FORBES, WILLIAM [SSNE 5832]
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William Forbes was amongst the Scots and English in Lwow who subscribed to the subsidy for King Charles II in 1651. He and James Fraser [SSNE 5831] and John Harry [SSNE 5833] paid a total of 236 florins.
Sources: A.B. Pernal and R.P. Gasse, The 1651 Polish Subsidy to the exiled Charles II, Oxford Slavonic Papers, vol xxxii (Oxford, 1999), p.29; Z. Guldon and L. Stepkowski, Szkoci i Anglicy w Koronie w polowie XVII wieku, Kieleckie Studia Historyczne, ii (1977).
Service record
- POLAND-LITHUANIA, LWOW
- Arrived 1651-01-01
- Capacity MERCHANT?, purpose MERCANTILE?