METCALF, JAMES [SSNE 8465]

Surname

METCALF

First name

JAMES

Title/rank

LIEUTENANT

Nationality

ENGLISH

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

James Metcalf was an English officer. He served at Berwick in the early 1570s and then in Ireland under Captain Henry Warren and Captain Brackenbury. He served in the Low Countries before serving as a lieutenant in the expedition to Portugal in 1589. Metcalf, along with Lieutenant James Johnson [SSNE 8467] obtained permission from the Privy Council to serve in Poland, but it is unlikely he went as he served in Essex's expedition to Normandy in 1591. 

 

Sources:

Acts of the Privy Council of England, 19, 1590, p. 291.

British Library, Lansdowne MS 1218, f. 120.

 

This entry created by Mr Jack Abernethy.

Service record

ENGLAND, IRELAND, LOW COUNTRIES, PORTUGAL, FRANCE

Arrived 1571-01-01, as VOLUNTEER

Departed 1591-12-31, as LIEUTENANT

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY