RENTON, WILLIAM [SSNE 8533]
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Captain William Renton served under Colonel William Stewart in Danzig before transferring with the regiment into Dutch service in 1578. He had been commissioned to serve in Danzig on 21 July 1577 and to command 150 men. He was still in Dutch service by 1586.
Sources:
Peter Paul Bajer, Scots in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 16th-18th Centuries (Leiden, 2012), p. 486.
James Ferguson, Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the service of the United Netherlands, 1572-1697 (Edinburgh, 1899), p. 47, 50.
HaNA, 1.01.02, 12756.15.
RPCS, 1569-1578, p. 621.
This entry created by Dr Jack Abernethy.
Service record
- DANZIG, STEWART'S DANZIG REGIMENT
- Arrived 1577-07-21, as CAPTAIN
- Departed 1577-12-31, as CAPTAIN
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
- THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, THE SCOTS BRIGADE
- Arrived 1578-01-01, as CAPTAIN
- Departed 1586-12-31, as CAPTAIN
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY