, MICHAEL [SSNE 6287]
Text source
In October 1623, an Irishman called Michael (it not known if this is his first or last name) called into the Swedish agent in Denmark, Anders Svensson, while en-route to the King of Poland. He brought brought news to Svensson that James VI had said that Robert Stewart [SSNE 529] could hire as many men and ships as he needed for his Polish levy, was preparing to transport them, and that they were already preparing a rendezvous in the north of Scotland. He was later noted in January 1624 in a letter from Sir James Spens [SSNE 1642] to Gustav II Adolf. Spens observed that Michael was a servant of Sir Robert Stuart and had recently returned to England via Holland. Nothing else is known of this man.
Source: L. Tandrup (ed.), Svensk agent ved Sundet; Toldkommissær og agent i Helsingør. Anders Svenssons depecher till Gustav II Adolf og Axel Oxenstierna 1621-1625, (Aarhus, 1971), pp.347-349, 358. Svensson to Oxenstierna/Gustav II Adolf, 10 & 23 October 1623; Riksarkivet, Anglica 3, f.43. James Spens to Gustav II Adolf, 14/24 January 1624.
Service record
- STUART KINGDOMS, POLAND, VIA DENMARK
- Arrived 1623-09-01
- Capacity MISC, purpose MILITARY