CHRISTIE, ROBERT [SSNE 5081]

Surname

CHRISTIE

First name

ROBERT

Title/rank

BURGESS

Nationality

SCOT

Region

EDINBURGH

Text source

In 1702 Robert Christie from Edinburgh became a citizen of Cracow on His Royal Majesty's Rescript. He paid 800 florins, 2 stones of gunpowder, 2 guns, and took the oath. Robert Forbes and John Feller, both burgesses and merchants in Cracow stood as security for him. Christie provided a birthbrieve from Aberdeen dated 15 May 1702

A.F. Steuart, Papers relating to the Scots in Poland 1576-1793, Edinburgh, 1915, p.43; Cathalogus Civium Cracoviensium primi ordinis ab anno 1639, fo. 112.

Service record

POLAND, CRACOW

Arrived 1702-01-01

Capacity BURGESS, purpose CIVIC/MERCANTILE