WALTER, THOMAS [SSNE 7823]

Surname

WALTER

First name

THOMAS, TOMOS

Title/rank

SHIPWRIGHT

Nationality

ENGLISH

Text source

Thomas Walter was noted as an Englishman who was specifically engaged to work at Duke Karl (later Karl IX of Sweden) Vasa's shipyard at Nykoping in 1592. He had been signed up by Soffring Jonsson (Severine John) on his embassy to England 1590-1 and was accompanied by two English gunsmiths: John Forne and Edmond Pinsbeck.

Erik Wikland, Elizabethan Players in Sweden 1591-2 &c. 2nd ed., (Stockholm: Almqvist&Wiksell, 1971), p.43.

Service record

SWEDEN, NYKOPING

Arrived 1591-08-01, as SHIPWRIGHT

Capacity SHIPWRIGHT, purpose NAVAL