CHALMER, JAMES [SSNE 1487]

Surname

CHALMER

First name

JAMES

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

SERVANT

Text source

James Chalmer was a valet in the royal wardrobe of King James VI of Scotland. He was sent to Denmark with letter from the king and a message concerning the Gowrie conspiracy in 1621. He returned with falcons.

Sources: Danish Rigsarkivet, TKUA Skotland A I 2, 31/8/ and 28/11/1600; National Archives of Scotland, E 21/74 Treasurer's Accounts 1/7/1600-27/6/1601, fol. 50r; T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p.56.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY,

Arrived 1600-01-01

Departed 1621-12-31

Capacity VALET, purpose ROYAL SERVANT