WARDE, HENRY [SSNE 8463]

Surname

WARDE, WARD

First name

HENRY

Title/rank

CAPTAIN

Nationality

ENGLISH

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

Henry Warde was an English officer in the 1580s. He first served under Sir Arthur Grey in Ireland between 1580 and 1582 before serving under Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester in the Low Countries in 1586. In 1589, he was captain of a company in the English armada to Portugal.

 

Sources:

The British Library, Lansdowne MS 1218, f. 117.

 

This entry created by Mr Jack Abernethy.

Service record

ENGLAND, IRELAND, LOW COUNTRIES, PORTUGAL

Arrived 1580-01-01, as VOLUNTEER

Departed 1589-12-31, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY