POLEY, JOHN [SSNE 8521]

Surname

POLEY, PULEY (erroneously POLLOCK)

First name

JOHN, JOHAN

Nationality

ENGLISH

Social status

COLONEL

Text source

Colonel John Poley was apparently an English colonel in a foreign regiment in the service of Christian IV of Denmark-Norway in 1625. In July Poley was in negotiation for  money, ammunition and other expenses for his levy. On 18 August, Christian wrote to Joseph Averie [SSNE 2830] in Hamburg to pay Poley 1000 rdl  for his foreign regiment. On the same day Christian wrote a Latin missive a kreditive for Poley as Christian's agent to Charles I of Great Britian. Once there he spun a yarn about Christian IV defeating Tilly in battle which was, in turn, passed on by James Spens to Axel Oxenstierna in October that year.

Sources: C.F Bricka and J.A. Fredericia (eds.), Kong Christian den Fjerdes Egenhaendige Breve (8 vols., Copenhagen, 1878-1947), I, p.455 (text and note 2) Christian IV to Fredrik Gunther, July 1625; Swedish Riksarkivet, Oxenstiernska samlingen, E724. James Spens to Axel Oxenstierna, 2 October 1625.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, ARMY

Arrived 1625-01-01, as COLONEL

Departed 0000-01-01

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

DENMARK-NORWAY, LONDON

Arrived 1625-09-01, as COLONEL

Departed 0000-01-01

Capacity OFFICER, AGENT, purpose DIPLOMACY