PAULETT, JOHN [SSNE 6897]

Surname

PAULETT, PAWLET

First name

JOHN

Title/rank

SERGEANT MAJOR

Nationality

ENGLISH

Text source

Sergeant Major John Paulett enlisted as the captain for a company in the army of James Marquis Hamilton [SSNE 1348] destined for Swedish service in June 1630. He was allowed to recruit in Southampton, Wiltshire, Somerset and Dorset. He was captured by Croats on 1 November 1632 along with Lieutenant Colonel Francis Terret and Captain Edward Fielding

Acts of the Privy Council of England, vol.46, 1630-1631, edited by P. A. Penfold (London: HMSO, 1964), p.376, 8 June 1631; The Swedish Intelligencer: The Third Part (London, 1633), p.118.

Service record

STUART KINGDOMS, SWEDEN, HAMILTON'S ARMY

Arrived 1631-06-08, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1632-11-01, as SERGEANT MAJOR

Capacity OFFICER, PRISONER, purpose MILITARY