HAY, FRANCIS [SSNE 2626]

Surname

HAY

First name

FRANCIS

Title/rank

LIEUTENANT

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

Francis Hay was a lieutenant in Swedish service from 1628-9. He is possibly the same man as Captain Francis Hay noted in Danish service in 1627 [SSNE 211]. A Captain Hay was killed at Nordlingen in September 1634 and it might have been this man.

Swedish Krigsarkiv, Muster Roll, 1628/6-15; 1629/5,6; Anon., The Modern History of the World. Or An Historical Relation of the most memorable passages in Germany, and else-where, since the beginning of this present Yeere 1635 (London, 1635), A3.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY,

Arrived 1627-01-01, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1627-12-31, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN, JAMES RAMSAY

Arrived 1628-01-01, as LIEUTENANT

Departed 1634-09-06, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY