BLAND, THOMAS [SSNE 7827]

Surname

BLAND

First name

THOMAS

Title/rank

CLOTH MERCHANT

Nationality

ENGLISH

Text source

Thomas Bland was an English merchant draper who traded with Sweden. He was an associate of William Greene [SSNE 7779], who was Duke Karl (later Karl IX of Sweden) Vasa's offical agent in England - successor to Thomas Fisk [SSNE 7820]. In 1599 both Greene and Bland visited Henry Francklin [SSNE 7821], who was the Duke's chamberlain, at Bocksjoholm.

Erik Wikland, Elizabethan Players in Sweden 1591-2 &c. (Stockholm: Almqvist&Wiksell, 1971), p.213.

Service record

SWEDEN, BOCKSJOHOLM

Arrived 1599-02-08

Departed 1599-03-01

Capacity CLOTH MERCHANT, purpose TRADE, ROYAL SERVICE