William Gordon of Terpersie (-) |
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| George Gordon of Terpersie (-1634)4 | ||
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| William Gordon was at the battle of Corrichie with his chief, 28 October, 1563, and, ten years thereafter, was with Adam Gordon, Laird of Auchindown, at the battle of Tillyangus, where he killed Black Arthur Forbes, brother of Lord Forbes, and champion of that surname and family. He was with the said Adam Gordon at the battle of Craibstone, near Aberdeen, and was with him also at the bourd of Brechin, where the said Adam was still victorious. He built the House of Terpersie, and cast a ditch about it hard on the marches betwixt him and Lord Forbes. Mr. William Gordon was forfaulted along with his chief, the Earl of Huntly, and others of the name of Gordon, for the part they took at Corrichie. He died at the House of Rannes in the Enzie, and was honourably interred in the church of Rathven.5 | ||
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