BOTHWELL, JOHN [SSNE 1841]

Surname

BOTHWELL, BODWELL, BOITHWELL

First name

JOHN

Title/rank

MAJOR

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

John Bothwell began Swedish service as a captain in James Ramsay's [SSNE 3315] regiment in 1628. By 1631 he was a major and Monro notes his death at Wurtzburg sometime after 1632. His brother was apparently also killed in the fighting at the same time.

Swedish Krigsarkiv, Muster Roll, 1628/6-15; 1629/5-10, 12,14,16,18,19; 1630/23; 1631/12,15; R. Monro, His Expedition with the worthy Scots regiment called Mackeyes (2 vols., London, 1632), II, List of the Scottish Officers in Chief. Helmut MAHR (ed.), Oberst Robert Monro. Kriegserlebnisse eines schottischen Söldnerführers in Deutschland 1626-1633 (Neustadt/Aisch 1995), pp. 147f. Thanks to Dr Bernd Warlich for this last reference.

Service record

SWEDEN, JAMES RAMSAY

Arrived 1628-01-01, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1633-12-31, as MAJOR

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY