er,
should approve or veto according to need.

When civil war between King and Parliament broke out in England,
sentiment in Maryland as in Virginia inclined toward the King. But
that Puritan, Non-conformist, and republican element that was in
both colonies might be expected to gain if, at home in England, the
Parliamentary party gained. A Royal Governor or a Lord Proprietary's
Governor might alike be perplexed by the political turmoil in the mother
country. Leonard Calvert felt the need of first-hand consultation with
his brother. Leaving Giles Brent in his place, he sailed for England,
talked there with Baltimore himself, perplexed and filled with
foreboding, and returned to Maryland not greatly wiser than when he
went.

Maryland was soon convulsed by disorders which in many ways reflected
the unsettled conditions in England. A London ship, commanded by Richard
Ingle, a Puritan and a staunch upholder of the cause of Parliament,
arrived before St. Mary's, where he gave great offense by his blatant
remarks about the King and Rupert, "that Prince Rogue." Though he was
promptly arrested on the charge of treason, he managed to escape and
soon left the loyal colony far astern.

In the meantime Leonard Calvert had come back to Maryland, where he
found confusion and a growing heat and faction and side-taking of a
bitter sort. To add to the turmoil, William Claiborne, among whose
dominant traits was an inability to recognize defeat, was making
attempts upon Kent Island. Calvert was not long at St. Mary's ere Ingle
sailed in again with letters-of-marque from the Long Parliament. Ingle
and his men landed and quickly found out the Protestant moiety of
the colonists. There followed an actual insurrection, the Marylanders
joining with Ingle and much aided by Claiborne, who now retook Kent
Island. The insurgents then captured St. Mary's and forced the
Governor to flee to Virginia. For two years Ingle ruled and plundered,
sequestrating goods of the Proprietary's adherents, and deporting in
irons Jesuit priests. At the end of this time Calvert reappeared, and
behind him a troop gathered in Virginia. Now it was Ingle's turn to
flee. Regaining his ship, he made sail for England, and Maryland settled
down again to the ancient order. The Governor then reduced Kent Island.
Claiborne, again defeated, retired to Virginia, whence he sailed for
England.

In 1647 Leonard Calvert died. Until the Proprietary's will should be
known, Thomas G