PAUCKER, DAVID [SSNE 1501]
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David 'Paucker' (a Danish word for drummer) was a musician in Danish-Norwegian royal service: he played the kettle-drum, for which a reference to him is dated 19/10/1596. He is also noted as owning a house in Kongensgade at Copenhagen 19/10/1621, implying that he was settled in Denmark.
T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p.59.
Service record
- DENMARK-NORWAY, COPENHAGEN
- Arrived 1596-01-01
- Departed 1621-12-31
- Capacity DRUMMER, MUSICIAN, purpose ROYAL SERVANT