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APPENDIX. 209 Sasine of Ardendraugbt and superiority of Auchleuchries
APPENDIX. 201 visnris vel audituris Franciscus Gordoane
238 INDEX OF PLACES. Haraell, the town of
1699] DIARY OF PATRICK GORDON. 193 ' A number of Strelitzes were executed
1667] DIARY OF PATRICK GORDON. 99 I went to Altenaw and heard devotion
154 DIARY OF PATRICK GORDON. [1686 Alexander Gordon, to the Earle of Middleton and Esquire Cooke
152 DIARY OF PATRICK GORDON. [1686 et Magnorum Ducura Johaiinls Alexiades
162 DIARY OF PATRICK GORDON [1686 the Hollands Resident, and the Chancellour Vinius
1692] DIARY OF PATRICK GORDON. 179 Patrick Gordon of Cults
APPENDIX. 199 Gordoune de Auchluchre totas et integras terras meas de Lurager ct Hiltonn
Summary
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699"
APPENDIX. 199
Gordoune de Auchluchre totas et integras terras meas de Lurager ct Hiltonn cum pertinenciis
jacentes infra vicecomitatum de Kincardin . . . Tencndas et habendas . . . de supremo doraiju>
nostro Rege et successoribus suis a me heredibus raeis in feodo et hereditatc impcrpetuum . . .
Faciendo inde . . soruicium debitum et consuetiim et saluis . . . wardis et releuiis ... In
cuius rei testimonium presenti carte mee sigillum meum est appensum apud Abirdene decimo-
octauo die mensis Marcij anno Domini j°« iiijo Ixxxvjo coram honorabilibus viris Roberto
Blinsele Jacobo Gordone Tlioma Prat Andrea Newton burgensibus de Abirdene Patricio
Duncansone et Domino Johanne Striuelin presbitero ac notario publico cum multis aliis
Qdamquidem cartam . . . pro perpetuo confirmamus Saluis . . . juribus et seruiciis . . .
debitis et consuetis In cuius rei testimonium presenti carte nostre confirmacionis magnum
sigillum nostrum apponi precepimus . . . Apud Are vicesimo sexto die mensis Marcii anno
Domini j™ . iiij" . Ixxxix""> et regni nostri primo .
Declaraiio Alexandri Glaster de Glak super carta per ipsum concessa Jolianni Gordoune do
Auchluchry — (7 June, 1493. From the Acta Dominorum Auditorum, p. 172.)
7 A.nno etc. lxxxxiij« ... in presentia Dominorum Auditorum Causarum et Querelarum Parlia-
menti ac Domini Cancellarij constitutus lionorabilis vir Alexander Glaster de Glak . . . pro
perpetuo confirmauit illas donationem concessionem et venditionem alias per ipsum factas
Johannj Gordoune de Auchluchry super terris de Hiltoune Crombiny terris de Litle Warthill et
terris de Harelaw . . . Et insuper idem Alexander in suo animo declarauit quod donatio pur
ipsum facta per cartam et preceptumsasiue prefato Johanni Gordoune super terris de Crombiny
cum pertineutiis fuit per ipsum ex sua libera voluntate . . . sigillata et dieto Johanni deliberata
per spatium vnius anni aut magis antequam prefatus Alexander aliqualem habuit communica-
cionem cum domino de Innys aut cum Jacobo Dowglas penes prefatas terras .
Decreitt for Johne of Gordoune of Auchinluchry.— (9 July, 14:94. From tlie Acta Dominorum
Concilii, p. 366.)
The Lordls of Consale decrettis . . . that . , . Alexander Fergussone in Litill Ardach dois
wrang in the occupacioun and manuring of the landis of Bothmagoak and tharfore ordinis tham
to decist and cess tharfra to be broikit and manurit be Johne of Gordoune of Auchinluchry efter
the forme of the instrument of sesing gevin to him tharapoun schewin and producit before the
Lordis . . .
Decrett aganis Johnne Gordoune of Auchinluchre.— (10 December, 1494. From tlie Acta
Dominorum Auditorum, p. 197.)
The Lordis Auditouris decrettis . . . that Johnne Gordoune of Auchinluchre sail . . . owrgitf
to 'William Gray of Kyndrocht all richt and claime . . . with all charteris and evideritis that he
has of the ferd parte of the tounne of Kyndrocht with the pertinentis Hand in the barony of
Kynedwart within the schirefdome of Abirdene becaus the said Williame Gray has lauchfuUy
redemit and qwitout the sammyn landis efter the tenour of the reucrsioun maid to him be the
said Johnne tharapone And ordinis the said Johne of Gordoune to ressaue the somme of five
skore of markis vsuall money of Scotland laid in the handis of Jlaister Archibald Lindesay
cbantour of Abirdene for the redemyng and outqwitting of the saidis landis according to the
said reuersione . . .
Gordon was brought up and remained a lifelong Roman Catholic, at a time when the Church was being persecuted in Scotland. At age of fifteen, he entered the Jesuit college at Braunsberg, East Prussia, then part of Poland. In 1661, after many years experiences as a soldier of fortune, he joined the Russian army under Tsar Aleksei I, and in 1665 was sent on a special mission to England. After his return, he distinguished himself in several wars against the Turks and Tatars in southern Russia. In recognition of his service he was promoted to major-general in 1678, was appointed to the high command at Kiev in 1679, and in 1683 was made lieutenant-general. In 1687 and 1689 he took part in expeditions against the Tatars in the Crimea, being made a full general. Later in 1689, a revolution broke out in Moscow, and with the troops under his command, Gordon virtually decided events in favor of Peter the Great against the Regent, Tsarevna Sophia Alekseyevna. Consequently, he was for the remainder of his life in high favor with the Tsar, who confided to him the command of his capital during his absence from Russia. In 1696, Gordon's design of a "moveable rampart" played a key role in helping the Russians take Azov. One of Gordon's convinced the Tsars to establish the first Roman Catholic church and school in Muscovy, of which he remained the main benefactor and headed the Catholic community in Russia until his death. For his services his second son James, brigadier of the Russian army, was created Count of the Holy Roman Empire in 1701. At the end of his life the Tsar, who had visited Gordon frequently during his illness, was with him when he died, and with his own hands closed his eyes. General Gordon left behind him a uniquely detailed diary of his life and times, written in English. This is preserved in manuscript in the Russian State Military Archive in Moscow. Passages from the Diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries (1635–1699) was printed, under the editorship of Joseph Robertson, for the Spalding Club, at Aberdeen, Scotland, 1859.