GORDON, John elder, 5th of Beldorney, Commissioner of Supply Banff 3
- Born: About 1632
- Marriage (1): GORDON, Anna in 1658 1 2
- Died: After 1685 3
Another name for John was GORDONE, Jon. 5th of Beldornie.
User ID: G156.
General Notes:
The following relates to the lifetime of this Laird but it is not clear to whom it refers:
"(Gordon,no first name) de Baldornie, est fatuus et naturaliter idiota I. de Tut., 26 Feb. 1647"
from Services of Heirs
Note:
"I. de Tut." is an abbreviatied form of " Inquisitio de Tutela."
This is the legal process whereby an investigation takes place for
"the purpose of ascertaining who is the person that, by law, ought to be appointed to the office of Tutor to a minor under the age of puberty, as being the nearest agnate or paternal relative of the age of twenty-five years; and the Brieve of Idiotcy, or Furiosity, for the purpose of ascertaining the mental incapacity of the individual alluded to, in the management of his own affairs, and who is the nearest agnate of proper age and capacity, on whom that management is to devolve."
"LYON OF CRAIGSTON MUIRESK AND BELDORNIE.
The laird of Craigston, John Lyon, Elder, who was also laird of Muiresk, and who appeared from 1664 onwards in the suite roll for the barony of Beldornie, dropped out in tragic circumstances. He was either father-in-law or brother-in-law of John Gordon, fourth laird of Beldornie, who, according to the Balbithan MS., married in 1631 the daughter of the laird of Muirhouse [Muiresk].
By 1659 Lyon had acquired an interest in what is part of the modern estate of Beldornie, as the following Sasine minute shows :
Last Feb., 1659. Renunciatione Johne Lyone, elder of Muresk, and Jon Lyone, younger yroff, of the toune and landes of Belcherie.
By 1664, he must have acquired the superiority of Beldornie, otherwise he would not have been entered in the county suite roll for that subject. Gordon seems, however, to have retained some hold of the lands, as the following Sasine minute shows:
22 Der., 1664. Seasing Jon Gordon of Beldornie of ye toune and lands of Beldornies, comprehending ye lands of Argalics, Lynbaine, myln lands yrof, ye lands of - , ye east and west land of Gouls and salmond [fishing] yrof. Lyon's possession was evidently insecure; and in 1663 he had recourse to the Justiciary Court at Edinburgh for protection from reiving highlanders, who had settled on the lands of Beldornie." (page 17)
"15th Aprill, 1668. Saising Johne Lyone of Muiresk off all and haill the toune and lands of Beldornie, maner place yroff, the toune and lands of Belcherie, Lynbaines, mylne and mylnc lands yroff, the toune and lands off Corithstoune, ower and neither Gowles, Litle Leatoch, Achnastank, Achlochies, Achbrek, Lagan, mylne of Lagan and uthers vith the pertinents." (page 19)
from Records of the County of Banff
"Mr Bruce tells me that he has Records of a Bond by John Gordon, younger of Beldorney, in 1680, another by John G., Elder of B., in 1685, and another in 1686, and another by John G. of Beldorney, in 1690." (page 5)
from Gordons of Beldorney 1 4
Noted events in his life were:
1. Succeeded, 1664.
John married Anna GORDON, daughter of Sir James GORDON elder fiar of Lesmoir and Helan URQUHART, in 1658.1 2 (Anna GORDON was born about 1630, died after 31 May 1683 1 and was buried in Strathbogie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 2.)
Marriage Notes:
"Gordons of Beldornie
In the Pasch roll of 1671 the Laird of Muiresk drops out for the baronie of Beldornie, the entry appearing blank. At Michaelmas the entry appears as 'the Laird of Beldornie,' presumably John Gordon.
24 January, 1670. - Saising John Gordone of Beldornie, of all and haill the toune and lands of Belcherie.
31 May, 1683. - Saisine given to Jon Gordone, elder of Beldornie, and Anna Gordone, his spouse, in lifrent, and John Gordon yor the son, of all and haill that prt and portione of the lands of Belchirie, w' the pertinents."
from Records of the County of Banff
"The Tilphoudie MS. says that her husband, George Gordon of Tilphoudie, died in January, 1654, and that in 1658 she married John Gordon of Beldorny. She was buried at Strathbogie along with her second husband."
from Lesmoir 1 2
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