CREW, HENRY [SSNE 8060]
Text source
Captain Crew had permission to raise a company of 200 men for Russian service in the regiment of Alexander Leslie of Auchentoul.
Source: Gloucester Borough Records, GBR/H/2/2 Order and letter book, pp. 182-183. '1632 Sir Alexander Lesley has licence to levy 2,000 soldiers for service with the [Emperor] of all Russia and the Great Duke of Muscovy, and Capt. Hen. Crew has a warrant to raise 200 volunteers for this purpose'.
Service record
- RUSSIA, ALEXANDER LESLIE
- Arrived 1631-01-01, as CAPTAIN
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY