Small collection of writs and charters relating to Craig Castle and Auchindoir, Aberdeenshire, 1511 - 1730:
Charter of confirmation granted at Elphinstoun, by Alexander Elphinston, eldest son of Alexander, Master of Elphinston of Barra, Baron of Kildrummy, in favour of William Gordon of Craig and Clara Cheyne, his wife, respecting the town and lands of Contlach and Auchenleith, in the parish of Auchendoir, Aberdeenshire, 30 Jun 1596; letters of procuratory granted at Silverfoord, by John Gordon of Craig, son and heir of the late William Gordon of Craig, appointing Lewis Somervell as his procurator to appear before his superiors, Lord Elphinston and Alexander, Master of Elphinston, and resign into their hands the lands of Contlach, in favour of his son, John Gordon, younger, fiar of Craig, 21 Apr 1620; charter of confirmation containing a novodamus, granted at Kildrummy and Edzell, by John, Earl of Mar, of Erskine and Garioch, Treasurer of Scotland, and his son, John Lord Erskine, in which the lands of Contlach in the barony of Kildrummy, previously held of Lord Elphinston and his son, Alexander, Master of Elphinston as superiors, by John Gordon, younger of Craig, are now granted by Mar and Erskine as superiors for the same annual payment of 25 merks, 17 and 25 Sept 1626; precept of clare constant granted at Edinburgh, by James Erskine of Grange and David Erskine of Dun, Senators of the College of Justice, meantime hereditory proprietors of the Earldom of Mar, in favour of John Gordon of Craig, 3 Aug 1730; charter granted at Aberdeen, by Sir Alexander Irvine of Drum, to William Gordon, son of Patrick Gordon of Johnsleys, respecting to lands of Auchindoir, Fulziemond and Creak, 11 Apr 1511