FORBES, JOHN [SSNE 5096]

Surname
FORBES
First name
JOHN
Nationality
SCOT
Region
ABERDEEN
Social status
BURGESS

Text source

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