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Collapse 1 - Charters and sasines relating to land transfer on the estates of Letterfourie, Corriedown and Durn1 - Charters and sasines relating to land transfer on the estates of Letterfourie, Corriedown and Durn
Collapse 1 - Documents relating to Letterfourie and Corriedown1 - Documents relating to Letterfourie and Corriedown
1 - Summons issued to James Gordon of Letterfourie, Andrew Stewart of Tomachie and Sir Robert Gordoun of that Ilk for payment to Isobel Gordon and Alexander Hay.
2 - Later extract from one or two Latin documents listing lands pertaining to James Gordon of Letterfourie.
3 - Licence from the Bishop of Aberdeen, allowing any minister in the diocese to marry Thomas Gordon ‘with the dochter of the guidman of Bukkie’.
4 - Charter by George, Marquis of Huntly, to James Gordon of Letterfourie, concerning one thousand merks
5 - Feu contract by George, Marquis of Huntly, to James Gordon, of the lands of Letterfourie and Conchuraches.
6 - Account of John Gordon of Edinvillie, listing his lands and their values.
7 - Bond by Thomas Gordon of Glastirum, late of Edinvillie, and Robert Gordon of Ardneillie, baillie of Enzie, to pay a sum owed to Sir Alexander Irvine of Drum.
8 - Sasine in favour of George Halliburton apparently of a tenement in Edinburgh
9 - Testament dative and inventory of Margaret Gordon
10 - Licence granted by Samuel Sheppard of Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire, to Richard Preedon of Woodlands, Shedworth, Gloucestershire
11 - Assignation by James Hamilton to Alexander Gordon and Isobel Hamilton
12 - Document raised by John Gordon of Letterfourie in connexion with the testament of the late George Gordon of Coclarachy
13 - Obligation by the Marquis of Huntly to infeft John Gordon of Letterfourie and his eldest lawful son James in the lands of Auchindrumie
14 - Charter by George, Marquis of Huntly, of the lands of Corriedown, in favour of John Ross of Corriedown and Jean Gordon
15 - Charter by George, Marquis of Huntly, in favour of [ ] Gordon of Letterfourie
16 - Inventory of the house of Nether Blelack passed by William Reid to James Gordon
17 - Discharge by John Grant of Easter Elchies to John Gordon of Letterfourie
18 - Receipt for jewels received from John Gordon of Letterfourie by Sir James Ogilvie
19 - Lease and assedation by John Gordon of Letterfourie to John Gairne
20 - Inventory of the writs of Nether Blairock
21 - Discharge of Alexander Gordon to John and James Gordon fo Letterfourie, regarding his rights under his parents' marriage contract
22 - Discharge by Andrew Arret of Fofartie to John Gordon of Letterfourie
23 - Memorial for James Gordon of Letterfourie as to his future behaviour from the Duke of Gordon
24 - Contract between George, Duke of Gordon, and James Gordon of Letterfourie, regarding the lands of Corriedown
25 - Inventory of the bigging of Corriedown, made by James Paterson, Alexander Tailor and Patrick Gray
26 - Disposition of liferent by James Gordon younger of Letterfourie in favour of Glicerie Dunbar his spouse
27 - Copy sasine in favour of John Gordon of Letterfourie by George, Duke of Gordon
28 - Instrument of sasine in favour of James Gordon of Letterfourie following on a charter of novodamus by George, Duke of Gordon
29 - Instrument of sasine in favour of James Gordon younger of Letterfourie and Glicerie Dunbar of Durn
30 - Sasine by George, Duke of Gordon, in favour of John and James Gordon, upon the lands of Auchandraine
31 - Three Inventories of the houses of Nether Blairock
32 - Agreement between Alexander, Marquis of Huntly, and James Gordon, younger of Letterfourie, regarding the lands of Corriedown
33 - Agreement between Alexander, Marquis of Huntly, and James Gordon, younger of Letterfourie, regarding the lands of Corriedown
34 - Notes for preparation of a new charter relating to Letterfourie
35 - Charter of Alexander, Marquis of Huntly, to James Gordon of Letterfourie, of the lands of Corriedown
36 - Precept of clare constat and charter of novodamus by Alexander, Marquis of Huntly, to James Gordon
37 - Precept regarding money owed by James Gordon of Letterfourie to Walter Brands
38 - Bond between Henry Stevenson and James Gordon younger of Letterfourie
39 - Bond by James Gordon of Letterfourie to Alexander Dason younger
40 - Note of letters of horning raised at the instance of Elizabeth, Dowager Duchess of Gordon, and Patrick Gordon of Burnhall
41 - Resolutions of the Baron Court of Letterfourie and Corrydown
42 - Letter to the laird of Letterfourie from George Gordon, Cragwillie
43 - Discharge of Alexander Ord, merchant in Cullen, to James Gordon of Letterfourie and the late George Gordon of Glassterom
44 - Discharge by George Gordon of Buckie to James Gordon of Letterfourie
45 - Instrument and protestation of James Gordon of Letterfourie on the Muir of Slateheugh and mosses of Sheelmuir
46 - Instrument of intimation of James Gordon of Letterfourie against George Gordon elder and younger of Buckie
47 - Reasons proponed by James Gordon of Letterfourie for interrupting the encroachment made by Gordon of Buckie and his tenants upon the hills, muirs and mosses of Letterfourie
48 - Copy of Locality of the Stipend of Rathven
49 - Tack by James Gordon of Letterfourie to James and George Peterkin of Nether Blairock
50 - Tack by James Gordon of Letterfourie to James and George Peterkin of Nether Blairock
51 - Instrument drawn up by James Gordon of Letterfourie empowering his son Patrick to warn the Gordons of Buckie off Sheelmuir and Slateheugh
52 - Memorial for James Gordon of Letterfourie from Archibald Ogilvy
53 - Sasine by Alexander, Marquis of Huntly, in favour of James Gordon of Letterfourie, of the lands of Corriedoun
54 - Petition of James Gordon of Letterfourie to the baillies of Huntly and Enzie
55 - Double depositions of witnesses between Buckie and Letterfourie
56 - Draft memorandum by James Gordon of Letterfourie agreeing to a settlement with Buckie over the mosses of Sheelmuir and Slateheugh
57 - Document clarifying the laws of Banffshire
58 - Bond by James Gordon of Letterfourie to Charles Hay of Rannes
59 - Instrument of sasine on a precept of clare constat by the Duke of Gordon in favour of James Gordon of Letterfourie of the lands of Letterfourie
60 - Contract of marriage between James Ogilvie of Logie and Ann Gordon
61 - ‘Peremptory Defences for John Geddes, if the Baillie Sustain himself Judge competent in the action’
62 - Fragment of a letter from George Hay
63 - Advertisement for Thomas Meighan, bookseller, Covent Garden, with some accounts
64 - Proposals made by James Gordon of Letterfourie to the Duke of Gordon
65 - Note of letters of arrest presented to James Gordon of Letterfourie for money owed by him to the late Alexander Abercromy of Burnstin
66 - Tack by James Gordon of Letterfourie to John and Alexander Reid
67 - Letter to Mrs Ord, Deskford, from Mar Gordon, Glastirum
68 - Bond by James Gordon elder and Patrick Gordon younger of Letterfourie to James Duncan
69 - Epitaph of Marjory Scot, who died at Dunkeld 26 February 1728
70 - Part of a letter to ?[Mr. Brokie?] from Thomas Young, with, on reverse, a riddle
71 - Tack by the Earl of Findlater to James Gordon of Letterfourie
72 - Letter to James Gordon of Letterfourie from John Gordon, Fochabers
73 - Note taken out of the testament of the Vicar of Little Baddo concerning Letterfourie’s family
74 - Note of servants, the date they started and the money already paid them
75 - Letter to James Gordon of Letterfourie from Andrew Ker, the manse, Rathven
76 - Bond by James Gordon of Letterfourie to Jean Slorach
77 - Receipt for money paid by John Reid in Corriedown to Donald McDonald, Hardhaugh
78 - Bond by George, Marquis of Huntly, to pay to Alexander Irving of Drum the sum agreed in the contract of marriage between Irving and Lady Marie Gordon
79 - Invoice for goods sent to Alexander Gordon, merchant near Cullen by William Robertson, Rotterdam
80 - Part of a printed notice of a meeting of heritors in Banffshire
81 - Tack by James Gordon of Letterfourie to James Black of the lands of Nether Blerock
82 - Letter to Gordon of Letterfourie from John Gordon, Fochabers
83 - Testimony and recommendation in favour of James Gordon of Letterfourie
84 - Letter to the Lord Lyon from Sir Robert Gordon, Gordonstown
85 - Copy tack by James Gordon of Letterfourie to Alexander Dason, of the north west side of the mains of Letterfourie
86 - Letter to James Ogilvie of Logie at Letterfourie from William Ogilvie, Banff, regretting Letterfourie's death
87 - Account of money owed by James Gordon of Letterfourie to Alexander Geddes and George Lobban
88 - Letter to ? from ? regarding his opinion on the division of ‘Mr. Gordon’s’ legacy between two surviving daughters
89 - List of furniture left in Lady Logie’s hands, and cash balance between Logie and Letterfourie, related to the executry of James Gordon of Letterfourie
90 - Renunciation by Walter Ogilvie of Raggall, and James, Alexander, Robert and Adam Gordon, of rights in the lands of Mulderie in the parish of Keith
91 - Loose in box: red and white wax seal on uncut tag, fair condition, not identified.
92 - Fragment of seal, possibly Barclay of Mathers
93 - Document, dated by pontificate, to married couple Thomas Tulloch and Elizabeth Brown in St Andrews
94 - Seal, has been on tag, red wax set in white, probably royal
Expand 2 - Papers relating to Durn2 - Papers relating to Durn
Expand 2 - Papers relating to brothers James and Alexander Gordon 6th and 7th lairds of Letterfourie2 - Papers relating to brothers James and Alexander Gordon 6th and 7th lairds of Letterfourie
Expand 3 - Gordon of Letterfourie: papers relating to Sir James Gordon of Letterfourie, 8th laird3 - Gordon of Letterfourie: papers relating to Sir James Gordon of Letterfourie, 8th laird
Expand 4 - Gordon of Letterfourie: papers relating to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie, 9th laird4 - Gordon of Letterfourie: papers relating to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie, 9th laird
Expand 5 - Gordon of Letterfourie: papers relating to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie, 10th laird5 - Gordon of Letterfourie: papers relating to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie, 10th laird
Expand 6 - Later papers relating to the history of the Gordons6 - Later papers relating to the history of the Gordons
Expand 7 - Gordon of Letterfourie: papers relating to Gordons in Fochabers7 - Gordon of Letterfourie: papers relating to Gordons in Fochabers

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