PRINGLE, JOHN [SSNE 3291]

Surname

PRINGLE, PRINGILL, PRINGELL

First name

JOHN, JOHAN

Title/rank

COLONEL

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

Colonel John Pringle joined Swedish service c.1619. He is probably the same man who was wounded in action at Stralsund 1628 in the Danish army (some Scots volunteered to help the Scottish regiments in Danish service and transferred briefly). He received his reckoning from Danish service by 18/10/1628. Pringle then appeared in Donald Mackay's regiment in Sweden in 1630 adding weight to the theory that it was the same officer. He became a reformed fanrik in John Hamilton's recruited regiment in 1632, and so he probably served at Lutzen when the regiment came under the command of Ludovick Leslie [SSNE 396]. He later served in David Drummond's recruited regiment. In 1649 he wrote to Prince Karl Gustaf (later Karl X) where he noted his 30 years of service to the Swedish Crown. He went on to serve as a colonel under Karl X and letters from the 1656-9 period from him to the King survive in the archives.

Swedish Riksarkiv, bref till Konung Karl X Gustaf; T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p.142; R. Monro, His Expedition with a worthy Scots Regiment called Mac-Keyes (London, 1637),I, p.78; Swedish Riksarkiv, Carl Gustaf's Arkiv i Stegeborgssamlingen, Johan Pringell, Leipzig November 1649.

Service record

SWEDEN, SWEDISH ARMY, later MACKAY'S REGIMENT

Arrived 1619-01-01, as LIEUTENANT

Departed 1631-12-31, as LIEUTENANT

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

DENMARK-NORWAY, STRALSUND (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)

Arrived 1628-01-01, as LT. CAPTAIN

Departed 1628-10-04, as LT. CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN, ALEXANDER/JOHN HAMILTON

Arrived 1632-01-01, as LIEUTENANT

Departed 1632-12-31, as LIEUTENANT

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN, DAVID DRUMMOND AND UNNAMED GARRISON

Arrived 1635-01-01, as LIEUTENANT

Departed 1655-12-31, as COLONEL

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN,

Arrived 1655-01-01, as COLONEL

Departed 1659-12-31, as COLONEL

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY