CHALMER, JOHN [SSNE 5079]
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John Chalmer was an Aberdonian who was admitted burgess of Cracow in 1596.
In 1596 John Chalmer provided a birthbrieve dated Aberdeen 29 September 1589, took the oath, paid 8 florins and became a citizen of Cracow.
Sources: A.F. Steuart, Papers Relating to the Scots in Poland 1576-1793, (Edinburgh, 1915), p.43; Lib. Jur. Civ. Crac., 1555-1612, fo.826; Peter Paul Bajer, Scots in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 16th-18th Centuries, (Leiden, 2012), p.118, n.2.
Service record
- POLAND, CRACOW
- Arrived 1596-01-01
- Capacity BURGESS, purpose CIVIC/MERCANTILE