BURROWS, JOHN [SSNE 8161]
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Sir John Burrows was an English captain in the Anglo Dutch Brigade. He had been a captain in the Dutch Republic since 1608, fighting at Juliers-Cleves in 1614 and at the siege of Bergen-op-Zoom in 1622.
There was another Sir John Burroughs [SSNE 8418] who had been serving in the Anglo-Dutch Brigade since 1608, so there may be some confusion in the identity of the two men. However, when Burrows was fighting at Bergen-op-Zoom, Burroughs was governor of Frankenthal, so there were definitely two distinct officers.
Sources:
Lambertus de Rijcke, Nathan Vayus, and Job du Rieu, Bergen op den Zoom, Beleghert op den 18 Iujilj 1622, ende Ontleghert den 3 Octobris des selven Iaers… ende heft sich erbarmt over fijn volck, (Middleburg, 1623), list of officers appearing at the end of the book.
Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Staten-Generaal, nummer toegang 1.01.02, inventarisnummer 8044: Staten van Oorlog, 1608.
Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Staten-Generaal, nummer toegang 1.01.02, inventarisnummer 8045: Staten van Oorlog, 1613.
Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Staten-Generaal, nummer toegang 1.01.02, inventarisnummer 8047: Staten van Oorlog, 1610.
Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Staten-Generaal, nummer toegang 1.01.02, inventarisnummer 8297: Staten van Oorlog, 1609.
Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Raad van State, nummer toegang 1.01.19, inventarisnummer 1242: Staten van Oorlog, 1617.
Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Raad van State, nummer toegang 1.01.19, inventarisnummer 1244; Staten van Oorlog, 1620.
Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Staten-Generaal, nummer toegang 1.01.02, inventarisnummer 8048; Staten van Oorlog, 1621.
Peacham, Henry, A Most True Relation of the Affaires of Cleve and Gulick... (London, 1615), unnumbered page.
This entry created by Mr Jack Abernethy.
Service record
- THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, ANGLO-DUTCH BRIGADE
- Arrived 1608-01-01, as CAPTAIN
- Departed 1622-12-31, as CAPTAIN
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY