WRICHT, THOMAS [SSNE 5147]

Surname

WRICHT

First name

THOMAS

Title/rank

BURGESS

Nationality

SCOT

Region

ABERDEEN

Text source

In 1589 Thomas Wricht, a Scottish trader, provided a birthbrieve dated Aberdeen 27 May 1587,took the oath, paid 11 Hungarian florins 14 grosz and became a citizen of Cracow. He promised to buy a holding within a year and six weeks, against a penalty of 100 Hungarian florins and loss of civic rights

A.F. Steuart, Papers Relating to the Scots in Poland 1576-1793, Edinburgh, 1915, p.57; Lib. Jur. Civ. Crac. 1588-1601.

Service record

POLAND, CRACOW

Arrived 1589-01-01

Capacity BURGESS, purpose CIVIC/MERCANTILE