COCKBURN, FRANCIS [SSNE 2058]

Surname

COCKBURN, COCKBURNE, KOBRON

First name

FRANCIS

Text source

Francis Cockburn served first in James Ramsay's [SSNE 3315] regiment in 1628, then in Alexander [SSNE 380] and John Hamilton's [SSNE 2595] regiments by 1630. In February 1630 Chancellor Axel Oxenstierna referred to Cockburn's "vacirende compagnie" - it was probably this man's company

Swedish Krigsarkiv, Muster Roll, 1628/6-15; 1629/5-10, 12,14, 16,18-20; 1630/22-30; Rikskansleren Axel Oxenstiernas skrifter och brefvexling, first series, V, p.130; Krigsarkivet, Karl Viggo Key samlingen (unfoliated). Muster-roll, 19 April 1629 - he appears here to have taken the roll for James Spens's regiment (My Lord Orreholm). 

Service record

SWEDEN, JAMES RAMSAY

Departed 1628-12-31, as LIEUTENANT

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN, ALEXANDER/JOHN HAMILTON

Departed 1630-12-31, as LIEUTENANT

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY