Maryland proprietors

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The Maryland proprietors were the colonial-era owners and administrators of the Province of Maryland, holding extensive political and economic authority under an English royal charter.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf landowning elite
proprietary colonial leadership
appliesToJurisdiction Chesapeake Bay colony
linked to: Colony of Maryland

Province of Maryland
conflict boundary disputes with Pennsylvania
conflict with the Penn family
country Province of Maryland
dissolvedBy American Revolutionary War
independence of the United States
economicActivity collecting customs and fees
granting land patents
receiving feudal dues
endTime 1776
grantedBy Charles I of England
hasAuthorityOver appointment of colonial governors
collection of quitrents
colonial legislature of Maryland
establishment of manors
judicial appointments
land distribution in Maryland
militia organization
trade regulation within the province
hasLegalBasis charter of Maryland
royal charter of 1632
hasMember Benedict Leonard Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore
Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore
Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore
Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore
Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore
hasPart Barons Baltimore
Calvert family
hasTitle Lord Proprietor of Maryland
inception 1632
languageOfRecord English
locatedInTimePeriod colonial era of British America
lostDirectControl 1691
overthrownByEvent Glorious Revolution in Maryland
partOf British Empire in North America
linked to: British America
politicalStatus hereditary proprietors
quasi-feudal lords
relatedTo Mason–Dixon Line
religiousPolicy initial promotion of religious toleration for Christians
support for the Maryland Toleration Act of 1649
restoredToPower 1715
successor State of Maryland government
territoryIncludes Chesapeake Bay region
parts of present-day Delaware
parts of present-day Pennsylvania
present-day Maryland

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Charles Mason employer Maryland proprietors
Maryland Toleration Act associatedWith Catholic proprietors of Maryland
linked to: Maryland proprietors
Lord Baltimore as a knight in armor usedBy Calvert proprietors of Maryland
linked to: Maryland proprietors