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John Spelman, Sir (1594 - 1643)

Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/26106 Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Spelman References in Documents:
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713) Joan. Spelmanni Psalterium Davidis Latino Saxonicum vetus. Quto. 1640. Lond. with MS. References in the Margent, by Francis Whyte Esq; Recorder of Leedes. This Curiosity, of which the King of France is noted to have one in his Royal Library at Paris, (Le Long's Bibliotheca Sacra, Tom. II. pag. 452 and 529) was the acceptable Present of Rich. Witton Esq;.
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713) 170. Annotationes in vitam Ælfredi Magni, per Dom. Johan. Spelman. These learned Notes were writ by Francis Whyte Esq; Recorder of Leedes, 1684. Don. R. R. D. D. Episc. Carleol.