TRAFFORD, FRANCIS [SSNE 237]

Surname

TRAFFORD

First name

FRANCIS

Title/rank

CAPTAIN

Nationality

WELSH

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

A letter from the Lords to the Lord Mayor dated 5 July 1628 concerns one Captain Francis Trafford, in the King of Denmark's service, who received permission and help to enlist 80 idlers and vagabonds. According to Robert Monro [SSNE 94], he and his company were Welsh and arrived in Denmark in late 1628 or early 1629

G. Lind, Danish Data Archive no. 1573; Remembrancia, City of London Archives; R. Monro, 'His Expedition with the Worthy Scots Regiment called Mac-Keyes' (London, 1637), I, 80-85.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, MACKAY'S REGIMENT

Arrived 1628-01-01, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1628-07-28, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

DENMARK-NORWAY, JAMES SINCLAIR

Arrived 1628-07-29, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1629-07-07, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY