WAUCHOP, JOHN [SSNE 4220]

Surname

WAUCHOP, WAUGHOPE, WACOP, WAUCHOPE

First name

JOHN, JOANNES, JOHAN

Title/rank

OFFICER

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

John Wauchope is listed as one of the Scottish officers who under the auspices of James Spens [SSNE 1642]was sent to King James VI and I in 1608/9 with Samuel Cockburn [SSNE 4219], Hugh Cochran [SSNE 4221], Daniel Rogers [SSNE 4222], Robert Kinnaird [SSNE 4223], George Douglas [SSNE 2129], William Horne [SSNE 4224], and Patrick Ruthven [SSNE 3413] seeking levies. He is also listed as one of the officers in Gustav II Adolf's only Scottish regiment during the Kalmar War, 1611-13

Swedish Riksarkiv, Latin registratur 1606-1609, fol. 76r, dated Stockholm 17 December 1609; T. Fischer, The Scots in Sweden (Edinburgh, 1907), p.72.

Service record

SWEDEN, SCOTLAND

Arrived 1608-01-01, as OFFICER

Departed 1609-12-31, as OFFICER

Capacity RECRUITER, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN, SAMUEL COCKBURN

Arrived 1609-01-01, as LIEUTENANT

Departed 1613-12-31, as LIEUTENANT

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY