KERR, JAMES [SSNE 1532]

Surname

KERR, KER, KARR

First name

JAMES

Title/rank

Nationality

SCOT

Region

DUNDEE

Social status

BURGESS

Education

Religion

Text source

James Kerr was a skipper and burgess of Dundee. He sailed on Lord Ogilvy's [SSNE 1562] and Peter Young's [SSNE 1609] embassy to Denmark in the summer of 1596.

T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p.64. (SRO. E 2/71: Treasurer's Accounts 17/3/1595-6-7/8/1597, fol.58r.).

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY,

Arrived 1596-01-01

Departed 1596-12-31

Capacity SKIPPER, purpose ROYAL SERVANT