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APPENDIX. 207 dene, vpone the tent day of Apryle, 1683.- (From the Particular Register of Seisins for Aberdeenshire
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Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699"
APPENDIX. 207
dene, vpone the tent day of Apryle, 1683.- (From the Particular Register of Seisins for Aberdeen-
shire, vol. viii., foil. 184-186.)
32 By a contract, dated at Aberdene on the Gth of June, 1623, James Ogiluye of Auchleuchries
bound himself to infeft George Hay, sone lauchfuU to wmquhill AUexandcr llay of Brunthill,
now stylllt of Aivquharnie, in the middell pleuchc of land of the said James Ogiluye, his touu and
landis of Easter Auchleuchries, in the parochin of Crudcn, and shire of Aberdenc, in considera-
tion of a sum of 2.'i00 markis paid to him by the said George Hay : to be holden in frie blenche
of the said James Ogilvie, and in few ferme of Sir Allexander Hay of Delgattie, knycht, his Im-
mediat superiore, for yeirlie payment of 26 schillingis : but redeemal)ly by the said James
Ogilvie upon payment of the said sum of 2500 marki=. By a deed, dated at Aberdene on the
2nd of Marche, 1633, the said George Hay acknowledges to have received payment of the said
sum of 2o00 markis from Johne Gordone, third lauchfuU sone to wmquhile Patrick Gordone of
Nathirmwir, assignay lawfuUie constitut be the said James Ogiluye to the said contract, and
renounces in his favour all right and claim to the said middel pleuche of laud of Eister Auch-
luchries.
Instrument of seasing giwen to Johne Gordon, and Marie Ogiluye, his future spous, of the toun
and landis of Easter Auchlochries, with the milne theroflf, the toun and landis of Waster
Auchlochries, etc., presentit be Mr. William Lumsden, advocat in Aberdene, vpone the
auchtene day of Apiyle, 1633.— (From the Particular Begiater of Seisins for Aberdeenshire, vol.
viii., foil. 187-189.)
33 By a charter, dated at Aberdene on the 2nd, and at Coclarachie on the 9th, of March, 1633,
James Ogiluye of Auchlochries, proprietor of the lands afternamed, and Hew Gordone, lawful
son to George Gordone of Coclarachie, with consent of Mariorie Gordone, spouse of the said
James Ogiluye, granted to Marie Ogiluye, lawfuU daughter of the said James Ogiluye. and
future spouse of John Gordone, third son of the deceased Patrick Gordone of Nethirrawire, and
to the said John Gordone in conjunct fee, and to the heirs lawfully begotten between them,
whom failing to the heirs and assignees whomsoever of the said John Gordone, all and haill the
two pleughs of Easter Auchlochries, occupied by George Hay, son of the deceased Alexander
Hay of Brunthill, George Elleis, and Alexander Clark ; the pleugh of Easter Auchlochries, oc-
cupied by the said James Ogiluye, John Moire, and Adam Leithe. with the milne of Auch-
lochries, and the milne lands ; and the toun and lands of Wester Auchlochries, with the pendicle
called the Muiretak, lying in the parish of Croden, and shire of Aberdene, under reservation to
the said James Ogiluye and Mariorie Gordone, and the longer liver of them two, of the liferent
and usufruct of the plough of Easter Auchleuchries, occupied by the said James Ogiluye, John
Moire, and Adam Leithe. Sasine was given on the 16th of March, 1633.
Instrument of seasing giwen to Hugo Gordone, lawfull sone to wmquhill George Gordone of
Coclarachie, of the landis of Easter and Westir Auchleuchries, with the milne and pertinentis
thalrof, presentit be Mr. William Lumisden, notar tharto, vpon the penult day of October,
1633.— [From the Particular Register of Sdsinsfor Aberdeenshire, vol. viii., foil. 328-330.)
34 By a charter, dated at Auld Deir, on the 19th of August, 1633, Sir Alexander Hay of Delgatie,
knight, immediate superior of the lands afternamed, granted to Hew Gordone, lawful son to tlie
deceased George Gordone of Coclarachie, the lands of Easter and Waster Auchleuchreis, with
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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