SCOTT, DARBEI (DERBY?) [SSNE 1587]

Surname

SCOTT, SKOTTE

First name

DARBEI (DERBY?)

Nationality

SCOT/ENGLISH

Social status

MUSICIAN, HARPIST

Text source

 A harpist, named as 'Darbei' (possibly Derby? He may have worked in England first; or he may have been an Englishman) Skotte - the latter implies he was a Scotsman - was engaged at the Stuart Court in England for Danish service on 15/3/1622, with effect from 25/9/1621. We don't know how long he served.

Thomas Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance be Forgot..., (Odense, 1988), vol.1, p.137, vol.2, pp.77.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY,

Arrived 1621-09-25

Departed 1622-12-31

Capacity HARPIST, purpose ROYAL SERVANT