CLETCHER, THOMAS [SSNE 4776]

Surname
CLETCHER
First name
THOMAS
Title/rank
FACTORY OWNER
Nationality
ENGLISH
Social status
BURGESS

Text source

H. Marryat, One Year in Sweden, including a visit to the isle of Gotland (London, 1862), p.487. He was an English burgess in Hamburg who became a factory owner in Nerike. He lent 40,000 silver dalers to the Swedish Crown during the Thirty Years' War. His son, Henry was ennobled.

Service record

SWEDEN, NERIKE
Arrived 1630-01-01, as FACTORY OWNER
Departed 1648-12-31, as FACTORY OWNER
Purpose CIVIC