RAMSAY, WILLIAM [SSNE 1568]

Surname

RAMSAY

First name

WILLIAM

Text source

William Ramsay was attached to the Scottish embassy to Denmark 1587 and as trumpeter to the embassy to Denmark 1596 under Lord Ogilvy [SSNE 1562] and Peter Young [SSNE 1609]

T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p.72; National Archives of Scotland, E 21/65: Treasurer's Accounts 1586-7, fol.126v.-127v; E 21/71: Treasurers Accounts 1595/6-1597, fol.58v.-59r.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY,

Departed 1596-12-31

Capacity TRUMPETER, MUSICIAN, purpose ROYAL SERVANT