SPENS, THOMAS DE (c. 141 1480)

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SPENS, THOMAS DE (c. 141 1480) , Scottish statesman and

prelate

PRELATE (Lat. praelatus, set above, from praefero, prefer)

, received his education at Edinburgh, and by his exceptional abilities attracted the notice of the advisers of the Scottish king, James II., who sent him on errands to England and to France. About 1450 he became

bishop

of Galloway; soon after-wards he was made keeper of the privy seal, and in 1459 he was chosen

bishop

of Aberdeen. Much of his time, however, was passed in journeys to France and to England, and in 1464 he
and Alexander Stewart, duke of Albany, a son of James II., were captured at sea by some English sailors.

Edward

EDWARD

IV., to whom the bishop had previously revealed an assassination

plot

PLOT
PLOT, ROBERT (164o-1696)

, set him at liberty, and he was partly responsible for the treaty of peace made about this time between the English king and James III. He also helped to bring about the

meeting

MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

between

Edward

EDWARD

IV. and Louis XI. of France at Picquicny, and another treaty of peace between England and

Scotland

in 1474.

Spens

SPENS, THOMAS DE (c. 141 1480)

was a frequent attender at the Scottish parliaments, and contributed very generously to the decoration of his

cathedral

CATHEDRAL

at Aberdeen. He died in Edinburgh on the 14th of April 1480.

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