SKOTTE, JAKOB WILLUMSEN [SSNE 1293]
- Surname
- SKOTTE
- First name
- JAKOB WILLUMSEN
- Title/rank
- MAYOR
- Nationality
- SCOT
- Social status
- BURGESS
Text source
Jakob Willumson Skotte was a leading merchant of Holbaek, Denmark in the 1570s. He was mentioned as mayor in 1562 and 1591. Skotte was to serve in the urban militia in 1593 with a spear, a rapier and armour.
T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot, (Odense, 1988), II, p.254 (Emilie Anderson 1956, pp. 50 and 56, n.12)
Service record
- DENMARK-NORWAY, HOLBAEK
- Arrived 1570-01-01
- Departed 1593-12-31
- Capacity MAYOR, purpose CIVIC