BROOKE, CALLISTHENES [SSNE 8215]

Surname

BROOKE

First name

CALLISTHENES

Title/rank

CAPTAIN

Text source

Callisthenes Brooke was an English captain in the Anglo-Dutch Brigade from 1599 to at least 1610. 

 

Sources:

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. 495-502.

Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Staten-Generaal, nummer toegang 1.01.02, inventarisnummer 8044: Staten van Oorlog, 1608.

Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Staten-Generaal, nummer toegang 1.01.02, inventarisnummer 8297: Staten van Oorlog, 1609.

Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Staten-Generaal, nummer toegang 1.01.02, inventarisnummer 8047: Staten van Oorlog, 1610.

 

This entry created by Mr Jack Abernethy.

Service record

THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, ANGLO-DUTCH BRIGADE

Arrived 1599-01-01, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1610-12-31, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY