ROBBINS, JAMES [SSNE 4114]

Surname

ROBBINS, RUBBINS, RUBBENS, RUBBING JUNIOR

First name

JAMES, JACOB, JAN, JOHN

Nationality

ENGLISH

Social status

GENTRY

Text source

James/John Robbins was the son of the English master shipbuilder in Danish-Norwegian service James Robbins [SSNE 4074]. James jr followed in his father's footsteps in June 1647 when he was given a position in Bremerholm with an annual salary of 300 rigsdaler. On 23 September 1651 King Frederik III of Denmark-Norway commanded Gregers Krabbe to ensure that Jacob Robbins the younger should get the right salary for his services to the Crown, namely 200 Rigsdaler

Norske Rigsregistranter, vol.8, (1884), p.524; vol.10 (1887), p.286; M. Bellamy, 'Danish Naval Administration and Shipbuilding in the reign of Christian IV, 1596-1648', Ph.D. thesis, Glasgow, 1997, pp.369-374.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, BREMERHOLM

Arrived 1647-06-11

Departed 1658-12-31

Capacity SHIPWRIGHT, purpose NAVAL