MENZIES, GEORGE [SSNE 5129]

Surname

MENZIES

First name

GEORGE

Title/rank

BURGESS

Nationality

SCOT

Text source

On 8 November 1616 George Menzies took the oath and became a citizen of Cracow. He promised to provide a birthbrieve within six months, and to pay 30 Polish florins and two stones of gunpowder. Albert Kin (SSNE 5114), John Barbier (SSNE 5121)and Andrew Hunter (SSNE 5122) all stood as cautioners for Menzies

A.F. Steuart, Papers Relating to the Scots in Poland 1576-1793, Edinburgh, 1915, p.53; Lib. Jur. Civ. Crac. 1612-1634, fo.73.

Service record

POLAND, CRACOW

Arrived 1616-11-08

Capacity BURGESS, purpose CIVIC/MERCANTILE