STERCOVIUS, JOHN [SSNE 5218]
- Surname
- STERCOVIUS
- First name
- JOHN
- Nationality
- GERMAN
Text source
John Stercovius, a German resident in Poland, visited Scotland in the early 1600s. Apparently his Polish atire caused hilarity in the streets of Scotland, and when he returned to Poland he published a tract which was derisory about Scotland. King James VI saw to it that Patrick Gordon, Scottish factor at Danzig, and a certain David Gray prosecuted Stercovius, resulting in his conviction, sentencing and beheading at Rastenburg in 1611. On 15th February 1612 King James VI and I ordered that all copies of the tract should be confiscatedA.F. Steuart, Papers Relating to the Scots in Poland 1576-1793, (Edinburgh, 1915), pp.xv-xvi; Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vol.ix, pp 540-3 and vol.x, pp.100, 164, 191-3, 251.
Service record
- POLAND, SCOTLAND
- Arrived 1600-01-01
- Capacity TRAVELLER, purpose MISC