TROTTER, JOHN [SSNE 8531]
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Captain John Trotter had initially served under Colonel William Stewart in Danzig but transferred with his regiment to Holland in 1578. He took obligation in 1579 and appeared in a pay-list of 1581.
Sources:
Peter Paul Bajer, Scots in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 16th-18th Centuries (Leiden, 2012), p. 469.
James Ferguson, Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the service of the United Netherlands, 1572-1697 (Edinburgh, 1899), p. 47.
HaNA, 1.01.02, 12756.15.
This entry created by Dr Jack Abernethy.
Service record
- DANZIG, STEWART'S DANZIG REGIMENT
- Arrived 1577-01-01, as CAPTAIN
- Departed 1577-12-31, as CAPTAIN
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
- THE DUTCH EPUBLIC, SCOTS BRIGADE
- Arrived 1578-01-01, as CAPTAIN
- Departed 1581-12-31, as CAPTAIN
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY