Spanish letters concerning Captain John Rath
10th October 1609
Dear Sir,
Captain John Rath, an Irishman says that he has been serving Your Majesty for
two years in the states of Holland in the Irish regiment with a company of
infantry soldiers. The regiment was recently reformed and as a consequence
of this his salary has been reduced and he finds himself in need. I ask
Your Majesty to send an order to cover his bills and I will remain indebted to
you for this.
26th October 1610
Sir,
In the Council we have seen a memorandum from Captain
John Rath in which we he refers to the fact that through an order of this
Council he has brought together in this Court the Irish people that are here in
Court. There are 70 Irish. He is prepared and ready to bring them to
Flanders and given the fact that he is ready and he wants to leave, I ask Your
Lordship this so that John Rath can do it. Your Lordship should send him
some money to cover his costs and the costs of the soldiers he is bringing with
him to help them on their way.
And the council having seen the situation, we think
that in order that this captain can help and transport these people with some
degree of comfort he should be given 200 ducats as a one-off payment to help
with costs incurred.
Your Lordship will send what has been
decided.
In Madrid 26th October 1610
On behalf of The Council Of State 26th
October 1610
For "Captain Don Juan Rath"
(Irishman)
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