MEOLIS, HENRY [SSNE 8155]

Surname

MEOLIS

First name

HENRY

Title/rank

CAPTAIN

Nationality

ENGLISH

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

Henry Meolis was an English captain in Horace Vere's regiment in the Anglo Dutch Brigade. He served at the siege of Bergen-op-Zoom in 1622.

 

Two portraits of a Henry Meolis exist in the Netherlands:

https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/record?query=regiment&start=78

https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/record?query=regiment&start=281

 

 

Sources:

Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Raad van State, nummer toegang 1.01.19, inventarisnummer 2061; Staten van Oorlog, 1622.

Lambertus de Rijcke, Nathan Vayus, and Job du Rieu, Bergen op den Zoom, Beleghert op den 18 Iujilj 1622, ende Ontleghert den 3 Octobris des selven Iaers… ende heft sich erbarmt over fijn volck, (Middleburg, 1623), list of officers appearing at the end of the book.

 

This entry created by Mr Jack Abernethy.

Service record

THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, ANGLO-DUTCH BRIGADE

Arrived 1622-01-01, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1622-12-31, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY