Editing Leonard Calvert (section)

==Establishment of Maryland==
[[File:Coat of arms of Cecil Calvert.svg|thumb|Calvert's coat of arms]]

In 1632, Baltimore returned to [[England]], where he negotiated an additional patent for the [[Province of Maryland|colony of Maryland]] from [[Charles I of England|King Charles I]]. However, before the papers could be executed, Baltimore died on April 15, 1632.<ref name=sparky/>

On June 20, 1632, [[Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore|Cecil]], the second [[Baron Baltimore|Lord Baltimore]], received from the king the charter for the colony of Maryland that his father had negotiated. The charter consisted of 23 sections, but the most important conferred on Lord Baltimore and his heirs, besides the right of absolute ownership in the soil, certain powers, ecclesiastical as well as civil, resembling those possessed by the nobility of the Middle Ages. Leonard Calvert was appointed by his brother as the colony's first [[governor]].<ref name=sparky/>

===''The Ark'' and ''The Dove''===
Two vessels, ''[[The Ark (ship)|The Ark]]'' and ''[[Maryland Dove|The Dove]],'' carrying over 300 settlers, sailed from the harbour of [[Cowes]], [[England]], on November 22, 1633, arriving at just inside the huge harbor and bay (later to be named "[[Hampton Roads]]") at the mouth of the [[Chesapeake Bay]], between [[Cape Charles (headland)|Cape Charles]] and [[Cape Henry]] and passed off "[[Old Point Comfort|Point Comfort]]" at the mouths of the intersecting [[James River (Virginia)|James]], [[Nansemond River|Nansemond]], and [[Elizabeth River (Virginia)|Elizabeth River]]s, in the colony of [[Virginia]] on February 24, 1634 (also later the site of the cities of [[Norfolk, Virginia|Norfolk]], [[Portsmouth, Virginia|Portsmouth]] and [[Virginia Beach, Virginia|Virginia Beach]] on the south side and [[Newport News, Virginia|Newport News]] and [[Hampton, Virginia|Hampton]] on the northern peninsula). After exploring the area, a few weeks later they sailed up the [[Potomac River]], north of the Virginia shoreline and the southern border of their new colony and landed on the northern shore at [[Blakistone Island Light|Blakistone Island]] (later renamed [[St. Clement's Island State Park|St. Clement's Island]]) on March 25, 1634, erected a large cross, gave thanks and celebrated a [[Mass in the Catholic Church|Mass]] with Fr [[Andrew White (Jesuit)|Andrew White]] who had accompanied them  (later to be celebrated as "[[Maryland Day]]", an official state and local holiday). Two days later, on March 27, they returned further south down-river near the point where the Potomac meets the Bay at what is now [[St. Mary's City, Maryland|St. Mary's City]], then the site of a [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] village of the [[Yaocomico]] branch of the [[Piscataway (tribe)|Piscataway tribe]], whom the [[paramount chief]] had moved away to accommodate the new English settlers, so as to take advantage of the trading opportunities of their more powerful technology: industries, weapons and implements, and they began the work of establishing a settlement there.<ref>{{CathEncy|wstitle=Calvert}}</ref>