What made Czar Nicholas II a weak ruler? I have a couple more questions if you could answer them that would be great. What were some characteristics of Czar Nicholas? Why was Nicholas II overthrown? Was he the cause of the Russian Revolution?
Spratt derives either from the Old English sprit meaning a  slender person or from esprit meaning an elf. Like many Anglo-Saxon names it originated as a nickname before becoming a surname in the modern sense. The earliest records of the name come from the English counties of Dorset, Somerset and Essex.
Unique Cottages | Electric Scotland's Classified Directory. The Scottish Nation. Spens / Spence. SPENS, or SPENCE, a surname, originally a Fifeshire one, derived from a word, meaning in Scotland, a spare room beside the kitchen, and in England, a yard, an enclosure, a buttery. The family of Spens of Lathallan, of great antiquity in that county, from their carrying the lion rampant of Macduff in their arms, are said to have been descended from the old earls of Fife.