The Governor then reduced Kent Island.
Claiborne, again defeated, retired to Virginia, whence he sailed for England.
In 1647 Leonard Calvert died.

Until the Proprietary's will should be known, Thomas Greene acted as Governor.

Over in England, Lord Baltimore stood at the parting of the ways.

The King's cause had a hopeless look.
Roundhead and Parliament were making way in a mighty tide.

Baltimore was marked for a royalist and a Catholic.