GORDON, Adam 'appearand of Gight' ^{1 2}

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  General Notes:

"1634- Adam (Gordon). 1625, Jun. 8, signed a bond in 1050 French crowns, as 'ane of the number,' of Lord Enzie's company in the Scots Men-at-Arms, obliging himself to 'obserue and keip the haill mustoris, dewlie preparit witht ane man and twa hors, armit at all peices witht ane caice of pistollis at sic places and tyme as the said Captain [Lord Enzie] or Commissar sail gif warrant and directioune to that effect, and also to be readie to go to France or els quhair to attend my [Enzie's] service, at all occasionis quhansoever I sail be requirit by my Captane, vpon 40 dayis advertisement sua to do' (Spalding Club Misc., iv. 258).

Son of John, of Ardlogie, who was the son of William, V. of Gight; brother of Nathaniel, 1116- He, being 'wery drunk,' was run 'throw the bodie by one Achterfoall [in the streets of Paris in 1636, Jul.] . . . My Lord [Gordon] wes wery cairfull of him' (Familie of Innes, 224; House of Gordon, i. (214)).'

from Gordons Under Arms




"Adam (Gordon) took part in the attack made by the sixth laird of Gight, his uncle, on Sir Harry Wood of Bonnyton (when he is described as 'appearand' of Gight) in 1624 (to which I shall refer). In 1625 he was admitted to the Scots Men at Arms in France by Huntly, who was captain in the corps, and who made his first muster at Leith, July, 1625. Adam Gordon, who had Patrick Gordon of Boghead (his uncle ?) as one of his cautioners, promised that he should 'dewlie observe and keip the haill mustoris dewlie preparit with ane man and tua horse, armit in all peices with ane case of pistollis at sic place and tyme as the said capitaine [Huntly] should appoint' (Spalding Club Miscellany, iv.). I think he must be the Gordon referred to by Robert Innes, the nephew of John Gordon of Ardlogie, who wrote to his brother, the laird of Leuchars, from London, July 15, 1636, as follows (Familie of Innes, p. 225) : 'Young Arlogie I think be this tyme be deid. The nycht befor I cam to Parris [he] was run throw the bodie by on[e] Achterfoall. Arlogie being wery drunk persuit the wther in stritts. My Lord [Gordon] was wery cairfull off him. . . . He told me he thocht he could not live tuo dayes.' "

from Gight ^{1 2}