POLEY, WILLIAM [SSNE 6348]

Surname

POLEY

First name

WILLIAM

Nationality

ENGLISH

Text source

William and Johan Poley [SSNE 6347] in Riga received trading privilages for Narva covering English, Russian and other foreign merchants on 30 April 1629. This grant had some impact on Alexander Stewart's [SSNE 4081] memorial of November 1630 when he passed through Livonia on his journey to Russia.

R. Liljedahl, Svensk Förvaltning i Livland 1617-1634 (Uppsala, 1933), p.476.

Service record

SWEDEN, RIGA, NARVA

Arrived 1629-04-30

Capacity MERCHANT FACTOR, purpose MERCANTILE, COMMERCE, TRADE