FORBES, JOHN [SSNE 5096]
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John Forbes was an Aberdonian who was admitted burgess of Cracow in 1588.
In 1588 John Forbes provided his birthbrieve dated Aberdeen 10 May 1587, paid 2 florins and was admitted a citizen of Cracow.
Sources: A.F. Steuart, Papers relating to the Scots in Poland 1576-1793, Edinburgh, 1915, p.46; Civ. Crac. 1555-1601, fo.680; Peter Paul Bajer, Scots in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 16th-18th Centuries, (Leiden, 2012), p.118, n.2.
Service record
- POLAND, CRACOW
- Arrived 1588-01-01
- Capacity BURGESS, purpose CIVIC/MERCANTILE