AUCHTERMUCHTY, [SSNE 8141]

Surname

AUCHTERMUCHTY, ACHIUMUTY

Title/rank

MONSIEUR

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

NOBLEMAN

Text source

Monsieur Auchtermuchty was a Scottish voluntary soldier present at the siege of Bergen-op-Zoom in 1622. He is listed in a Dutch contemporary account of the siege as being an "Edelman van den Connick," which indicates he was either a knight or of some nobility. 

 

Sources:

Lambertus de Rijcke, Nathan Vayus, and Job du Rieu, Bergen op den Zoom, Beleghert op den 18 Iujilj 1622, ende Ontleghert den 3 Octobris des selven Iaers… ende heft sich erbarmt over fijn volck, (Middleburg, 1623), list of officers appearing at the end of the book.

 

This entry created by Mr Jack Abernethy.

Service record

THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, THE DUTCH ARMY, BERGEN-OP-ZOOM

Arrived 1622-01-01, as VOLUNTEER

Departed 1622-12-31, as VOLUNTEER

Capacity VOLUNTEER, SOLDIER, purpose MILITARY