SPENCER, NATHANIEL [SSNE 6701]

Surname

SPENCER, SPENSER

First name

NATHANIEL

Nationality

ENGLISH

Text source

Nathaniel Spencer, an English merchant in Elbing, received 19,444.40 RDL from the Swedish army in Prussia for goods received in 1658. Some 2066.65 was given to him by the Scottish accountant in Swedish service, Peter Forbes

Swedish Riksarkiv, Kammararkivet 554, Preussiska Räkenskaper från Karl X Gustavs Krig 1655-1660, Huvudbok 1658:1, ff.118, 147-151 mentioning Forbes’s dealings with William Durham, Nathaniel Spenser and Anders Boij.

Service record

PRUSSIA, ELBING

Arrived 1658-01-01

Capacity MERCHANT, purpose TRADE, COMMERCE, MERCANTILE