Name Richard Ingle | Died 1653 | |
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Richard Ingle Top # 7 Facts
Richard Ingle (1609–1653) was an English colonial seaman and tobacco trader in the American colony of Maryland. Ingle took over the colonial capital of the proprietary government in St. Mary's City removing Catholic Governor Lord Baltimore from power in 1645. Along with another Protestant rebel, Captain William Claiborne, he waged war with the Catholic colonial Governor Lord Baltimore and Maryland Catholics in the name of English Parliament after his ship was seized and confiscated and siding with the Maryland Puritans, in a period known as the "Plundering Time" in which unrest and lawlessness existed. Ingle and his men attacked ships and conquered the colonial capital, St. Mary's City, Province of Maryland. Most of the Richard Ingle's life and background are unknown.
Contents
- Richard Ingle Top 7 Facts
- Early life
- Maryland colonial pursuits
- English Civil War
- Plundering Time
- End of Rebellion
- Death
- References
Early life
Richard Ingle was born in England, possibly in London, into a Protestant family that schooled him.
Maryland colonial pursuits
He became a trader and ship captain. Ingle transported the goods of Maryland colonial traders from England and back and became a prominent tobacco trader.
English Civil War
When the English Civil War broke out, Ingle sided with the Puritans. He fell out with the Catholic leaders of Maryland, and when the royalist governor Lord Baltimore Leonard Calvert seized his ship, he escaped.
Richard Ingle returned in February 1645 with the ship Reformation and attacked the Maryland colony in the name of English Parliament. He attacked the settlement of St. Mary's City, the colonial capital and imprisoned leaders of the colony. Calvert, the royalist proprietary governor, fled to Virginia.
Plundering Time
Captain Richard Ingle took control of the Maryland colonial government and along with fellow Protestant Captain William Claiborne, an Anglican church adherent, ushered in a period of unrest and lawlessness from 1644 to 1646 known as the "Plundering Time" and "Claiborne and Ingle's rebellion".. Under Ingle's leadership, his men looted property of wealthy Roman Catholic settlers. Ingle claimed that he had a letter of marque to cruise the waters of Shesapeake (Chesapeake Bay) and the permission of a new government in England. Local settlers regarded him as a pirate. He put two Jesuit priests to chains and transported them back to England.
End of Rebellion
Governor Calvert returned in August 1646 and reestablished his control.
Death
Though most of his men were granted amnesty, Richard Ingle according to some sources was specifically exempted from being released, made an example of and executed as a pirate in 1653.