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APPENDIX. 215 heritage : Paying yearly the sum of twenty shillings Scots
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Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699"
APPENDIX. 215
heritage : Paying yearly the sum of twenty shillings Scots, as part of the sum of twelve pounds
Scots of feu duty due to the eaid Earl yearly from the whole lands of Auchleuchries and Muir-
tak, lately belonging to the said John Gordon. Sasine was given on the 4th of August, 1712.
Sasine of Patrick Gordon, on Auchleuchries, presented by James Elphinstone of Wartle, on 7
September, 1722. — {Fi-07ii the Particular Register of Seisins for Aberdeemhire and Kincardineihire,
vol. xxi., part ii., foil. 232, 233.;
57 ^Precept of clare constat (dated at Slains on 4 August, 1722,) by Mary, countess of Enroll, with
consent of Mr. Alexander Hay of Dclgaty, her husband, in favour of Patrick Gordon, now of
Auchleuchries, son and heir of the deceased John Gordon of Auchleuchries, for sasine of the
lands of Auchleuchries, Easter and Wester, with the grain mill of Auchleuchries, mill-lands,
etc., in the barony of Ardendraught, regality of Slains, parish of Cruden, and sheriflfdom of
Aberdeen, holden of the Countess as immediate superior in feuferme, fee, and heritage, for pay-
ment of eleven pounds Scots yearly. Sasine was given on the twenty second of August, 1722.
Sasine, Elizabeth Gordon, on ane annualrent out of Westertoun of Auchleuchries, etc, presented
on the 22nd May, 1723. — [From the Parheuiar Register of Seisins for Aberdeenshire and Kinair-
dineshire, vol. xxi., part ii., foil. 301, 302.)
58 By a bond, dated at Auchleuchries on the 16th January, 1723, Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries
acknowledged himself indebted to Elisabeth Gordon, his sister german, daughter of the deceased
John Gordon of Auchleuchries, and Elizabeth Grant, his wife, in the sura of 2000 merks Scots,
and, for security of payment, became bound to iufeft her in the "Westertoun of Auchleuchries,
etc Sasine was given on the 7th of April, 1 723.
Sasine, Katharine Gordon, on ane annualrent out of Westertoun of Auchleuchries, etc., pre-
sented on the 22nd May, 1723.— (i^roni the Particular Register of &w«w for Aberdeenshire and
KincardinesJiire, vol. xxi., part ii., foil. 302, 303.)
59 By a bond, dated at Auchleuchries on the 16th January, 1723, Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries
acknowledged himself indebted to Katharine Gordon, his sister german, daughter of the deceased
John Gordon of Auchleuchries, and Elizabeth Grant, his wife, in the sum of 1600 merks Scots,
and, for security of payment, became bound to infeft her in the Westertoun of Auchleuchries,
etc. Sasine was given on the 17th of April, 1723.
Sasine, James, John, Alexander, and Charles Gordons, on an annuallrent out of Westertoun of
Auchleuchries, presented on 22 May, 1723.— (i^rom the Particular Register of Seiiinsfor Aber-
deenshire and Kincoi-dinesJure, vol. xxi., part ii., foil. 303, 304.)
60 By a bond, dated at Auchleuchries on the 16th January, 1723, Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries
acknowledged himself indebted to James, John, Alexander, and Charles Gordons, his brothers
german, sons of the deceased John Gordon of Auchleuchries, and Elizabeth Grant, his wife, in
the sum of 2000 merks Scots, and, for security |of payment, became bound to infefl them in the
Westertoun of Auchleuchries, etc Sasine was given on the 17th of April, 1723.
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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