PRICE, WILLIAM [SSNE 8128]

Surname

PRICE, PRYS, PERS, PIERCE

First name

WILLIAM

Title/rank

CAPTAIN

Nationality

ENGLISH

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

Captain William Price was an officer in the service of Holland in the 1570s. David Trim writes that he served at Brill in 1572 and Price appears in the pay lists of Holland for 1573 (Trim, p. 460; Ferguson, p. 36). He was a part of Thomas Morgan's regiment and fought at Brill again in March 1573. He left Morgan's regiment and joined Chester later that year. He was paid off after Leiden in 1574 and served in the English army in Ireland.

 

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. 460.

 

This entry created by Mr Jack Abernethy.

Service record

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

Arrived 1572-01-01, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1574-12-31, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

ENGLISH ROYAL ARMY, IRELAND

Arrived 1575-01-01

Departed 1575-12-31

Capacity SOLDIER, OFFICER?, purpose MILITARY