SPENS, JAMES [SSNE 8520]

Surname

SPENS, SPENCE

First name

JAMES, JACOB, JAKOB

Nationality

SCOT

Text source

A James Spens is listed as a sergeant in Colonel Spens' regiment in 1624 and that man became an ensign with James Ramsay's [SSNE 3315] recruited regiment in 1628 and a lieutenant in 1629. There is a pass dated June 1628 for a lieutenant James Spens to travel to Britain to recruit more soldiers. BUT there is a captain James Spens listed in Wormiston's regiment in 1626 who may also be this man and later also served in George Crawford's [SSNE 2086] recruited infantry regiment. 

Sources: Swedish Krigsarkiv, Muster Roll, 1630/23,24,27-33, 37

Service record

Sweden,

Arrived 1624-01-01

Departed 1630-12-31

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY