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THOMAS DE SPENS (c. 141 1480)

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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 639 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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THOMAS DE See also:SPENS (c. 141 1480)  , Scottish statesman and See also:prelate, received his See also:education at See also:Edinburgh, and by his exceptional abilities attracted the See also:notice of the advisers of the Scottish See also:king, See also:James II., who sent him on errands to See also:England and to See also:France . About 1450 he became See also:bishop of See also:Galloway; soon after-wards he was made keeper of the privy See also:seal, and in 1459 he was chosen bishop of See also:Aberdeen . Much of his See also:time, however, was passed in journeys to France and to England, and in 1464 he and See also:Alexander See also:Stewart, See also:duke of See also:Albany, a son of James II., were captured at See also:sea by some See also:English sailors . See also:Edward IV., to whom the bishop had previously revealed an assassination See also:plot, set him at See also:liberty, and he was partly responsible for the treaty of See also:peace made about this time between the English king and James III . He also helped to bring about the See also:meeting between Edward IV. and See also:Louis XI. of France at Picquicny, and another treaty of peace between England and See also:Scotland in 1474 . See also:Spens was a frequent attender at the Scottish parliaments, and contributed very generously to the decoration of his See also:cathedral at Aberdeen . He died in Edinburgh on the 14th of See also:April 1480 .

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