202 APPENDIX. bus masculis quibus omnibus deficientibus heredibus masculis dicti Johannis
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Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699"
202 APPENDIX.
bus masculis quibus omnibus deficientibus heredibus masculis dicti Johannis quibuscunque
terrarum de Petlurge Ovir Auchquhorteis Nether Auchquhorteis cum crofta de Petruchnay in
baronia de Keth et vicecomitatu de Banf Reddendo inde annuatim £22 6. 8. Apud ecclesiam
cathedralem anno Domini 1539.
Carta confirmacionis Johannis Gordoune de Petlurg super terris de Crevethyn (A.D. 1641.
Frma the Begistrum Magni Sigill', lib. xxvii., no. 227.)
16 Jacobus Dei gracia Rex Scotorum . . . Sciatis nos quandam cartam vendicionis . . . factam
per dilectum et fidelem nostrum consiliarium Thomam Ersliin de Brechin militem nostrum
secretarium.dilecto nostro Johanni Gordoun de Petlurg ... ad plenum intellexisse sub hac
forma Omnibus banc cartam visuris vel audituris Thomas Erskin de Brechin mules ac supremi
domini nostri Regis secretarius Salutem in Domino sempiternam Noueritis me dedisse . . .
honorabili viro Johanni Gordoun de Petlurg heredibus suis et assignatis totas et integras terras
meas de Crevethincura singulis suis pertinentiis jacentes in parrochla de Dunblait et baronia de
Strabogy infra vicecomitatum de Abirdene in verum et legitimum excambion omnium et
singularum terrarum de Hiltoun cum portu et piscatione earundcm ac singulis suis pertinentiis
jacentium infra vicecomitatum de Kincardin Tenendas et habendas . . . de supi-emo domino
nostro Rege et suis successoribus in feodo et hereditate imperpetuum . . . Reddendo inde . . .
seruicia debita et consueta ... In cuius rei testimonium sigillum meum huic presenti carte mee
est appensum vnacum subscriptione mea maniiali apud Edinburgh vicesimooctauo die mensis
Maij anno Domini millesimo quingentesimo quadragesimoprimo Coram hiis testibus Jacobo
Cleland de eodem Johanne Robertoun de Ernok Magistro Johanne Gordoun burgense de Abir-
dene Alexandre Gordoiine Edwardo Buthquhannane Donaldo Fultoun Magistro Johanne Burnat
et Alexandre Maknele notariis publicis cum diuersis aliis Quamquidem cartam . . . pro pcr-
petuo confirmamus ... In cuius rei testimonium huic presenti carte nostre confirmacionis
magnum sigillum nostrum apponi precepimus . . . Apud Striueling penultimo die mensis Mali
anno Domini millesimo quingentesimo quadragesimo pi'imo et rcgni nostri vicesimo octauo .
Carta Johannis Gordoun filii et heredis apparentis Johannis Gordoun de Petlurg et Jonete
Ogilvy sue sponse.— (A.D. 1543. From the Begistrum Magni Sigilli, lib. xxix., no. 216.)
17 IVIaria Dei gratia Regina Scotorum . . . Sciatis nos . . . dedisse . . . dilectis nostris Johanni
Gordouu lilio et heredi apparenti Johannis Gordoun de Petlurg et Jonete Ogiluy sue sponse ac
eorum alteri diutius viuenti in coniuncta infeodacione et lieredibus suis . . . totas et integras
terras subscriptas videlicet terras de Ovir Kynmuudy Kynknoke et Milbrek cum tenentibus
tenandriis et libcretenencium seruiciis earundem ac suis pertinentiis exceptis multuris dictarum
terrarum jacentes in baronia de Rynedwart infra vicecomitatum de Abirdene Quequidem terre
. . . fuerunt dicti Johannis Gordoune de Petlurg perprius hereditarie et quas idem . . . simpli-
citer resignauit . . . Tenendas et habendas . . . dicto Johanni Gordoune juniori et Jonete
Ogiluy sue sponse ac eorum alteri diucius viuenti in coniuncta infeodacione et heredibus mas-
culis inter ipsos legitime procreatis seu procreandis quibus deficientibus heredibus masculis
dicti Johannis Gordoun de Pitlurg quibuscunque de nobis et successoribus nostris in feodo et
hereditate imperpetuum . . . Reddendo inde annuatim . . . jura et seruicia . . . debita ct con-
sueta In cuius rei testimonium huic presenti carte nostre magnum sigillum nostrum apponi
precepimus . . . apud Edinburgh septimo die mensis Decembris anno Domini millesimo quin-
gentesimo quadragesimo tertio et regni nostri primo .
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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202. Appendix Bus Masculis Quibus Omnibus Deficientibus Heredibus Masculis Dicti
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