GAINSFORD, GILES [SSNE 8127]

Surname

GAINSFORD, GAINFORD, GENFFORT

First name

GILES

Title/rank

CAPTAIN

Nationality

ENGLISH

Region

SURREY

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

Captain Giles Gainsford was an officer in Thomas Morgan's and later Chester's regiment in the Anglo-Dutch Brigade. He appears in the pay lists of Holland for 1573 (Ferguson, p. 36). He fought at Leiden in 1574 and served as a captain of various companies until 1582 (Trim, p. 429). 

 

Sources:

J. Ferguson, Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in theservice of the United Netherlands, 1572-1697 (Edinburgh, 1899), p. 36.

David J.B. Trim, “Fighting ‘Jacob’s Wars.’ The Employment of English and Welsh Mercenaries in the European Wars of Religion: France and the Netherlands, 1562-1610,” (PhD Thesis, London, 2002), p. 429.

 

This entry created by Mr Jack Abernethy.

Service record

LOW COUNTRIES, HOLLAND, ANGLO-DUTCH BRIGADE, THOMAS MORGAN

Arrived 1573-06-01, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1582-12-31, as ?

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY