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Title: Siege of Newcastle by the Scottish Army 1644
Post by: andygmandrew on Friday 05 December 25 22:58 GMT (UK)
There are many burials of soldiers in St Nicholas Church Newcastle upon Tyne in 1644 following the siege by the Scots. One entry is puzzling me:

'4 January 1644/45 Wm. Wayre [illegible] to Coronell Arykin[?]'

Can anyone help with the illegible word and or the Colonel's surname?
Title: Re: Siege of Newcastle by the Scottish Army 1644
Post by: Bookbox on Friday 05 December 25 23:41 GMT (UK)
I think the illegible word in the middle is auncient, or anncient = 'ancient', an old term for an ensign, or military standard-bearer.

Afraid I can't help with the surname at the end, but maybe a sight of more entries on the page would help?
Title: Re: Siege of Newcastle by the Scottish Army 1644
Post by: andygmandrew on Friday 05 December 25 23:49 GMT (UK)
I think you could be right. I have searched all the other entries on the page but there is no help to be found there.
Title: Re: Siege of Newcastle by the Scottish Army 1644
Post by: Bookbox on Friday 05 December 25 23:52 GMT (UK)
But perhaps for comparison of letter-forms elsewhere on the page?

ADDED
Maybe Ariskin (with a long s)? Could be a variant spelling of Erskine?
Title: Re: Siege of Newcastle by the Scottish Army 1644
Post by: andygmandrew on Friday 05 December 25 23:56 GMT (UK)
I meant that I can find no other letter forms on the page which match the problematic ones. This parish clerk has extremely bad handwriting!
Title: Re: Siege of Newcastle by the Scottish Army 1644
Post by: Bookbox on Saturday 06 December 25 00:01 GMT (UK)
Did you see my added suggestion? Could be down to phonetics - Erskine sounding like Ariskin ?
Title: Re: Siege of Newcastle by the Scottish Army 1644
Post by: Bookbox on Saturday 06 December 25 00:09 GMT (UK)
As on the first page of this index ...
https://journals.socantscot.org/index.php/psas/article/view/7890/7858
Title: Re: Siege of Newcastle by the Scottish Army 1644
Post by: andygmandrew on Saturday 06 December 25 13:55 GMT (UK)
Sorry, been away. Re Ariskin I do believe that you are correct.

We’ll done!
Title: Re: Siege of Newcastle by the Scottish Army 1644
Post by: hanes teulu on Wednesday 10 December 25 11:05 GMT (UK)
Sir Arthur Erskine of Scotscraig - regiment at the Siege of Newcastle 1644
https://www.keepyourpowderdry.co.uk/2019/05/the-ministers-regiment.html
Title: Re: Siege of Newcastle by the Scottish Army 1644
Post by: andygmandrew on Wednesday 10 December 25 12:23 GMT (UK)
Good work!