Vicki, very interesting material. I plan to order the book - could you
let us know the cost? Probably not much being paperback.
Louise
vks wrote:
In this book James W. Foster gives some of the family
background. He states that George was born and a died a
Roman Catholic. He then goes on to explain what it meant to
be a Roman Catholic in the late 16th and early 17th century,
in England.
>From what I have read I highly recommend the book to get a
better understanding of George's history and his
accomplishments.
The writer states that the Calverts were NOT from the
migration of Flemish weavers attracted to Yorkshire, because
of its fame for wool growing. Based on the evidence of wills
and inventories, the Calverts of Yorkshire in the 16th
century were tenant farmers, husbandmen, and yeomen of
standing, and in the case of Leonard of Kiplin, gentlemen
when that term signified superior social position.
The writer gives George's birth date as abt. 1580 at
Kiplin. Further that his father was Leonard son of John, who
was a tenant of Philip Lord Wharton. His mother (the
writers opinion after much study of evidence, was Alice,
daughter of John Crosland of Crosland near Almondbury in the
West Riding. Her family's arms were quartered with Calvert
arms by the second Lord Baltimore, indicating that she was
an heiress in her own right, having no brothers. She died
early and Leonard remarried. This is supported by the record
of the Yorkshire High Commission showing that Leonard
Calvert and wife "GRACE" in 1592 were summoned by the
Commission to answer charges of religious nonconformity.
Grace Crosland is the daughter of Thomas, of Crosland Hill
near Almondbury. She was baptized at Almondbury on Feb. 8,
1573, and could not have been a mother in 1580. She is also
mentioned in her father's will who died in 1587. Any
relationship has never been established, because there were
so many Crosland's and Catholic records were not kept until
1600. Couples were married privately and their children
baptized surreptitiously by priests who traveled by night
and hid by day.
In the years 1580 to 1594 Leonard and Grace were frequently
pressed to conform to Anglican practice. Leonard submitted a
certificate that he had conformed and 2 yrs. later gave bond
that he and his wife (name not stated) would communicate
within a given time. This happened several times and then
the records are silent. He was either imprisoned or paid a
fine to be released. The next entry is dated Oct. 9, 1592,
and states that he will have no Catholic servants or
Catholic teacher for his children and would buy a Book of
Common Prayer, a Bible in English and a catechism, to lie
open in his house "for everyone to read." His children were
to be put to school in York and not to leave without license
from the Archbishop of York. Two of these children were
George and Christopher, 10 and 12 years old.
One of the relatives who appears in historical records is
Ralph EWENS. He died without children in 1611. In his will
he list his uncle, Leonard CALVERT and his wife, unnamed,
his grandmother, "Mistress Margerie CALVERT," his uncle and
aunt BRANTHWAITE, and his cousins George, Christopher and
Samuel CALVERT.
Another family allied with the CALVERTS were the SMITHSONS.
George's sister Dorothy married Christopher SMITHSON of
Moulton, North Riding. Their daughter Grace married into the
CONYERS family. Sons of Christopher and Grace SMITHSON were
named Leonard, Calvert and George.
Guess I've written enough. Cousins, buy the book. It is
worth the money. James W. Foster spent many years in England
and the Maryland Archives researching the Calvert family.
The information is well documented. BUY THE BOOK. Your
Calvert Cousin, Vicki K.
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