Plundering Time
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The Plundering Time (1644-1646) was a period of civil unrest in colonial Maryland caused by the tensions of the English Civil War. Governor Leonard Calvert (1606-1647) led colonial defenses against Parliamentary privateers such as Captain Richard Ingle.
[edit] References
- Timothy B. Riordan, The Plundering Time: Maryland in the English Civil War, 1642-1650. Maryland Historical Society, 2005.
- Paul F. Liston, The plundering Time: The Hardships of Southern Maryland Catholics in Colonial Times. Abbeyfeale Press, 1993.

