 Ingle succeeded in burning the town and, with the aid of William Claiborne, (who earlier operated a trading post on Kent Island in the Chesapeake), in controlling the Province of Maryland colony.White was again arrested for his 'evil' preaching, and in 1645 he was sent with Thomas Copley in chains to London.Once there, he was tried for the crime of returning to England after being banished in 1606, which carried the punishment of death.