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APPENDIX. 203 Carta confirmacionis Margarete Drummond
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Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699"
APPENDIX. 203
Carta confirmacionis Margarete Drummond relicte quondam Johannis Gordoun de Petlurg.—
(A.D. 1547. From the Registrum Magni Sigilli, lib. xxx., no. 308.)
18 M!aria Dei gracia Begina Scotorum . . . Sciatis nos . . . quamdani cartam donationis factam
per Georgium Bard de Glencuthill Margarete Drummond relicte quondam Johannis Gordoun
de Petlurg ... ad plenum intellexisse sub liac fcrma Omnidos banc cartam visuris vel
audituris Georgius Barde de Glencuthill salutem in Domino sempitcrnam Noucritis me . . .
pro special! fauore quem habeo et gero erga dilectam meam IMargaretam Drummond relictam
quondam Johannis Gordoun de Petlurg et pro matrimonio inter me et eandem Margaretam Deo
annuente contraheudo dedisse . . . predicte Margarete in vital! redditu pro toto tempore vite
sue in sua viduitate totas et integras terras meas de Glencuthill cum molendino earundem et
suis pcrtinenciis necnon totas et integras terras meas de Auchmedane cum suis pertinenciis
jacentes in baronia de Glendowaquhy et infra vicecomitatum de Abirdene Tenendas et ha-
bendas ... a me et heredibus meis de suprema domina nostra Regina . . . Reddendo inde . . .
jura et seruicia . . . debita et consueta ... In cuius rei testimonium sigillum meum proprium
huic present! carte mee mami mea subscripte est appensum apud burgum de Perth vicesimo
quarto die mensis Januari! anno Domini millesimo quingentesimo quadragesimo sexto Coram
hiis testibus Vmfrido Rollok in Findony Georgio Rollock de Duncrub Dauide Maule Roberto
Watsoun Willelmo Baty Dominis Willelmo et Waltero Ramsayis capellanis et notariis publicis
cum diuersis aliis Quamquidem cartam . . . pro perpetuo confirmamus ... In cuius rei
testimonium huic presenti carte nostre confirmacionis magnum sigillum nostrum apponi pre-
cepimus . . . apud Edinburgh vigesimooctauo Januari! anno Domini millesimo quingentesimo
quadragesimosexto et regni nostri quinto .
Preceptum carte confirmacionis Jacob! Gordoun fratris Johannis Gordoun de Petlurg super
terris de Auchleuchries.— (A.D. 1547. From the Registrum Seereti Sigilli, vol. xx!., fol. 10.)
19 Preceptum carte confirmacionis Jacob! Gordoun fratris germani Johannis Gordoun de Petlurg
super carta alienacionis per dictum Johannem facta sibi et heredibus suis raasculis de corpore
suo legitime procreandis quibus deficientibus prefato Johanni et heredibus suis quibuscunque
reuersuris de totis et integris terris de Eistir Auchluchreis et Westir Auchluchreis cum suis
pertinenciis jacentibus in baronia de Ardendracht infra vicecomitatum de Abirdene Tenendis
de prefato Johanne et heredibus suis ac assignatis etc. Apud Striueling octauo Maij anno pre-
dicto [j™ vo xlvijo] . Per signetum .
Carta confirmacionis Jacobi Gordoune fratris germani Johannis Gordoune de Petlurg super
terris de Auchleuchries.— (A.D. 1547. From the Registrum Magni Sigilli, lib. xxx., no. 238.)
20 INIaria Dei gratia Regina Scotonim . . . Sciatis nos . . . quandam cartam alienacionis et
vendicionis factam per Johannem Gordoun de Petlurg dilecto suo Jacobo Gordoun eius fratri
germane ... ad plenum intellexisse sub hac forma Omnibus banc cartam visuris vel audituris
Johannes Gordoun de Petlurg salutem in Domino sempitcrnam Noueritis me vtilitate mea in
hac parte vndique preuisa et diligenter considerata . . . vendldisse . . . dilecto fratri meo ger-
mano Jacobo Gordoune et heredibus suis masculis de corpore suo legitime procreandis quibus
deficientibus reuertendas michi et heredibus meis quibuscunque omnes et singulas terras meas
de Estir Auchluchreis et Westir Auchluchreis cum suis pertinenciis jacentes in baronia de Arden-
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.