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204 APPENDIX. dracht et vicecomitatu de Abirdcne
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Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699"
204 APPENDIX.
dracht et vicecomitatu de Abirdcne pro quadani certa pecunie summa michi pre manibus dicti
Jacobi bene gratanter et integre persoluta . . . Tenendas et habendas . . . de me heredibus
meis et assignatis in feodo et hereditate imperpetuum . . . Reddendo inde annuatim . . . vnum
denarium vsualis monete regni Scocie super solum dictarum terrarum nomine albe firme in
festo Penthecostes si petatur tantum ... In cuius rei testimonium huie presenti carte mee
si"illum meum proprium est appensum vnacum subscrlptione manuali apud Petlurg decimo
quinto die mensis Marcii anno Domini millesimo quingentesimo quadragesimo sexto Coram
hiis testibus honorabilihus et egregiis viris Magistro Johanne Gordoun vicario de Keith et
Georgio Duncane notariis publicis cum diuersis aliis testibus quamquidem cartam . . . pro
perpetuo confinnamus Saluis nobis et nostris successoribus juribus et seruiciis de dictis terrls
. . . debitis et consuetis In cuius rei testimonium huic presenti carte nostre conflrmacionis
magnum sigillum nostrum apponi precepimus . • . Apud Striuiling octauo die mensis Maij anno
regni nostri quinto .
Sasine of Ardendraught and superiority of Auchleucbries.— (A D. 1589. From the MS. Inventory
of the Erroll Faj)ers at Slaines.)
21 Sasine of William Hay of Delgatty, grandchild and heir of William Hay of Delgatty, in the
lands of Ardendraught and superiority of Auchleuchries, upon a precept by John, lord Glammis.
23 March, 1588.
The renunciatioun of the mid plewche of the landis of Eister Auchlewchries, in favouris of James
Ogilwie of Blerok, presentit be the said James wpon the xiij day of July, 1603.— (i^rom the
Secretary's Register of Seisins for Aberdeenshire, vol. ii., fol. 272.)
22 By a deed, dated at Aberdein on the 13th of June, 1603, George Gordoun in Auchleuchreis ac-
knowledges to have received from James Ogilwie of Blerak the sum of 1000 merkis Scottis, and
therefore renounces all right and claim to the mid plewche of the tonne and landis of Eister
Auchlewchreis.
Ane instrument of saising givin to James Ogiluy, appeirand of Bleraik, and to Meriorie Gordoun
his future spous, vpoun the landis of Auchluchres, with the milne and milne landis of the
samen, presentit in his name be George Jope, noter, the tuentie day of September, 1604. —
[From the Secretary's Register of Sddnsfor Aberdeenshire, vol. iii., foil. 365, 366.)
23 By a charter, dated at Aberdein on the 18th of August, IGOl, (in presence of Abraham Forbes
of Blaktoun, John Ogiluie, apparent of Glasauch, and Alexander Lautye, servitor to Master
John Dempster, advocate, before the Lords of Council), James Ogiluie of Bleraik, grants to
Mariorie Gordoun, daughter of George Gordoun of Coclarachie, and future spouse of James
Ogiluy, son and heir apparent of the said James Ogiluy of Blerak, the town and lands of Eister
Towne of Auchlewchrcs, with the milne and milne lands, in liferent for all the days of her life.
Sasine was given on the 18th of August, 1601.
Instrument of seasing giwen to Mariorie Gordoun, guidwif of Blerack, of the waster pleuche of
Auchluchreis, presentit be Walter Robertsoun, dark deput of Abirdene, vpoun the auchteint
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.
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