SPENS, [SSNE 412]
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