THOMSON [ANDERSON?], THOMAS [SSNE 775]

Surname
THOMSON [ANDERSON?]
First name
THOMAS
Title/rank
BYFOGED, TOWN BAILIFF
Nationality
SCOT

Text source

Thomas Thomson [Anderson?] served as a Byfoged, or town bailiff and as a customs officer in Trelleborg by December 1591. He was still byfoged in January 1597, but had died by 1610. His heirs were his sister's sons Hans and Peder Andersen. A certain Daniel Andersen also claimed to be a son of his brother.

T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p.179; Kanc. Brevb. 21/12/1591, 30/11/1592, 18/12/1594, 23/1/1597, 9/8/1610.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, TRELLEBORG
Arrived 1591-01-01
Departed 1610-12-31
Capacity CUSTOMS OFFICER, BYFOGED, TOWN BAILIFF, purpose CIVIL SERVICE, CIVIC, ROYAL SERVANT