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John Spalding (historian)

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record the marriage of "Alexander Spalding and Cristine Hervie" (i.e. Herries) on 7 Feb. 1608. John Spalding became a lawyer, and resided in the 'Old town, Aberdeen'. For many years he acted as clerk to the consistorial court for the diocese; and his office, the records of which were burnt in 1721,
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between 1624 and 1645. This is a simple narrative of current events, interspersed with copies of documents which no doubt came into Spalding's hands in his official capacity. The work was left incomplete. It begins and ends abruptly, commencing with a feud between the Earl of Moray and the
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publishing society, founded at Aberdeen, was named after the historian the Spalding Club. The latest publication is dated 1871. The New Spalding Club, with similar objectives, was founded at Aberdeen in 1886.
75:. Spalding wrote as a shrewd, well-informed, conscientious, yet in the ecclesiastical sense no bigoted, royalist. Charles I he held in the highest veneration. The parliamentarian 79:
jarred harshly on his conservative instincts, and he deplored many outrages on the fabric of the cathedral of Aberdeen and the prohibition of merrymaking on Christmas Day.
196: 52:, acknowledges to have received from Robert Forbes of Glastermuir 25l. 7s. 4d. as feu duty for these lands from Martinmas to Whitsun 1661 and 1662. 174: 142: 191: 17: 95: 72: 127: 45: 48:. The latest trace of him occurs in a notarial document in his own handwriting, dated 30 Jan. 1663, whereby 168: 132: 68: 39:
The name was uncommon there in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, but the registers for
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was first published in Aberdeen (2 vols. 8vo, 1792); it was re-edited for the
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History of the Troubles and Memorable Transactions in Scotland
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1650) was a Scottish historian, possibly a native of
146:. Vol. 53. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 8: 178:. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. 16:For other people named John Spalding, see 119: 55:Spalding was the author of a valuable 7: 14: 197:17th-century Scottish historians 175:Dictionary of National Biography 143:Dictionary of National Biography 44:was within the precincts of the 94:(4to, 1829), and again by Dr. 18:John Spalding (disambiguation) 1: 46:old cathedral of St. Machar 213: 15: 50:David, bishop of Aberdeen 169:"Spalding, John"  133:"Spalding, John"  67:, and ending with Sir 192:Writers from Aberdeen 128:Galloway, William 71:'s junction with 204: 179: 171: 153: 152: 135: 124: 212: 211: 207: 206: 205: 203: 202: 201: 182: 181: 166: 157: 156: 126: 125: 121: 116: 73:General Baillie 21: 12: 11: 5: 210: 208: 200: 199: 194: 184: 183: 164: 163: 161: 155: 154: 118: 117: 115: 112: 88:Bannatyne Club 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 209: 198: 195: 193: 190: 189: 187: 180: 177: 176: 170: 162: 159: 158: 151: 150: 145: 144: 139: 134: 129: 123: 120: 113: 111: 108: 103: 102:(4to, 1850). 101: 100:Spalding Club 97: 93: 89: 85: 80: 78: 74: 70: 66: 61: 58: 53: 51: 47: 42: 37: 35: 31: 30: 25: 24:John Spalding 19: 173: 165: 148: 147: 141: 122: 104: 83: 81: 76: 65:Clan Chattan 59: 54: 41:New Aberdeen 38: 27: 23: 22: 160:Attribution 138:Lee, Sidney 107:antiquarian 105:In 1839 an 96:John Stuart 92:James Skene 82:Spalding's 186:Categories 114:References 69:John Hurry 57:annalistic 149:sources: 130:(1898). 98:for the 34:Aberdeen 140:(ed.). 84:History 77:régime 136:. In 90:by 29:fl. 188:: 172:. 36:. 26:( 20:.

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John Spalding (disambiguation)
fl.
Aberdeen
New Aberdeen
old cathedral of St. Machar
David, bishop of Aberdeen
annalistic
Clan Chattan
John Hurry
General Baillie
Bannatyne Club
James Skene
John Stuart
Spalding Club
antiquarian
Galloway, William
"Spalding, John" 
Lee, Sidney
Dictionary of National Biography
"Spalding, John" 
Dictionary of National Biography
Categories
Writers from Aberdeen
17th-century Scottish historians

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