Clan Spens
Basic Info.
Spens Clan Crest
Spens
Crest: A hart’s head erased Proper
Motto: Si Deus Quis Contra (If God is For Us Who is Against Us)
Origin of Name: French
Clan Chief: Patrick Spens, 4th Baron Spens
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Clan History
Spens History
It is believed that the surname Spens, or Spence, may have derived from the Old French word for ‘custodian’ or ‘dispenser’. The principal line of the Clan Spens family are descendents of one of the ancient Earls of Fife.
In the 13th and 14th centuries a number of people with the name Spens were recorded in various papers. In 1232 a Roger ‘dispensator’ was recorded as having been witness to a deed documenting the transfer of lands near Dallas in Inverness-shire, and in Irvine, a John Spens was a baillie of the town in 1260.
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