GLENN, THOMAS [SSNE 6132]
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Thomas Glenn married Brita Blasiidotter, daughter of the Scottish merchant in Stockholm, Blasius Dundee. They were wed in November 1626 (although Fischer notes it as 1627) at St Nicolai Church (Storkyrkan). Glenn, also known as Thomas Englesman worked as a merchant in Stockholm. In 1633 he appears as a witness in a dispute between Sander Petrie [SSNE 7414] and Hans Corgill of Danzig. Glenn appears to have developed financial troubles: in June 1633 Erich Mattsson records that he lent Glenn 300 daler, for which Glenn placed his street stall as surety. At the same time Anders Hendrichsson sought the "arrest" of Glenn's house to the value of 620 daler which was the amount of an outstanding loan Glenn owed Hendrichsson. Erich Mattsson also requests that Glenn's house be placed on "arrest" for the sume of 100 daler on behalf of an Albert Jack (Albrecht Jack), possibly the same individual as [SSNE 1109]. He must, however, have remained in good standing as in August Thomas "Engellssmann" serves as guarantor for Daid Robbenn as he took his oath as a Stockholm burgess.
In November 1633 another Scottish burgess of Stockholm, James Fife [SSNE 4779], formally requested that Thomas Glenn's affidavit (dated 21 June 1633) regarding a debt owed to Fife, for which he placed his house on Köpmangatan as surety that he would pay in full.
Source: Swedish Riksarkiv,Biographica Microcard, E01354 4/7 REFERENCES TO HIS DECENDANTS; F.U.W. 'Blasius Dundie' in Person Historisk Tidskrift, vol. 3, 1901, pp.41-52; T. Fischer, The Scots in Sweden, (Edinburgh, 1907), p.32. Stockolms Tänkeböcker, vol xxi 1633, p.14, p.28, p.37, pp.48-9, p.116, pp.122-3, p.162, pp221-2
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- SWEDEN, STOCKHOLM
- Arrived 1626-11-30
- Departed 1746-04-08
- Capacity MERCHANT, purpose MERCANTILE, TRADE, COMMERCE