RAMSAY, CONSTANTIN [SSNE 6561]

Surname

RAMSAY

First name

CONSTANTIN

Nationality

SCOT

Text source

Constantin Ramsay was a Scot who in 1590 obtained royal permission from King Christian IV of Denmark-Norway to take a ship which he had bought out of Norway. Ramsay had bought the vessel from a burgess in Stavanger, but the civic authorities were not prepared to allow the ship to leave as the king had passed a law forbidding the removal of all vessels from Norway. Ramsay had sought help from King James VI to allow him to return unmolested

Norske Rigsregistranter, vol.3, (1865), p.139.

Service record

SCOTLAND, STAVANGER, NORWAY

Arrived 1590-08-25

Capacity SHIP OWNER, purpose COMMERCE