GORDON, Agnes (2) ^{1 2 3 4}

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Agnes married James OGILVY, son of Sir James OGILVY 2nd of Deskford and Findlater and Margaret INNES, by 16 February 1479 (resignation).^{1 2 3} (James OGILVY was born about 1456 and died 1 February 1505(1506)(dvp) ^{1 2}.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Margaret Ogilvy .... was apparently the daughter of Alexander Ogilvy of Ogilvy, who was the son of James Ogilvy of Ogilvy by, as it is said, Agnes Gordon, a natural daughter of the second Earl of Huntly."

from Lesmoir




"James Ogilvy, son and heir-apparent of Sir James, married Agnes Gordon, daughter of George, second Earl of Huntly. She owned the lands of Drumnakeith, in the shire of Banff."

from Scots Peerage (vol 4)




" .... on the betrothal of Agnes Gordon to James Ogilvie, son and heir apparent of Sir James Ogilvie of Deskford and Findlater her dowry was the Lands of Drumnakeith. (Charter by King James III to James Ogilvie of Deskford and Findlater on Resignation of George Lord Gordon Reg. Mag. Sig. 20 April 1470 Instrument of Resignation of James Ogilvie of Deskford in favour of James Ogilvie his apparent heir and Agnes Gordon his Spouse 16 Feb. 1479."

from Keith and its Lairds ^{1 2 3}

Agnes next married Patrick BARCLAY 17th of Gartly, son of William BARCLAY 15th of Gartly and Guilda LESLIE.^{4 5} (Patrick BARCLAY 17th of Gartly was born about 1451 and died after February 1517 ^{4 5}.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Previous to the year 1517 Patrick Barclay married, as his second wife, Agnes Gordon, but to which branch of that family she belonged cannot be ascertained." (page 117)

"Patrick Barclay as an old man resigned his vast possessions into the King's hands in favour of his grandson, Walter. The confirmation of his resignation is dated at Edinburgh, February 27th, 1516-17, and by it King James V, for good service, incorporated his estates into one free Barony. The designation of the head of the Barclays of Gartley thus became 'Barclay of Barclay' or 'de eodem' (of that ilk). The long and imposing list of the properties enumerated in detail in the deed commences with 'The lands of Grantuly and the tower, fortalices, pendicles and pertinets.' The free tenement is reserved to the said Patrick and a reasonable terce to Agnes Gordon, his spouse." (page 118)

from Family of Barclay



"Walter Barclay got a grant from James V., February? 27, 1517, of the lands of
Grantuly and many others, all now incorporated into one free barony of Barclay.
Margaret Ogilvy, his spouse, was apparently the daughter of Alexander Ogilvy of
Ogilvy, who was the son of James Ogilvy of Ogilvy by, as it is said, Agnes Gordon, a natural daughter of the second Earl of Huntly. Agnes was a widow by May, 22, 1517." (page 171)

from House of Gordon

Note: The last sentence in the quotation above may possibly suggest, as is published on this site, that the 'unknown' Agnes Gordon who married Patrick Barclay was in fact the widow of James Ogilvy.

James Ogilvy died in February 1505-6, but Patrick Barclay did not die until around 1516-1517, at an unknown date, but shortly after he had resigned his lands to his grandson. To say that Agnes was a widow by 22 May 1517 surely does not apply to her marriage to James Ogilvy, but rather may apply to a late marriage with Patrick Barclay. ^{4 5}