Bishop Thomas de Spens

  General Notes:

!Bishop of Galloway and of Aberdeen, and a learned prelate, appointed in 1458 lord-privy-seal for Scotland; in 1459 "upon being translated to the see of Aberdeen, he resigned the privy seal, but in 1468 received it again, and held it until 1471. Being very prudent and expert in business, Bishop Spens was employed in several embassies, particularly in the treaty of marriage between the duke of Savoy and Lewis, Count de Maurienne, his son, wiht Anabella, sister of King James II., in 1449. On 27 July 1451, he was appointed ambassador from Scotland to negotiate a truce with England. There is an effigy of Bishop Spens in the colligiate church of Roslin. He errected an hospital at Edinburgh, where he died, and was buriedin the Trinity college church yard at the foot of Leith Wynd in 1480.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Bishop.