Re: Leonard & Anne Brent
Leonard Calvert returned to England in 1641/2
to visit his brother, the Baron .After a long visit during which time his
marriage was solemnized, he returned to Maryland abt. 1643/4. Giles Brent
,
his brother -in-law governed in his absence and continued to do so until
his
death four years later. While in England (1642) he had married Anne Brent
.
She was a daughter of Richard and Elizabeth "Reed" Brent of Larke Stoke and
Admington in Gloucestershire and a granddaughter of Giles and Katherine
"Greville" Reed of Tusburie and Witten,a sister of Mary, Giles, Fulke and
Mistress Margaret Brent who came to Maryland in 1638. Thru Katherine of
Greville the lineage runs back to John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, and
Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester, sons of King Edward III, of
England . On his death-bed Gov. Leonard Calvert appointed Margaret Brent ,
his sister-in-law ,executrix and attorney for his estate. He was Lord of
St. Gabriels, St. Michaels and Trinity Manors
(" Colonial Families of the United States", volume VI, page 289; Prov.Ct.
Archives. 1683, page 366; "Chronicles of Colonial Maryland", page 53)