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208 APPENDIX. the pendicle called Murris Tack, and the milne of Auchleuchries
202. UNDER-OFFICER of the Artillery Regiment, from 1720 to 1728
APPENDIX. 217 Sasine of Alexander Gordon on Aiichleuchries,
205. Cavalry Guards Timpani, 1724 and from 1726 to 1731
204 APPENDIX. dracht et vicecomitatu de Abirdcne
195. Sergeant and Fuseler L.-G. Preobrazhensky regiment, from 1720 to 1732
238 INDEX OF PLACES. Haraell, the town of
APPENDIX. 201 visnris vel audituris Franciscus Gordoane
198. FUZELER Infantry of the Army Regiment, from 1720 to 1732
APPENDIX. 209 Sasine of Ardendraugbt and superiority of Auchleuchries
Summary
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699"
APPENDIX. 209
Sasine of Ardendraugbt and superiority of Auchleuchries.— (A.D. 1638. From the MS. Inventory
of the Erroll Papers at Slaine3.)
39 Sasine of Gilbert, earl of Erroll, as heir of William, earl of Erroll, his father, in the lands of
Ardendranght, fishing on Cruden, and superiority of Auchlenchries, upon a precept by John,
earl of Kinghorn, superior thereof. 14 July, 1638.
Renunciatioune and grant of redemptioun, be Walter Bodie in Auchleuchries, of the Maynes of
Auchleuchries, mylne, and mylne landis thairof, in fauoris of Johne Gordone of Auch-
leuchries, presentit be the said Johne himselflf, vpoun the allevint day of Juni 1642,— (i^rom
the Particular Register of Seisins for Aberdeenshire, vol. xii., foil. 210, 211.)
40 By a deed, dated at Aberdeine on the llth of June, 1642, Walter Bodie in Auchleuchries ac-
knowledges to have received payment, from Johne Gordoun of Auchleuchries, of the sum of 2500
merkis, and therefore renounces all right and claim to the Maynes of Auchleuchries, milne and
milne landis thairof.
Instrument of saising gerin to Mr. James Gordoun of Greinmyre and Annas Gordoun his spous,
of the Maynes of Auchluchres with the mylne and mylne landis, presentit be the said Mr.
James vpoune the nynteint day of September 1650.— (i^rom tlie Particular Register of Seisins
for Aberdeenshire, vol. xiv., foil. 437-439.)
41 By charter, dated on the tenth of September, 1650 (in presence of the granter's lawful sones,
George and Patrick Gordounes) John Gordoune of Auchluchries granted to Mr. James Gordone
of Greinmyre and Annas Gordone, his spouse, the Maynes of Auchluchries, with the milne,
milne lands, multures, suckin, and knaivschipis, redeemably by payment of two thousand five
hundred merks Scots. Sasine was given on the 16th September, 1650.
Innovatione of reversione, Johne Gordone of Auchluchries and Marie Ogilvie his spous, to Gawin
Cruikschank in ArdifFrie, presented be the said Gawin vpon the sex day of JxUij 1652.— (J'nwn
the Particular Register of Seisins for Aberdeenshire, vol. xv., foil. 251, 252.)
42 By contract and appojmtment oflF the dait att Aberdeine and at Wester Auchluchries the
thretteine and sex dayes of Junij and Julij j™ vj" and threttie sevin yeres (registrat in the Buikis
of Consall ^-pon the scxteine day of Apryll j-n vj" and fiftie yeires), Johne Gordone of Auch-
leuchries and Marie Ogilvie his spous, for the sowme of thrie thousand pundis money, wodset to
Gawin Cruikschank in ArdifiVie, the toune and landis of Eister Auchluchries (then possessed by
the wodsetter Johne Gordone, and George Allies his tenant). By deed dated at Aberdeine on
the fourth day of Junij 1652 (in p resence of Gilbert Skeine of Dycc Mr. William Lumsden of
Pittiloche, and James Gordone, brothar to the wodsetter Johne Gordone of Auchluchries), the
said Johne Gordone of Auchluchries and Marie Ogilvie his spous acknowledge to have received
from the said Gawin Cruickshank a farther sum of ane thousand merkis, in respect whereof they
declare that the said wodsett shall not be redeemable but be payment of the sowme of fyve
thousand and fyve hundreth merkis
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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.