DURHAM, JAMES [SSNE 1506]

Surname

DURHAM

First name

JAMES

Title/rank

Nationality

SCOT

Region

Social status

GENTRY

Education

Religion

Text source

James Durham eas James VI's 'familiaris', and was sent to Denmark 1601(?) and again in 1602 with letters for Christian IV. 

Danish Rigsarkiv, TKUA Skotland A I 2, 19 August 1602, and A II 4, 12 July 1602; T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), p.59.

Service record

SCOTLAND, DENMARK

Arrived 1601-01-01

Departed 1601-12-31

Capacity MESSANGER, purpose CIVIL SERVICE

 

Arrived 1602-01-01

Departed 1602-12-31

Capacity MESSANGER, purpose ROYAL SERVANT