Значение слова SPELMAN в Литературной энциклопедии

SIR HENRY (1564?-1641).-Historian and antiquary, _b._ at Congham, Norfolk, studied at Camb., and entered Lincoln's Inn. He wrote valuable works on legal and ecclesiastical antiquities, including _History of Sacrilege_ (_pub._ 1698), _Glossarium Archaeologicum_ (1626 and 1664), a glossary of obsolete law-terms, _A History of the English Councils_ (1639), and _Tenures by Knight-service_ (1641). His writings have furnished valuable material for subsequent historians. He sat in Parliament and on various commissions, and in recompense of his labours was voted a grant of L300.