Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Spence

Spence , noun

[Old French despense, French dépense, buffet, buttery, from Old French despendre to spend, distribute, Latin dispendere, dispensum. See Dispense, Spend.]

1.
A place where provisions are kept; a buttery; a larder; a pantry. [Chiefly British dial. [MW10]
In... his spence, or “pantry” were hung the carcasses of a sheep or ewe, and two cows lately slaughtered. — Sir W. Scott
Bluff Harry broke into the spence, And turned the cowls adrift. — Tennyson
2.
The inner apartment of a country house; also, the place where the family sit and eat. [Scottish] — Jamieson