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212 APPENDIX. the twentieth day of May, 1674. — {From the Particular Register of Seisins for Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire
APPENDIX. 207 dene, vpone the tent day of Apryle, 1683.- (From the Particular Register of Seisins for Aberdeenshire
276. Grenadier OFFICER and the Grenadier Private L.-G. Preobrazhensky Regiment, from 1732 to 1742
162 DIARY OF PATRICK GORDON [1686 the Hollands Resident, and the Chancellour Vinius
393. Officer's Aksel'Bant and Shleyfy. 1762
208 APPENDIX. the pendicle called Murris Tack, and the milne of Auchleuchries
APPENDIX. 209 Sasine of Ardendraugbt and superiority of Auchleuchries
APPENDIX. 215 heritage : Paying yearly the sum of twenty shillings Scots
166. OBER-OFFICER and HEAD OFFICER L.-G. Preobrazhensky regiment, from 1700 to 1732.
APPENDIX. 211 IG 5.— (From the Particular Hegisler of Seisins for Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire
Summary
Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699"
APPENDIX. 211
IG 5.— (From the Particular Hegisler of Seisins for Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire, vol. iv., foil
81, 82.
46 By charter, dated at Buthlay, on the fifteenth day of June, 1665, Master James Gordoun,
now of Butlilay, and John Gordone of Auchlcucharies grant to William Hay of Ardenrit
and Elizabeth Gordone his wife, the Mayncs of Auchleucharies, the Milne of Auch-
leuchries, mill lands, multures, and sequels, now occupied by Henry Patersone, Alexander
Martine, and I'homas Gray, redeemably by the said John Gordone of Auchleucharies and his
heirs, by payment of the sum of five thousand merks Scots. Sasine was given by John Gordone,
younger in Wastertoune, bailie of the granters, to the said William Hay. the granter, on the
eleventh day of November, 1665, in presence of James Cuming, notary public, William Hay of
Sandend, Alexander Ferke, John Christie, and George Myllne in Aucleuchries.
Seasing, Collonell Patrick Gordone and Katharine Van-Bock-Hovin, his spous, of the lands of
Auchlewchries, presented be Mr. Alexander Eobertsone, advocat in Aberdein, on the
twentyfyft day of Januar, 1671.— {From the Particular Itegister of Seisins for Aberdeenshire and
Kincardineshire, vol. vii., foil. 232-234.)
47 By charter, dated at Wastertoune, the twentie day of November, j™ vj« and seavintic yeares
(in presence of James Gordoune in Artrachie, James Gordoune, the granter's youngest
lawfull sone, John Hay in Auchlewchries and James Gordone, sone to the deceast Mr. Thomas
Gordoune, the granter's brother), Johne Gordone of Auchlewchries, with consent of Marie
Ogilvie, his wife, granted to his second lawfull sone, Collonell Patrick Gordone, and to Katharine
van Bockhoven, his spouse, the longest liver of them, in lyfrent, and to the heirs gotten or to be
gotten bctwix them, in fee, the landis of Auchlewchries, Eister and Waster, with the pendickles
therofi" callit Marestack, Milne of Auchlewchries, milne landis, multures, and sequellis thereof,
reserving to the granters their lyfrent of the wester pleugh of Auchlewchries then possest by
them. Sasine was given on the twenty ninth daj- of December, 1670, in presence of James
Gordone, son of umquhill Mr. Thomas Gordone in Turualow, and Walter Cruickshank,
gardener at Wastertoune.
Sasine, Collonell Patrick Gordone and Katharin Van-bock-hovin, of the lands of Eister Auch-
leuchries etc., presented by Mr. Alexander Robertsone, advocat in Aberdeine, on the tent day
of Januar, 1672. — (^From the Particular Bcgister of Seisins for Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire,
vol. vii., foil. 442-444.)
48 By disposition, dated at Ellone on the fyfteint day of November, 1671, Gavin Cruickshank in
Maines of Barra, and Gilse Smith, his wyfe, sell to Collonell Patrick Gordone, second lawful
sone of John Gordone of Auchlewchi-ies, and to Catharine Wan-bock- hoven, his wife, and the
longer liver of them, the toune and lands of Eister Auchlewchries, redeemably be payment of
fyve thousand fyve hundreth merkis. Saisin was given on the fourth day of January, 1672,
to Johne Gordone, younger in Wastertoune, attorney for the grantees, in presence of James
Gordone in W^estertoune.
Sasine, John Gordone, younger in W^estcr Auchlewchries, and Margaret Forbes, his spous, of
the lands of Auchleuchries, presentit be Mr. Alexander Robertsone, advocat in Aberdeine,
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.