JOHNSTONE, JAMES [SSNE 5117]

Surname

JOHNSTONE, JOHNSTOUN

First name

JAMES

Title/rank

BURGESS

Nationality

SCOT

Region

ABERDEENSHIRE

Text source

James Johnstone of Crimond, Aberdeenshire was admitted burgess of Cracow in 1598.

In 1598 James Johnstoun, a Scots shopkeeper, provided a birthbrieve with a title to nobility on both his parents' sides dated Aberdeen 4 July 1597, took the oath and paid 5 florins in order to become a citizen of Cracow.

Sources: A.F. Steuart, Papers Relating to the Scots in Poland, 1576-1793, Edinburgh 1815, pp.49-50; Lib. Jur. Civ. Crac, 1555-1612, fo. 847; Peter Paul Bajer, Scots in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 16th-18th Centuries (Leiden, 2012), p.118, n.3.

Service record

POLAND, CRACOW

Arrived 1597-01-01

Capacity BURGESS, purpose CIVIC/MERCANTILE