FERNE, ALEXANDER [SSNE 4232]

Surname
FERNE
First name
ALEXANDER
Title/rank
CAPTAIN
Nationality
SCOT
Social status
OFFICER

Text source

Alexander Ferne was a Scottish officer in Swedish service. He was a captain in Colonel Alexander Gray's [SSNE 378] company in 1612. Two years later hewas found guilty
of manslaughter in Stockholm in 1614 but pardoned on payment of
300 dalers


T. Fischer, The Scots in Sweden (Edinburgh, 1907), p.224. We thank Mia Korpiola for the information on the manslauter case from the Svea court records.

Service record

SWEDEN, ANDREW GRAY
Arrived 1610-01-01, as CAPTAIN
Departed 1614-12-31, as CAPTAIN
Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY