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.

All labels observed (3)

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Statements (49)

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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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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