AULD, DAVID [SSNE 5915]

Surname

AULD, ALD

First name

DAVID

Nationality

SCOT

Region

EDINBURGH

Text source

David Auld was amongst the Scots and English in Warsaw who subscribed to the subsidy for King Charles II in 1651. He was a part of the 40-strong community who paid 5400 florins in total. A David Auld "merchant in Poland" died in Edinburgh in 1679 leaving behind an estate worth £2370.

A.B. Pernal and R.P. Gasse, The 1651 Polish Subsidy to the exiled Charles II, Oxford Slavonic Papers, vol xxxii (Oxford, 1999), p.32; Z. Guldon and L. Stepkowski, Szkoci i Anglicy w Koronie w polowie XVII wieku, Kieleckie Studia Historyczne, ii (1977). National Archives of Scotland, CC8 8 76 482: David Auld 22 March 1680 and CC8 8 77 153: David Auld, 22 July 1682. Thanks to Peter Bajer for these last two references.

Service record

POLAND-LITHUANIA, WARSAW

Arrived 1651-01-01

Departed 1679-12-31

Capacity MERCHANT, purpose TRADE, COMMERCE, MERCANTILE