STUART, JAMES [SSNE 7651]

Surname

STUART, STEWART

First name

JAMES, JACOB

Title/rank

CAPTAIN

Nationality

SCOT

Text source

Captain James Stewart commanded a fortification close to the city of Bremen in July 1653 forcing all ships on the river Weser to pay bribes for free passage. Hartmut Muller (ed.), Peter Koster: Chronik der Kaiserlichen Freien Reichsstadt und Hansestadt Bremen 1600-1700 (Bremen, 2004), pp. 130, 136. Entry by Dr Kathrin Zickermann.

Service record

BREMEN (DUCHY),

Arrived 1653-01-01

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY