Jacques Margeret

A member of one of the oldest families of Auxonne, located on the border between Burgundy and Franche-Comté, Margeret was probably born ca 1565.

After leaving Henri’s service Margeret joined the crusade against the Turks in south east Europe.

He did so until the summer of 1606 at which time he asked permission to leave, departing from Archangel for France in September 1606.

This book was reprinted in France several times, including in 1859 with improved notes by Henri Chevreul and the French author Prosper Mérimée.

It was last published in 1983 by Editions La Découverte/Maspéro (Paris) under the title 'Un mousquetaire ã Moscou - Mémoires sur la première révolution russe, 1604-1614', with a large historical introduction, as well as notes and a bibliography by the French historian and Russian expert Alexandre Bennigsen.

By January 1612 he wrote to John Merrick of the English Muscovy Company from Hamburg and is thought to have settled in the Palatinate in Germany.