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A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature 1635-1789 by Edward C. Papenfuse, et. al.
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PROPR1ETAR Y ASSEMBLY OF 1634/35

Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Lord Baltimore, proprietor
Leonard Calvert, governor

February 26, 1634/35
(No record of membership)

1 The only record of this Assembly is a reference to an act passed on February 26, 1634/35, by a "General Assemblie"

at St. Mary's.

PROPRIETARY ASSEMBLY OF 1637/38

Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Lord Baltimore, proprietor
Leonard Calvert, governor

A GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF ALL FREEMEN

January 25-29; February 8, 26; March 5, 12-24, 1637/38 1


ATTENDANCE2


Leonard Calvert, lieutenant

Thomas Cornwaleys, of the

John Lewger, of the Council

George Evelyn, commander

general and president of

Council

Jerome Hawley, of the

of Kent Isle (SW) 3

the Assembly

Robert Wintour, of the

Council



Council



Thomas Greene

James Cauther

John Hill

John Medley

William Bretton

William Lewis

John Richardson

Isaac Edwards

Henry Fleet

Thomas Franklin

Thomas Hebden

John Courtis

Robert Philpott 4

Thomas Nabbs

John Halfehead

Cuthbert Fenwick

William Brainthwaite

Thomas Baldndge

John Hillierd

Christopher Thomas

John Wyatt

Edward Fleet

Edward Bateman

Richard Lowe

Robert Clarke

Robert Percy

Richard Lusthead

John Nevill

Richard Garaett

John Price

John Fleet

Richard Thompson

(Gardiner), Sr.

Thomas Morris (Maurice,

Anthony Cotton

Remold Fleet

Justinian Snow

Morrison)

Andrew Chappell

William Broughe

Marmaduke Snow

Thomas Stent

Cyprian Thoroughgood

Henry Crawly

Francis Rabnett

John Robinson 5

Christopher Martin

Thomas Bradnox 4

Robert Vaughan

Zachary Mottershead

Nathaniel Pope

Edward Beckler 4

James Baldndge

John Langford

John Smithson


Francis Gray

Edward Parrie (Perry)

Robert Smith



Committee Service


LAWS 6

Evelyn

L. Calvert

Cornwaleys

Wintour

J. Snow

1 The Assembly met only during the dates listed and was otherwise in adjournment.

2Membership is listed generally in order of appearance. Many of the men attended for only a brief period, while others

attended regularly. Twenty-four men, who did not attend personally, were represented by proxies.

3 The clerk erred several times the first day of the first session in referring to "Captain Robert Evelyn" as commander

of Kent Isle. The commander was actually George Evelyn, commissioned in December 1637. By the second day of the

session, the error was noted and Robert Evelyn was no longer referred to as commander of Kent Isle, although a man

of that name did attend subsequent assemblies.

4 Robert Philpott, Thomas Bradnox, and Edward Beckler were elected to this Assembly to represent the freemen of

Kent Isle. The freemen were also eligible to attend, however, and several did.

5 A carpenter named John Robinson attended this Assembly, but a second man with the same name may also have

been present.

6 This was an elected committee charged with drafting legislation. Each person voted for five members and these were

the five men with the most votes, in order of strength. Later in the session, a smaller committee of three men?Thomas

Cornwaleys, Leonard Calvert, and George Evelyn?was elected to prepare laws.

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