RAMSAY, WILLIAM [SSNE 1568]

Surname

RAMSAY

First name

WILLIAM

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

MUSICIAN

Text source

William Ramsay was attached to the Scottish embassy to Denmark 1587 and as trumpeter to the embassy to Denmark 1596 under Lord Ogilvy [SSNE 1562] and Peter Young [SSNE 1609]

T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p.72; National Archives of Scotland, E 21/65: Treasurer's Accounts 1586-7, fol.126v.-127v; E 21/71: Treasurers Accounts 1595/6-1597, fol.58v.-59r.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY,

Arrived 1596-01-01

Departed 1596-12-31

Capacity TRUMPETER, MUSICIAN, purpose ROYAL SERVANT