ANDERSON, WILLIAM [SSNE 5594]

Surname

ANDERSON, ENDERSON

First name

WILLIAM

Nationality

SCOT

Text source

In 1603 William Enderson, citizen and merchant of Cracow, protested against his arrest by Captain Robert Demster. Demster, who claimed to be working on behalf of the Polish king, had also summoned five other Scottish merchants in Cracow to appear before him and explain by what rights they were trading there. They were all forbidden from leaving Cracow

A.F. Steuart, Papers Relating to the Scots in Poland 1576-1793 (Edinburgh, 1915), p.79.

Service record

POLAND-LITHUANIA, CRACOW

Arrived 1603-01-01

Capacity MERCHANT, purpose MERCANTILE