SPIER, SAMUEL [SSNE 6577]

Surname

SPIER, SPEAR, SPEARE

First name

SAMUEL

Nationality

ENGLISH

Text source

Samuel Spier was an Englishman who was also a skipper. King Christian IV of Denmark-Norway sent Spier at his expense to England with some ships in 1612 and commanded that he be allowed to return toll-free with his goods to Norway

Norske Rigsregistranter, vol.4, (1870), p.464.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, NORWAY

Arrived 1612-05-07

Capacity SKIPPER, purpose COMMERCE