Henry Spelman
Sir Henry Spelman (c. 1562 – October 1641) was an English
Life
Spelman was born in Congham, Norfolk, the eldest son of Henry Spelman (d. 1581), of Congham, and the grandson of Sir John Spelman (1495–1544). He graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1583.[1]
He sat in parliament as a member for
He died in London in October 1641, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.
Personal life
He married Eleanor, daughter of John Lestrange, of
His nephew, also named Henry Spelman, became a notable translator in America.
His later years were spent in the house of his son-in-law, Sir Ralph Whitfield. He was survived by his sons, John Spelman, Judge Clement Spillman, and a daughter, Catherine, who married a Secretary of State.
Works
His works include Concilia Ecclesiastica Orbis Britannici (1639)[5] (a work containing many forgeries)[6] and Glossarium Archaiologicum (completed by William Dugdale). His Reliquiae Spelmannianae was edited by Edmund Gibson in 1698.
Sir Henry has become known as master of the sacrilege narrative (the idea that divine retribution was visited on those who despoiled the monasteries of their estates during the
References
- ^ "Spelman, Henry (SPLN580H)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ W R Williams Parliamentary History of the County of Worcester
- ^ Coates, Ben (2010), "Spelman, Sir Henry (c.1564-1641), of the Barbican, London and Congham, Norf.", in Andrew Thrush; John P. Ferris (eds.), The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629, Cambridge University Press, retrieved 22 February 2018
- ^ Parish Registers, Sedgeford, Norfolk
- ^ H. Spelman (ed.), Concilia, Decreta, Leges, Constitutiones in Re Ecclesiarum Orbis Britannici, 3 vols (Typis R. Badger, Impensis Ph. Stephani & Ch. Meredith, London 1639). Volume 1 digitized
- Johns Hopkins University Libraries. 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
- ^ Alison Shell, Oral Culture and Catholicism in Early Modern England, 2008 – reviewed in Peter Marshall, "Answering Back", Times Literary Supplement, 20 June 2008.
External links
- "Henry Spelman", Notable Names Database, 2005, retrieved 12 February 2006