From Talbot250:
One can only imagine the horror Captain Claiborne experienced when he was informed that Kent Island was smack in the middle of the new county palatine of Mary’s Land, and that his domain now belonged to the Calverts.
To Claiborne’s dismay, Kent Island was now claimed as part of Maryland. He refused to accept the authority of the Catholic-led colony, sparking a conflict that would last for decades. Claiborne saw the Calverts as aristocrats who hadn’t earned their claim through labor, and their Catholic faith only deepened the divide.
Tensions came to a head in 1635, when Maryland colonial authorities seized one of Claiborne’s ships and arrested his agent for illegal trading. A naval skirmish followed on April 23, 1635. Later described as a naval battle, it ended in a victory for the Maryland colonists.
In 1638, Leonard Calvert seized and burned Claiborne’s outpost on Kent Island, asserting control over the territory.
The struggle didn’t end there. During England’s Civil Wars in the 1640s, Claiborne and other Puritans briefly regained power in Maryland. In 1644, Claiborne led an attack that burned St. Mary’s City. But Leonard Calvert returned and reestablished authority before his death in 1647. (Read more.)
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