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Lowland Scottish clan
Clan Spens or Spence is a Lowland Scottish clan and is also a sept of Clan MacDuff. The name Spens or Spence means "custodian" or "dispenser", possibly
Clan_Spens
Squire (2000), p. 274. "Spens". MyClan.com. Archived from the original on 19 March 2007. Retrieved 8 August 2008. "Clan Spens". ClanChiefs.org. Standing Council
List_of_Scottish_clans
List of tartan patterns
Tartans". ScotClans. "Clan Spens Tartans". ScotClans. "MacGillivray Tartans". ScotClans. "Mackie Tartans". ScotClans. "MacThomas Tartan". ScotClans. "MacLellan
List_of_tartans
Topics referred to by the same term
Spens or SPENS may refer to: Clan Spens, a kindred from the Scottish Lowlands Baron Spens, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Spens (musician)
Spens
Kinship group among the Scottish people
Scottish clan (from Scottish Gaelic clann, literally 'children', more broadly 'kindred') is a kinship group among the Scottish people. Clans give a sense
Scottish_clan
Border Scottish clan
Clan Armstrong is a Scottish clan of the Scottish Borders. According to the legend and tradition, the first of the name Armstrong was Siward Beorn (sword
Clan_Armstrong
Scottish physician
Nathaniel Spens of Lathallan in north-east Fife. The Spens family owned the estate of Lathallan in Fife and his grandfather was Thomas Spens, 15th Laird
Thomas_Spens_(physician)
College. Nathaniel Spens was a member of the Spens family who owned the estate of Lathallan in Fife. He was the son of Thomas Spens, 15th Laird of Lathallan
Nathaniel_Spens
Scottish clan
Clan Watson is a Scottish clan that is recognised as such by the Lord Lyon King of Arms. The clan does not currently have a chief recognised by the Court
Clan_Watson
Lowland Scottish clan
Clan MacDuff or Clan Duff is a Lowland Scottish clan. The clan does not currently have a chief and is therefore considered an armigerous clan, which is
Clan_MacDuff
Scottish clan
Clan Anderson is a Lowlands Scottish clan. As the clan does not currently have a chief recognised by the Court of the Lord Lyon, it is therefore considered
Clan_Anderson
Lowland Scottish clan
Clan Hannay is a Lowland Scottish clan. The Hannays are from the ancient princedom of Galloway. The name appears to have originally been spelt Ahannay
Clan_Hannay
Scottish adventurer, soldier, and diplomat (d. 1632)
He was raised to the Swedish peerage as friherre Jacob Spens. He was the son of David Spens of Wormiston (alternatively spelled Wormieston and Wormeston)
James_Spens_(diplomat)
Scottish clan
the developing Scotland’s heritage over the centuries. Clan Dunlop is considered an Armigerous Clan because although James Stuart Wallace Dunlop holds the
Clan_Dunlop
Lowland Scottish clan
Clan Jardine is a Scottish clan of the Scottish Lowlands. The surname Jardine is derived from jardin which is French for garden or orchard. However the
Clan_Jardine
Highland Scottish clan
Clan Innes is a Highland and Lowland Scottish clan. The clan takes its name from the lands of Innes in Moray, Scotland. The de facto chief of the clan
Clan_Innes
Scottish clan
Clan Baillie is a lowland Scottish clan, that is recognized as such by the Lord Lyon King of Arms. However, as the clan does not currently have a chief
Clan_Baillie
Scottish clan
Clan Blackadder is a Scottish clan. [citation needed] The clan historically held lands near the Anglo-Scottish border. Today Clan Blackadder does not
Clan_Blackadder
Scottish clan
Clan Blair is a Lowland Scottish clan. Blair as a place name is found in over two hundred localities throughout Scotland. Blair as a surname in Scotland
Clan_Blair
Scottish clan
Clan Bissett (Bisey, Byset, Bisset or Bissert) is a Scottish clan. The clan is recognised by the Lord Lyon King of Arms but does not have a clan chief
Clan_Bissett
resettle in Ireland. Anglicisation Colonisation Career of James Spens of Wormestoun, SPENS, JAMES [SSNE 1642]. Keay, John & Julia (1994). Collins Encyclopedia
Gentleman_Adventurers_of_Fife
Highland Scottish clan
Clan Calder is a Highland Scottish clan. The clan is recognised by the Lord Lyon King of Arms but as it does not currently have a clan chief it is therefore
Clan_Calder
Scottish clan
Clan Leask is a Scottish clan. There are several possible origins of the surname Leask. One possibility is that it is a diminutive of the Anglo-Saxon
Clan_Leask
British stockbroker, financial analyst and nobleman
Lord Lovat, 5th Baron Lovat (born 13 February 1977), has been the chief of Clan Fraser of Lovat since the death of his grandfather in 1995. Lord Lovat is
Simon_Fraser,_16th_Lord_Lovat
Personal bodygards to the French monarchy
James II sent a company of 24 noble Scots under the command of Patrick de Spens, son of his custodian. This company took the name of archiers du corps or
Scottish_Guards_(France)
Scottish clan from Dunbartonshire
Clan Gartshore is an armigerous lowland Scottish Clan from Dunbartonshire. The name comes from lands of that name in the parish of Kirkintilloch in Dunbartonshire
Clan_Gartshore
Former Scottish contract of loyalty
in nature and involving Scottish clans. The bond of manrent was commonly an instrument in which a weaker man or clan pledged to serve, in return for protection
Manrent
William Inglis married Margaret Spens, daughter of Thomas Spens the 15th Laird of Lathallan in Fife and sister of Nathaniel Spens (1728–1815). Although a Fellow
William_Inglis_(surgeon)
Noble family from Fife, Scotland
the battle of Pinkie in 1547. James Spens who was the son of David Spens and Margaret Learmonth, and James Spens made serious efforts to hire his own
Learmonth_(noble_family)
British officer of arms
11th Baronet, CVO, QC, FSA Scot (9 April 1919 – 27 February 1985), Chief of Clan Moncreiffe, was a British Officer of Arms, historian and genealogist. Moncreiffe
Iain_Moncreiffe
1612 battle of the Kalmar War
mercenaries were partly recruited, partly pressed into service by Sir James Spens, apparently against the preferences of James VI, who favored the Danish-Norwegian
Battle_of_Kringen
Scottish militia units
Independent Highland Companies were irregular militia raised from the Scottish clans of the Scottish Highlands by order of the Scottish (later British) government
Independent Highland Companies
Independent_Highland_Companies
16th century when, in a feud with Spens of Kilspindie, Archibald "Bell-the-cat", 5th Earl of Angus, tore off Spens' leg with one stroke of his great sword
Kilspindie_Castle
Music genre or scene
Shamara (renamed as Big Sha) with his Frontline Hustle label, DJ Stancho, Spens and Slim and their label Sniper Records. Those two labels were quite controversial
Bulgarian_hip-hop
Scottish military unit founded 1676
one of two which were presented to the Company in 1793 by Major James Spens, The 73rd Regiment (Royal Highland East Indies). They were made from fifty
Royal_Company_of_Archers
1411 Scottish clan battle
The Battle of Harlaw (Scottish Gaelic: Cath Gairbheach) was a Scottish clan battle fought on 24 July 1411 just north of Inverurie in Aberdeenshire. It
Battle_of_Harlaw
Serbian politician (born 1974)
2025. "Vučević: Najbolje bi bilo srušiti Spens i izgraditi manji" [Vučević: It would be best to demolish SPENS and build a smaller one]. Danas (in Serbian)
Miloš_Vučević
County in Virginia, United States
unknown (link) "motto". www.jsasoc.com. "Clan Spottiswood - ScotClans - Scottish Clans". "Surname Database: Spens Last Name Origin". The Internet Surname
Spotsylvania_County,_Virginia
King of Scots from 1406 to 1437
control by the removal of the earl's associate, John Spens, from his role as James's custodian. Spens vanished from the records following the regicide but
James_I_of_Scotland
Jovanović Killed with a sniper rifle by a paramilitary linked to the Zemun Clan. See Assassination of Zoran Đinđić. 26 March 2004 Branko Bulatović, Football
List of assassinations in Europe
List_of_assassinations_in_Europe
Chief legal officer of the Scottish Government
Germains Oct 1555-1559: Henry Lauder and John Spens of Condie (jointly) before Feb 1560-1573: John Spens of Condie and Robert Crichton of Eliok (jointly)
Lord_Advocate
Scottish Highland clan chief (c. 1569–1611)
Lord Balmerino (later forfeited for treason), Sir George Hay and Sir James Spens of Wormistoun. By covert support for local resistance, Mackenzie once again
Kenneth Mackenzie, 1st Lord Mackenzie of Kintail
Kenneth_Mackenzie,_1st_Lord_Mackenzie_of_Kintail
Scottish bishop (died 1458)
Aberdeen In office 1441–1458 Predecessor Henry de Lichton Successor Thomas Spens Previous post Precentor of Moray Orders Consecration 1441 Personal details
Ingram_Lindsay
British politician, broadcaster, and writer (born 1954)
marked by controversy, in particular over the role of sectarianism, Baradari (clan) networks, and allegations about rivals' lack of "Islamic values" Andrew
George_Galloway
King of Scotland from 1567 to 1625, King of England and Ireland from 1603
successor. In 1613, two of his diplomats to Scandinavia, scotsmen James Spens and Robert Anstruther, helped mediate a peace between Denmark and Sweden
James_VI_and_I
one of the Scottish officers who, under the direction of General James Spens, the General of Scottish and English forces in Swedish service, was sent
Samuel_Cockburn_(mercenary)
Scottish noble and churchman
Coupar Angus Abbey had already elected one of their brothers, Alexander Spens, to the position in early 1524. In September 1529, the papacy agreed that
Donald_Campbell_(abbot)
was the reputed author of the poem Hardyknute and the ballad Sir Patrick Spens. Wardlaw began to construct the house in 1615. It was originally built to
Pitreavie_Castle
Legendary aquatic creature with an upper body in human female form
foretelling disaster and provoking it. Several variants of the ballad Sir Patrick Spens depict a mermaid speaking to the doomed ships. In some versions, she tells
Mermaid
Landlocked country in West Africa
"seems that the sultanate entered a decline" marked by internecine wars and clan conflicts. When Europeans began exploring the region in the 19th century
Niger
Scottish courtier (died 1574)
was inclined to pardon Hector, but he was murdered in St Andrews by James Spens. According to some accounts, William Mackintosh married James Ogilvie's
James_Ogilvie_of_Cardell
Belliclone. He was married to Baroness Cecilia Spens, daughter of James (Jacob) Spens, Swedish friherre Spens and Agnes Durie. The marriage had no issue.
David_Drummond_(soldier)
Metaphase, Astronautica Heineken Dome Weekend 1: Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez, DJ Spen, Acid Face, Sex Panther, David Paul Heineken Dome Weekend 2: Gene Farris
Coachella_Festival_line-ups
British politician (born 1960)
3rd Baron Netherthorpe James Dugdale, 2nd Baron Crathorne Patrick Spens, 4th Baron Spens Oliver MacAndrew, 4th Baron MacAndrew Alistair Nelson, 4th Baron
Thomas Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde
Thomas_Galbraith,_2nd_Baron_Strathclyde
History of the Colquhouns Archived 31 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Clan Colquhoun, retrieved 20 April 2015 He died only a few days after elevation
Records of members of parliament of the United Kingdom
Records_of_members_of_parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
be traced back as far as the thirteenth century, including "Sir Patrick Spens" and "Thomas the Rhymer", but which are not known to have existed until
Scotland in the early modern period
Scotland_in_the_early_modern_period
Executive body of the Afghan government
Mohammed Naim Barich, Gul Mohammad, Ghul Mohammad, Gul Mohammad Kamran, Spen Zrae. alternative name(s): (Hojatul-Islam, Sayed) Mohammad Ali Javed, Mohammed
Cabinet_of_Afghanistan
British hereditary peer
Lady Colgrain, serves as Lord Lieutenant of Kent since 2020. Baron Colgrain Clan Campbell ‘COLGRAIN’, Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury
Alastair Campbell, 4th Baron Colgrain
Alastair_Campbell,_4th_Baron_Colgrain
president of the Law Society of Scotland and senior partner in Maclay Murray & Spens Lord Roger of Earlsferry, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary Alexander Ure, 1st
List of University of Glasgow people
List_of_University_of_Glasgow_people
Ballad
discussion about Geordie's fate between lords. Sometimes men of the Gordon clan show readiness to fight. An old man suggests the king accept money for Geordie's
Geordie_(ballad)
Acts of Parliament creating the Kingdom of Great Britain
Scheills Peebles No Mr John Lyon Forfar No George Brodie Forres No George Spens Rutherglen No Sir David Cuningham Lauder No Mr John Carruthers Lochmaben
Acts_of_Union_1707
Scottish soldier
of John Anstruther of Anstruther in Fife and his second wife, Elizabeth Spens. James Anstruther of that Ilk was his nephew. He wrote a letter to Mary
Robert_Anstruther_(soldier)
Scottish-British courtier and diplomat
communis of the two kings. That year, along with his step-relative Sir James Spens of Wormiston, who was serving as British ambassador to Sweden, he helped
Robert_Anstruther_(diplomat)
Scottish villain and a ballad about him
2 (London, 1846), p. 2384. Johnie Armstrong History of Johnie Armstrong Commentary by Sir Walter Scott Clan Armstrong Searching For Johnnie Armstrong
Johnnie_Armstrong
Scotland. Joseph Adam Drennan, Chief Refrigerating Engineer Officer, MV Clan Macdonald, Cayzer, Irvine & Company. Carol Iris Dreyfus, Static Centre Leader
1946_New_Year_Honours_(MBE)
List of ballads collected by Francis James Child
he has done but for confessing his sin that he may come. 58 Sir Patrick Spens Sir Patrick is ordered by the king to bring the King of Norway's daughter
List_of_the_Child_Ballads
River in West Yorkshire, England
near Edinburgh and Calderwood near Glasgow, and as the name of the Scottish Clan Calder. The late survival of Celtic speaking peoples in the vicinity of the
River_Calder,_West_Yorkshire
Sixteenth-century ballad from Scotland
Scotland, the legend of Mary Hamilton, daughter of an expatriate branch of the Clan Hamilton established in Russia by Thomas Hamilton during the reign of Tsar
Mary_Hamilton
Sri Lankan conglomerate
Hotels & Resorts. In June 2014, Aitken Spence revealed plans to convert the Clan House, former headquarters of Clark Spence & Co. located within Galle Fort
Aitken_Spence
Music style
was created and it was called Sniper Records, including famous names like Spens, DJ Stancho, Slim, Shosho and more. Much hardcore rap is produced in Bulgaria
European_hip-hop
Poetry written within the boundaries of modern Scotland
late medieval era and deal with events and people, such as "Sir Patrick Spens" and "Thomas the Rhymer", that can be traced back as far as the thirteenth
Poetry_of_Scotland
Spencer-Stanhope; MP for West Riding of Yorkshire South (1872–1880) Sir Patrick Spens; MP for Ashford (1933–1943) and Kensington South (1950–1959) Sir James Spicer;
List of Conservative Party MPs (UK)
List_of_Conservative_Party_MPs_(UK)
Traditional song
end." Parcy Reed arrests the reiving outlaw Whinton Crosier. The Crosier clan then vows to destroy the house and lands of Troughend in revenge. Parcy Reed
The_Death_of_Parcy_Reed
Scoto-Norman bishop
de Tyninghame Gilbert de Greenlaw Henry de Lichton Ingram Lindsay Thomas Spens Robert Blackadder William Elphinstone James Ogilvie Robert Forman Alexander
Henry_le_Chen
Decade
Lichtenberg in the northern part of Alsace (b. 1416) April 14 – Thomas de Spens, Scottish statesman and prelate (b. c. 1415) May 10 – Philipp I, Count of
1480s
Forms of musical production in Scotland between the early 16c and the mid-18c
be traced back as far as the thirteenth century, including "Sir Patrick Spens" and "Thomas the Rhymer", but for which we do not have evidence until the
Music in early modern Scotland
Music_in_early_modern_Scotland
Traditional song
is Child ballad number 251 (Roud 3100). The song concerns a member of a clan of Scottish giants, one of whom, the Johnnie of the title, goes to visit
Lang_Johnny_More
British government recognitions
education in Nyasaland. Chief Jonah Ukpe, Head Chief of the Ikpa Ibekwe Clan, Opobo Division, Eastern Region, Nigeria. John Obumneme Charles Uzowulu,
1957_Birthday_Honours
Protein domain
SFRS3; SFRS4; SFRS5; SFRS6; SFRS7; SFRS9; SLIRP; SLTM; SNRP70; SNRPA; SNRPB2; SPEN; SR140; SRRP35; SSB; SYNCRIP; TAF15; TARDBP; THOC4; TIA1; TIAL1; TNRC4; TNRC6C;
RNA_recognition_motif
Not public and general 1661 c. 68 — 8 March 1661 Act in favours of Robert Spens and others servants of James Viscount of Frendraucht. Not public and general
List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1661
List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1661
Scottish soldier for Russia (c. 1595 – 1633)
early career, but it is likely that he was swept up in his kinsman James Spens's large-scale recruiting campaign. George Learmonth probably entered Swedish
George_Learmonth
be traced back as far as the thirteenth century, including "Sir Patrick Spens" and "Thomas the Rhymer", but which are not known to have existed until
Scottish_literature
Traditional song
sixteenth century, their private feud intensified in 1638, when the two clans joined opposite sides in the National Covenant rebellion: Ogilvy supported
The_Bonnie_House_of_Airlie
Archibald Kennedy, 8th Marquess of Ailsa, 58, peer, hereditary chief of Clan Kennedy. Ethel Lang, 114, last person living in the UK who was born in the
2015_in_the_United_Kingdom
Traditional song
(Toway) at Corgarff. Willie MacIntosh or The Burning of Auchindoun Clan Forbes Clan Gordon Corgarff Castle Lord Saltoun and Auchanachie or Auchanachie
Edom_o_Gordon
British royal recognitions
Professor of Textile Industries, University of Leeds. Dorothy Theresa, Lady Spens. For social services in Cambridgeshire, including services to the British
1963_New_Year_Honours
British royal recognitions
Raymond Spencer, Engineer, Newark Area Internal Drainage Board. Mary Teresa Spens, lately Headquarters Field Officer, Gold Coast, British Red Cross Society
1955_New_Year_Honours
Literature written in Scotland or by Scottish writers
be traced back as far as the thirteenth century, including "Sir Patrick Spens" and "Thomas the Rhymer", but which are not known to have existed until
Literature in early modern Scotland
Literature_in_early_modern_Scotland
CLAN SPENS
CLAN SPENS
Female
English
English name derived from the vocabulary word, from Greek kyanos, CYAN means "dark blue" and "lapis lazuli." The color cyan is also sometimes called blue-green, electric blue, and turquoise.Â
Male
English
The Clay Farm
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : probably a variant of Colin or Collin.Galician : unexplained.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Old English clǣg ‘clay’, applied as a topographic name for someone who lived in an area of clay soil or as a metonymic occupational name for a worker in a clay pit (see Clayman).Americanized spelling of German Klee.The relatively common English name Clay had several American forebears in the 18th century. Henry Clay, born in Hanover, VA, in 1777, secretary of state for President John Quincy Adams, was descended from English ancestors who came to VA shortly after the founding of Jamestown. The revolutionary war officer Joseph Clay, also a member of the Continental Congress, was a native of Yorkshire, England, who emigrated to GA in 1760 and was a founder of the University of Georgia.
Boy/Male
English American Celtic
Fair; handsome. Famous Bearer: U.S. actor Alan Alda.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : variant spelling of Allen. This is the usual spelling of the personal name in England and Scotland, but is infrequent as a surname.
Male
Hebrew
(×ִילָן) Hebrew name ILAN means "tree."
Female
Thai/Siamese
Thai name PEN-CHAN means "full moon."
Boy/Male
Muslim
Good person
Female
Hungarian
Hungarian form of Latin Feliciana, FELÃCIAN means "happy" or "lucky."
Girl/Female
Indian
Little rock, Handsome
Boy/Male
Indian
Good person
Male
Scottish
Scottish Gaelic form of Irish Gaelic Parthalán, possibly PÀRLAN means "son of Talmai."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained.French : altered form of Blanc.
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, English, German, Indian, Teutonic
Settlement by the Clay Pit; Somebody who Lived on Clay Soils; Occupational; Place Name Involving Clay; Brook Near a Clay-bed; Mortal; Surname; Clay-pit Worker; Clay Settlement
Male
Turkish
Turkish name CAN means "life."
Boy/Male
Muslim
Clan
Boy/Male
Indian
Clan
Male
Irish
Irish Gaelic name CIAN means "ancient, distant." In mythology, this is the name of the son-in-law of Brian Boru.
Male
English
Short form of English Clayton, CLAY means "clay settlement."
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CLAN SPENS
v. t.
To scheme; to devise; to contrive; to form in design; as, to plan the conquest of a country.
superl.
Well-proportioned; shapely; as, clean limbs.
v. t.
To cover or manure with clay.
v. t.
To clarify by filtering through clay, as sugar.
v. t.
To manifest approbation of, by striking the hands together; to applaud; as, to clap a performance.
v. i.
To sound with a clank.
v. i.
To give out a clang; to resound.
superl.
Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects; as, clean land; clean timber.
a.
A scheme devised; a method of action or procedure expressed or described in language; a project; as, the plan of a constitution; the plan of an expedition.
superl.
Free from dirt or filth; as, clean clothes.
n.
A vessel or case of tinned iron or of sheet metal, of various forms, but usually cylindrical; as, a can of tomatoes; an oil can; a milk can.
superl.
Free from errors and vulgarisms; as, a clean style.
v. t. & i.
To produce, in bell ringing, a clam or clangor; to cause to clang.
n.
A tribe or collection of families, united under a chieftain, regarded as having the same common ancestor, and bearing the same surname; as, the clan of Macdonald.
n.
A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, as the base of petals of the pink.
v. i.
To scrape, scratch, or dig with a claw, or with the hand as a claw.
a.
To render clean; to free from whatever is foul, offensive, or extraneous; to purify; to cleanse.
v. t.
To cause to sound with a clank; as, the prisoners clank their chains.
v. t.
A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; as, the long clam (Mya arenaria), the quahog or round clam (Venus mercenaria), the sea clam or hen clam (Spisula solidissima), and other species of the United States. The name is said to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.
superl.
Free from awkwardness; not bungling; adroit; dexterous; as, aclean trick; a clean leap over a fence.