MAXWELL, HANS [SSNE 2794]

Surname

MAXWELL, MAXWALL

First name

HANS, JOHN

Title/rank

MASTER OF HORSE

Nationality

SCOT

Text source

John Maxwell was a master of horse in Swedish service in 1563. This may have been the same man as the Scot called Maxwell who couriered a letter from King Erik XIV to Scots at Kalmar on 21 September 1568 and received 400 "peningar" for the service.

Swedish Riksarkiv, Ämnessamlingar strödda historiska handlingar, vol.6; Krigsarkivet; Uppsala University Library, Palmskioldiska Samlingen, no.11, vol.2.

Service record

SWEDEN,

Arrived 1563-01-11, as MASTER OF HORSE

Departed 1564-01-10, as MASTER OF HORSE

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY