CLARK, JOHN [SSNE 5082]

Surname

CLARK

First name

JOHN

Title/rank

BURGESS

Nationality

SCOT

Region

ABERDEEN

Text source

In 1621 John Clark provided a birthbrieve from Aberdeen dated 4 April 1621, took the oath, paid 40 florins, one stone of gunpowder, and a musket in order to become a citizen of Cracow. He also promised to acquire land in Cracow within the year or to marry, under penalty of the loss of his civic rights

A.F. Steuart, Papers relating to the Scots in Poland 1576-1793, Edinburgh, 1915, p.43; Stara Warszawa, 1648.

Service record

POLAND-LITHUANIA, CRACOW

Arrived 1621-01-01

Capacity BURGESS, purpose CIVIC/MERCANTILE