an agreement with lord Baltimore, 553 ; tenor of the agreement, 553, 554, 555.
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Corn, the planting of, regulated by an act of 1638-9, 147; how measured in the early days of the province, 148; acts relating to the planting of corn, and prohibiting its exportation, passed at the assembly of 1640, 176 ; renewed at the assembly of 1642, 228; pressed for the use of St. Inigoe's fort, 309; the exportation of it from the colony prohibited, 313 ; an act relating to the plant- ing of corn, passed at the assembly of 1649, 360; scarcity of corn in the colony, and its exportation prohibited, 464.
Cornwallis, Thomas, accompanies the first expedition to the colony, in the ca- pacity of assistant or councillor to Leonard Calvert, 26 ; takes a seat in the assembly in that capacity, 49 ; is appointed to command the first expedition against Clayborne, 34; result of the expedition, 36; the governor appoints him his lieutenant during his absence from the colony, 68; is continued in the council under the new commission, 236; a commission is issued to him to levy and command men, in readiness against the Indians, 228; opposes the exemption of the governor and his servants from military duty, 242; is ap- pointed to conduct an expedition against the Indians, 249 ; commission issued to him by governor Brent, authorising him to proceed against the Indians, 256, 257 ; is appointed one of the council by the commission brought out by governor Calvert, 285.
Council of the province, appointed by the lord proprietary, 26; alterations made by the new commission sent to Leonard Calvert, in the mode of appointing the council, 235; appointment of a new council under the new commission, 236; a new council appointed by the lord proprietary, and a new commission sent them, 337 ; oath prescribed by the commission, ib ;- see commission and oath, note LXII., appendix.
County courts, an act passed at the session of the assembly 1638-9, to erect a court for the county of St. Mary's, 128; tenor of the act, 129 ;- see act, note XXVII., appendix.
Courts of justice, the first in the province held at St. Mary's, 59 ; its proceed- ings, ib; the grand jury find two indictments-one against William Clayborne, and the other against Thomas Smith, 61 ; laws passed at the session of the as- sembly of 1638-9, to establish courts of justice, 127.
Court, pretorial, an act passed at the assembly of 1638-9, to erect a pretorial court, 132; tenor of the act, 133.
Criminal code, a new criminal code established by the assembly of 1642, 226; its provisions, ib.
Cromwell, Oliver, is proclaimed lord protector by governor Stone, 497; his in- structions concerning the boundaries between Maryland and Virginia, in which he forbids any force or violence between the two colonies, 531; refers the controversies between lord Baltimore and the commissioners, to certain gentlemen in England, 532; issues an order explanatory of his former order, 533 ;- see note LXXXVI., appendix; tenor of this order, ib; he writes to the governor of Virginia, ib.
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Customs, an "act for customs," passed at the assembly of 1647, 299; the act enforced, 200.
Curtis, captain Edmund, is appointed one of the commissioners for reducing the colonies, 433 ; the commissioners sail with a small fleet for Virginia, 436 ; captain Curtis arrives in Virginia, and there joins with him the other two commissioners, Bennett and Clayborne, 437 ; the colony of Virginia surren- ders to the commissioners, 438 ; they go to Maryland, which they reduce to the authority of the parliament, 439 to 443 ;- see Proclamation, note LXXXI., appendix.
Davenant, sir William, appointed governor of Maryland by Charles II., 410; fails to exercise any power under his commission, ib; probable causes of this failure, ib.
Debts, mode of recovering debts prescribed by an act of the assembly of 1638-9, 141; provisions of the act, 142.
Deer skins, a bill laid before the assembly of 1642, to prohibit the exportation of, but postponed, 203.
Delaware, the Swedes and Dutch employ themselves in making settlements on the Delaware, 112; the Swedes carry on a trade on the river, 205.
Descents, an act to regulate descents passed at the session of the assembly of 1638-9, 157 ;- see act, note XXXVI., appendix.
Discussions, religious, commence among the colonists, 197.
Dissolution of the proprietary government, reports circulated in the province re- lating to a dissolution of the government, 413; cause of these reports, ib; in consequence of these reports, some of the inhabitants refuse to send delegates to the assembly, 415.
Divines, an assemblage of, held at Westminster in England, for the purpose of settling the church government, to which several clergymen of New England are invited, 202; they decline going, ib.
Drunkenness, an act providing for the punishment of, passed at the assembly of 1642, 227 ; a similar act passed in 1654, 513 ;- see note.
Durand, Mr., one of the members, and an elder of the Congregational or Inde . pendent church of Virginia, settles at Providence, 370; is appointed one of the council, by the commissioners for the reduction of the colonies, after the second reduction of the province, 505; is appointed secretary of the province, ib.
Durford, John, mariner, is excepted from the benefits of the act of oblivion, passed by the assembly of 1650, 406.
Dutch, nature of the trade carried on by the colonists with the Dutch, on the Hudson, 164 ; they persevere in their endeavours to establish settlements on the Delaware, 481; they erect a fortification on the present site of New Cas- tle, ib; they purchase a tract of land from the natives, ib; agreement entered into between the Dutch governor and the New Haven traders, in relation to their settlements on the Delaware, 485 ; the Dutch governor protests against the intended erection, by the New Haven traders, of a settlement on the Dela- ware, 486 ; the expedition destined to fix the settlement, stops at Manhattoes, ib; their treatment by the Dutch governor there, 487 ; he forces them to re- turn to New Haven, ib; their settlement at New Castle is captured by the Swedes, 490.
England, civil war in England, and its supposed influence upon the colonies, 263, 264, 265; affairs of, having relation to the colony, 328 to 332-346 and 347 ; part supposed to have been taken by the lord proprietary, 331 ; proceed- ings in England in 1648, having relation to the colony, 346.
England, king Charles beheaded, 377; the house of commons declare any one who shall proclaim his son, (the Prince of Wales,) king, to be a traitor, ib; he
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is proclaimed king by the parliament of Scotland, 378 ; governor Greene issues his proclamation, declaring him king, 380 ; a general pardon for all offences is proclaimed at the same time, "to further the common rejoicing," ib ;- see Pro- clamation, note LXXIV., appendix; proceedings in England relating to the reducement of the colonies in North America, 327 to 433; the council of state appoint commissioners for the purpose of reducing the colonies, 433; pro- ceedings of these commissioners under the instructions given them, 433 to 443; further affairs relating to the colonies, 469 to 472; Oliver Cromwell is pro- claimed lord protector, 496.
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