MOSMAN, SIMON [SSNE 5598]

Surname

MOSMAN

First name

SIMON

Nationality

SCOT

Text source

In 1603 a Simon Mosman, 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, CRACOW

Arrived 1603-01-01

Capacity MERCHANT, purpose MERCANTILE