CHAMBERLAIN, THOMAS [SSNE 1948]
- Surname
- CHAMBERLAIN, CHAMBERLAYNE, KAMBERLING
- First name
- THOMAS
- Title/rank
- CAPTAIN
- Nationality
- ENGLISH?
- Social status
- OFFICER
Text source
Captains Thomas Chamberlain, Hugh Kendrick [SSNE 2802], John Craul[SSNE 3075] and Captains Benson [SSNE3125], Creyton [SSNE 3844], and York in Russia in 1609 in an army of over 1500 Swedish, French and Scottish mercenaries sent by Charles IX of Sweden at the request of Tsar Vasily ShuiskyT. Fischer, the Scots in Sweden (Edinburgh, 1907), p.223; I Lubimenko, English Historical Review, Vol. 29, 1914; G. P. Herd, 'General Patrick Gordon of Auchluchries - A Scot in Seventeenth Century Russian Service', Ph.D. thesis, Aberdeen, 1994; Narrative of an Englishman serving against Poland’ in The False Dmitri. A Russian Romance and Tragedy, Described by British Eye-Witnesses, 1604-1612, edited by Sonia E. Howe, (New York, 1916), pp.151-183. With thanks to Michal Paradowski for providing this reference.
Service record
- SWEDEN AND RUSSIA, SKOPIN'S ARMY, GENERAL HORN
- Arrived 1609-01-02, as CAPTAIN
- Departed 1611-12-31, as CAPTAIN
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY