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206 APPENDIX. Instrument of sesing gewin to George Ogiluie
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Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699"
206 APPENDIX.
Instrument of sesing gewin to George Ogiluie, elder of Carnowses, of auclit oxingait of the
touue and landis of Waster Auehleuchries, callit Muirtack, presentit be \\illiame Gordone,
notar publict in Abirdeine, vpon the sexteine day of Junij in anno 1621.— {From the Particular
Register of Seisins for Aberdeenshire, vol. ill., foil. 128, 129.)
28 By charter, dated at Abirden, on the 25th May, 1621 (in presence of John Ogiluie of Glassauch,
Walter Ogiluy of Reidhytht, and William Ogiluy of Crowalis), James Ogiluie of Auchlewchries
granted to George Ogilnye, elder of Carnowsies, the plough, or six oxgates of the town and
lands of Wastir Auchlewchries, called the Muir Tak. Sasine was given on the 26th of May,
1621.
Reuersioune and grant of redemptioune of the toune and landis of Auchlewchries alias Murtak,
maid be George Ogilvie, elder of Carnowseis, to James Ogiluy of Auehleuchries, presentit be
W^illiame Gordone, noter publict in Aberdeine, vpon the third day of July, 1621.— {From the
Particular Register of Seisins for Aherdeensldre, vol. iii., foil. 134, 135.)
29 By a deed, dated at Aberdeine, on the 25th May, 1621 (in presence of Walter Ogiluy of Eeid-
hywe, George Ogiluy, fear of Carnowseis, and Mr. Alexander Craig of Rosecraig), George
Otriluie, elder of Carnowsies, binds himself, on receiving payment of 1000 merks Scots, to
renounce all right and claim to the pleuch or aucht oxingait of Wastir Auehleuchries, callit the
Muir Tak, in favour of James Ogiluy of Auchlewchries.
Sasine of Ardendraught and superiority of Auehleuchries.— (A. D. 1622. From the MS. Inventory
of the Erroll Papers at Slaines.)
eSO Sasine of Alexander Hay of Delgatty, and Dame Isobell Lesley, his spouse, in the lands of
Ardendraught, fishing on Cruden, and superiority of Auehleuchries, upon a charter and precept
by John, earl of Kinghorn, superior thereof. 27 April, 1622. Charter whereon the sasine pro-
ceeded. 12 April, 1622.
Instrument of seasiug giffin to Georg Hay, lawfull sone to Alexander Hay of Brunthill, wpon
anc part of Auehleuchries, presentit be Johne Hay, burges of Abirdein, wpon the twantie
fyft day of July, anno Domini 1623. — {From the Particular Register of Seisins for Aberdeenshire,
vol. iv., foil. 187, 188.)
31 J3y charter, dated at Abirdene on the 6th of June, 1623, James Ogiluye of Auehleuchries, with
consent of Mariorie Gordoun, his wife, grants to George Hay, lawful son of Alexander Hay of
Brunthill, the middle plough of the toun and lands of Estir Auehleuchries. Sasine was given
on the 3d of July, 1623.
■Renunciatioun and grant of redemptioune be George Hay, sone lauchfull to vmquhill Alexander
Hay of Brunthill, now stylit of Awquharnie, of the middle pleuche of land of Eister Aueh-
leuchries, in fauoris of Johne Gordone, presentit be Mr. William Lumsden, advocat in Aber-
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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