RENTS, HERCULES [SSNE 5135]

Surname
RENTS
First name
HERCULES
Title/rank
BURGESS
Nationality
SCOT
Region
ARBROATH. ANGUS

Text source

On 24 October 1579 Hercules Rents from Arbroath obtained proof from the Register of the Acts of the city of Warsaw, dated 17 January 1573, took the oath and paid 2 florins to be admitted citizen of Cracow. He promised to supply a birthbrieve before 24 September 1580 and to acquire land within a year.

A.F. Steuart, Papers Relating to the Scots in Poland 1576-1793, Edinburgh, 1915, p.54; Lib. Jur. Civ. Crac. 1555-1601, fo. 576.

Service record

POLAND, CRACOW
Arrived 1579-11-03
Capacity BURGESS, purpose CIVIC/MERCANTILE