HURST, RICHARD [SSNE 8543]
Text source
Richard Hurst was a secretary and sometime courier based in Hamburg and employed by Sir Robert Anstruther, He is mention in correspondence of Sir Robert frequently in the 1620s and 1630s, and many of his own letters survive.
Sources: The Nationl Archives (Kew), SP75/9 - Numerous letters of Sir Robert Anstruther.
In his own hand: The Nationl Archives (Kew), SP 81/40 ff.63-64. Richard Hurst to ?, The Hague, 18/28 January 1632/33.
Service record
- STUART KINGDOMS, HAMBURG
- Arrived 1626-01-01, as SECRETARY
- Departed -0001-11-30
- Capacity DIPLOMATIC SECRETARY, purpose DIPLOMACY