SPENS, [SSNE 412]

Surname
SPENS, SPEHENS
Title/rank
COLONEL
Nationality
SCOT
Social status
OFFICER

Text source

It is not clear who Colonel Spens was, only that he had died by 6 April 1627 when Captain Gresoun [SSNE 379] was given the command of his company. The editors wonder if there has been an error as the Scottish colonels did not enter service before the summer of 1627 and this man has not yet been traced in Scottish archives.

Source: T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p.116. Riis cites Rigsarkivet TKIA A46 laeg 1.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, SPENS' COMPANY
Arrived 1627-01-01, as COLONEL
Departed 1627-04-06, as CAPTAIN
Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY