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Si Deus Quis Contra (If God is for us, who is against us)
Spens, also spelled Spence, is originally a Fife surname, derived from a word meaning in Scotland a spare room beside the kitchen. The immediate ancestor of the Spens family of Lathallan in Fife was Henry de Spens, who flourished at the end of the thirteenth century. Later members sat in parliament at Perth, one was ancestor of the Spens-Destignots of France, and a Count de Spens ranked among the first of the nobility in Sweden. Lathallan was sold out of the family in the later eighteenth century.
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The motto of Clan Spens is Si Deus Quis Contra (If God is for us, who is against us). It appears on the Clan Spens crest badge: the chief’s heraldic crest set inside a strap and buckle that carries the motto.
In Scotland a crest belongs to the chief, not to everyone with the surname. Clan members may wear the crest badge, with the crest inside the strap and buckle, to show that they belong to the clan. The plain crest without the strap remains the chief’s own.
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View all Spens productsHenry de Spens, ancestor of the Lathallan family, is compelled to swear fealty to Edward I[1]
John de Spens is chosen one of the lords of the articles in parliament at Perth[1]
Patrick Spens, sent to Charles VII of France, is ancestor of the Spens-Destignots[1]
David Spens of Wormieston is killed protecting the Regent Lennox[1]
Thomas Spens succeeds in 1758 and sells the patrimonial estate of Lathallan[1]
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Yes. COSCA lists Spence, Spenceley and Spencley as alternative spellings of Spens.
Si Deus Quis Contra, Latin for 'If God is for us, who can be against us'.
Lathallan in Fife, where the family is recorded from 1490 onward and which Thomas Spens sold in the later eighteenth century.
The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs does not list a Spens chief. COSCA's own clan directory separately names Patrick Spens, 4th Baron Spens, as the clan's chief.
Yes. Patrick Spens was sent to Charles VII of France in 1450 and was ancestor of the Spens-Destignots there, and a Count de Spens, ranked among the first of the nobility in Sweden, descended from the house of Wormieston.
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