Individual Details

Sir John Gordon

(1315 - Aft 1388)

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== Biography ==}


*Father: John Gordon b: ABT 1297 in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

*Mother: Elizabeth Somerville

Marriage 1 *Elizabeth Cruickshanks b: BET 1340 AND 1350 in Aswanley, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Married: 1370 5

Children
*Adam Gordon Lord of Gordon b: ABT 1355 in Huntly Castle, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland*John II "Jock" Gordon b: ABT 1371 in Scurdargue, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
*Thomas Tam O Riven Gordon b: ABT 1373

*His wife was Elizabeth Keith, day of William the Great Marischal.
*Military Service: not killed there 05 AUG 1388 Battle of Otterburn, Redesdale, Northumberland, England. Witness to a charter by Andrew Leslie Witness 30 MAY 1391.
*He is also said to have been present at the battle of Otterburn on 5 August 1388, but he was not killed there, as he was witness to a charter by Andrew Leslie of that Ilk, of date 30 May 1391, before which date he had been made a knight, and is also styled Laird of that Ilk. He died between that date and 11 October 1395, when the relief duty of his lands of Stathbogie, amounting to 700 merks, was bestowed upon Sir Malcolm Drummond.

== Sources ==


*http://www.thepeerage.com/p32938.htm#i329375
*http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=john_d_newport&id=I17169&style=TABLE

*Source Scots Peerage 4: 514
*John Malcolm Bulloch, MA, ed., The House of Gordon, Vol. I, New Spalding Club, Aberdeen, 1903 - https://ia601401.us.archive.org/21/items/houseofgordon01bulluoft/houseofgordon01bulluoft.pdf , Skeleton Table of the House of Gordon, page IX

* http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/gg/gordon01.php

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    Events

    Birth1315Scotland
    DeathAft 1388Scotland
    MarriageElizabeth Cruickshanks
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    Families

    SpouseElizabeth Cruickshanks (1330 - )
    ChildSir Adam "Lord of Gordon" Gordon (1356 - 1402)
    ChildSir John "10th Laird of Gordon" Gordon (1340 - 1394)
    ChildElizabeth Gordon (1345 - 1438)
    ChildThomas Gordon (1375 - 1425)
    FatherAdam Gordon (1290 - 1351)