Excerpt from Old Maryland Manors, Vol. 7: With the Records of a Court Leet and a Court Baron

The Calverts desired to found in Maryland a new landed aristocracy. Though the Bill for Baronies never passed the Assembly, the Proprietor was able to establish manors, and to give to the manorial lords rights of jurisdiction over their tenants. The lord of the manor thus became a person of prime importance. While his wealth as a large land holder gave him one element of consideration, his judicial dignity gave him another.

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