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226 INDEX OF PERSONS. Gordon, Mary, daughter of General Patrick Gordon
APPENDIX. 217 Sasine of Alexander Gordon on Aiichleuchries,
226 INDEX OF PERSONS. Gordon, Mary, daughter of General Patrick Gordon
216 APPENDIX. Sasine, Alexander Gordon, on ane annualrent out of Easter Auchleuchries
SEAL. Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699"
1692] DIARY OF PATRICK GORDON. 179 Patrick Gordon of Cults
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1666] DIARY OF PATRICK GORDON. 79 I did writt to Sir John Hebden
APPENDIX. 213 Sasine, John Gordone, sone of Generall Patrick Gordone
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Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699"
APPENDIX. 213
Sasine, John Gordone, sone of Generall Patrick Gordone, in the lands of Auchlewchriea and
others, presented by Williame Gordone, mercliant in Aberdcin, upon the eight day of Sep-
tember, 1602.— {From tJie Particular Register of Seisins for Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire,
vol. xiv., foil. 216-218.)
52 By disposition, dated at Moscovia the elevent day of Januarie, 1692 (in presence of Major
Generall PauU Mcnzies, CoUonell Alexander Livingstoun, and Major Harie Gordone, all in the
service of ther Imperiall Majesties of all Russia), Generall Patrick Gordone of Auclileuchries,
commander in chief of the select regiments of their Imperiall Majesties of all Russia, grants to
John Gordone, his eldest lawful sone, the touns and lands of Auchleuchries, Easter and Wester,
with the pendicles thereof called Muirtak, the Milne of Auchleuchries, milne lands, multuris,
sequells, sucJicn, and knaveshipes of the samine, in the barronie of Ardenred, parochine of
Crouden, shirelTdome of Aberdeine, and kingdome of Scotland; reserving to the grantor, and
to Elizabeth Barnoe Roonaer, his wife, and to the longest liver of them two, an annuitie of thrie
hundreth merks Scots, furth of the tuo pleughes of Easter Auchleuchries, during their lyftyme,
to be paid at Whitsunday yeariy to James Gordone, the granter's uncle, John Gordone of Nether-
muir, and Patrick Gordone of Cults. Sasine was given on the twentietli day of August, 1692,
by George Low, miller at the Milne of Leask, bailie of the granter, to William Milne, gardener,
in the Westertowne of Auchleuchries, attorney of the grantee (designed honorabilis juvenis
Johannis Gordone filii legitlimi primogeniti honorabilis et prepotentis generosi viri Patricii
Gordone de Auchleuchries summi strategi selectarum legionum Imperialium Majestatum totius
Russie), in presence of James Middletoun, notary public, Robert Alexander in the Westertoun
of Auchleuchries, William Lendrum there, Alexander Lendrura there, Robert Gairdin, his
servant, and Johne Chalmer in Kilnary.
Sasine of Elizabeth Grant, ladie Auchleuchries, off her lyfrent right of the lands thereof and
wthers, presented by William Gordone, merchant in Aberdein, upon the sext day of Octo-
ber, 1692. — {From tlie Particular Register of Seisins for Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire, vol. xiv.,
foIL 233-236.)
53 By contract matrimoniall, dated the 27th of August, 1692 (witnessed by Patrick Leslie of
Balquhan, Patrick Gordone of Barrack, John Gordone of Nethermuir, and William and James
Grants, sones to William Grant of Creichie), between John Gordone of Auchleuchries, with con-
sent of James Gordon of Westertoun, his granduncle, and Elizabeth Grant, eldest lawful
daughter to William Grant of Creichie, with consent of the said William, her father, it was
agreed that the said Elizabeth Grant, promised and affcdat spouse to the said Johne Gordone of
Auchleuchries, should be seised in lyfrent, after the decease of her said husband, of the manor
place of Auchleuchries, yairds and orchards thereof, and of ane annuitie of thrie hundreth merks
Scots, and thrie chalders of ferme meall yeariy furth of the toune and lands of Wester Auch-
leuchries, the toun and lands called Muirtack, and the Milne of Auchleuchries. Sasine was
given on the 15th of September, 1692, by William Mill, gardener in Westertoun of Auch-
leuchries, bailie of the said John Gordon of Auchleuchries, to Arthur Bruce, his seivitor, at-
torney of the said Elizabeth Grant, in presence of John Middletoun, notary public, Alexander
Ronald in Moortack, William Lendrum in Westertoun, William Milne, younger there, and
George Arthur, servitour to the said John Gordon of Auchleuchries.
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.