Aberdeenshire epitaphs and inscriptions : with historical, biographical, genealogical, and antiquarian notes / by John A. Henderson (1907)
Henderson, John Alexander, d.1929 · Aberdeen : Printed for the Subscribers, 1907 · leaf 524
avinghelped them till their marriage with gretsoums of gold and silvuyr, and othermoveabels, gudes, etc. Gordon, in com-pletion of his title, secured a Crown charteron 12th June following. On 8th October,1479, he bestowed Gight upon his secondson, Adam Gordon, who, on 1st November,1490, exchanged… … FY VIE. 493 sequent misfortunes, for a period extendingto three centuries, reads more like achapter of romance than of reality. Theruffian character was so ingrained in thefamily that it doubtless suggested to therhymer the well-known lines— Twa men sat down in Ythan Brae;The ane did to the ither…
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