LAWSON, JOHN [SSNE 5640]

Surname

LAWSON, LAUSON

First name

JOHN, JAN

Nationality

SCOT or ENGLISH

Text source

John Lawson was amongst the Scots and English in Posen who subscribed to the subsidy for King Charles II. He supplied 3 florins. He was also noted as a "vagabond" which probably means he was a travelling pedlar. He may be the same as SSNE 5530

A.B. Pernal and R.P. Gasse, The 1651 Polish Subsidy to the exiled Charles II, Oxford Slavonic Papers, vol xxxii (Oxford, 1999), p.22; Z. Guldon and L. Stepkowski, Szkoci i Anglicy w Koronie w polowie XVII wieku, Kieleckie Studia Historyczne, ii (1977).

Service record

POLAND, POSEN

Arrived 1651-01-01

Capacity PEDLAR, purpose MERCANTILE