SALISBURY, RALPH [SSNE 8450]
- Surname
- SALISBURY
- First name
- RALPH
- Title/rank
- CAPTAIN
- Nationality
- WELSH
- Region
- NORTH WALES
- Social status
- OFFICER
Text source
Captain Ralph Salisbury was a Welsh officer in Dutch service between 1579 and c. 1595. He was killed in service sometime before 1596.
Sources:
British Library, Landsdowne Vol 79, f. 37, Names and numbers of captains dead and slain in the wars in the Low-Countries, 1595.
Trim, David, “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. 464.
This entry created by Mr Jack Abernethy.
Service record
- LOW COUNTRIES, ANGLO-DUTCH BRIGADE
- Arrived 1579-01-01, as CAPTAIN
- Departed 1595-12-31, as CAPTAIN
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY