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126 DIARY OF PATRICK GORDON. [1686 religion* At night wee cast anchor
APPENDIX. 217 Sasine of Alexander Gordon on Aiichleuchries,
206 APPENDIX. Instrument of sesing gewin to George Ogiluie
1692] DIARY OF PATRICK GORDON. 179 Patrick Gordon of Cults
230 INDEX OF PERSONS. Mieln, Fetka, servant to General Pa- trick Gordon
216 APPENDIX. Sasine, Alexander Gordon, on ane annualrent out of Easter Auchleuchries
French President Felix Faure visits Peterhoff, 1897
French President Felix Faure visits Peterhoff, 1897
French President Felix Faure visits Peterhoff, 1897
APPENDIX. 201 visnris vel audituris Franciscus Gordoane
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Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699"
APPENDIX. 201
visnris vel audituris Franciscus Gordoane partionarios de Kindrocht et Sathlee eternam in
Domino salutem Noueritis me . . . alicnasse . . . honorabili viro ac fratri meo germano
Johanni Gordounc de Lungar heredibus auis et suis assignatis omncs et singulas dimedictates
partes tcrrarum dc Kindrocht cum earumpcrtinenciis necnon tercius partes terrarura de Sathlee
cum suis pertlnenciis jacentesin baronia de Kynedward et infra vicecomitatum de Abirdene pro
fauoreetsingularidliectionequam habui erga eum . . . Tcnendas et liabcndas . . . de supremo
domino nostro Kege et saccessoribns suis in feodo et hereditate imperpctuum . . . Reddendo
inde . . . wardam et releuium ac seruicium consuetum ... In cuius rei tcslimonium sigillum
meam proprium huie presenti carte mee est appensum vnacum subscriptione Magistri Johannis
Gordoun notarii cum mann raea ducente pennam apud Petlorge die mensis secundo Julii anno
Domini millesimo quingentesimo tricesimoprirao presentibus Duncano Gordoune in Knavin
Jacobo Gordoun in Uavacht Roberto Forbes Domino Andrea .Sjnison Magistro Johanne
Gordoun notario Quamquidem cartam . . . pro perpetuo confirmamus Saluis . . juribus et
seruiciis . . . debitis et consuetls ... In cuius rei testimonium huic presenti carte nostre con-
firmacionis magnum sigillum nostrum apponi prccepimus . . . apud Edinburgh octaao die
mensis Octobris anno Domini millesimo quingentesimo tricesimo primo et regni nostri decimo
nono .
Carta Johannis Gordonn de Longar super terris de Tullochcarroune.— (A.D. 1.536. Frcm. Ou;
liegiatrum Marjnx Sigilli, lib. xxv., no. 322.)
14 Jacobus Dei gracla Rex Scotorum . . . Sciatis nos qoandam cartam venditionis . . . factam
per Robertum Lamb de Tullocarroune dilecto nostro Johanni Gordoune de Longar ... ad
plenum intellexisse sub hac forma Omnibus banc cartam vihuris vel audituris Robertus Lamb
de Tullocarroune salutem in Domino sempitemain Noueritis mc . . . vendidisse . . . honorabili
viro Johanni Gordoune de I-ongar suis heredibus et assignatis . . . omnes et singulas terras
meas de Tullocarroune cum pendiculis earundem et suis pertinf^nciis jacentes infra vice-
comitatum de Banf . . . Tenendas et habendas . . . de supremo domino nostro Eege et suia
succcssoribus in feodo et hereditate imperpetuum . . . Reddendo inde annuatim . . . supremo
Domino nostri Regi . . . jura et seruitla . . . debita c.t consi-.ota necnon mihi et heredibus meis
et assignatis summam decern libraram tresdecem solidoruin et quatuor denariorum vsoalis
monete regni Scotie ... In cuius rei testimonium sigillum rneum huic presenti carte mee est
appensum vnacum subscriptione mea manuali apud Petlorg decimosexto die mensis August!
anno Domini millesimo quingentesimo trigesimo sexto Coram hiis testibus Alexandre Pater-
soune alias Talyeour Alexandre Gordoune in Litill I'etlorg Thoma I-'axtoune Domino Georgio
Michelsoun et iMagistro Johanne Gordoun notario publico cum diuersis aliis Quamqcidkm
cartam . . . pro perjjetuo confirmamus ... In cuius rei testimonium huic presenti carte nostre
confirmacionis magnum sigillum qostrum apponi precepimus . . . Apud Striueling vicesimo
tertio die mensis Angnsti anno Domini millesimo quingentesimo trigesimosexto et regni nostri
vicesimo tercio .
Carta feodifirme Johanni Gordoune de Longar concessa super terris de Petlurge. — (A.D. 1539.
From the Begistrum Ejnscopatus Moraviensis, pp. 414, 41.5.)
15 Oarta feodifirme ab Episcopo Moraviensi cum consensu capituli concessa Johanni Gordounc
de Longar et heredibus masculis de corpore legitimis quibus deficientibus Willelmo Gordoun et
Georgio Gordoun filiis naturalibus inter ipsum et Jonetam Maitland procreatis et eorum heredi-
2d
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.