GORDON, RICHARD [SSNE 5958]

Surname

GORDON

First name

RICHARD, RYCHARDUS

Nationality

SCOT

Text source

Richard Gordon was the only Scot in Wegrow who subscribed to the subsidy for King Charles II in 1651. He paid 231 florins or 231 zl 20 gr

A.B. Pernal and R.P. Gasse, The 1651 Polish Subsidy to the exiled Charles II, Oxford Slavonic Papers, vol xxxii (Oxford, 1999), p.33; Z. Guldon and L. Stepkowski, Szkoci i Anglicy w Koronie w polowie XVII wieku, Kieleckie Studia Historyczne, ii (1977).

Service record

POLAND-LITHUANIA, WEGROW

Arrived 1651-01-01

Capacity MERCHANT?, purpose MERCANTILE?