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“JOHN LESLIE, “SEVENTH BARON OF PITCAPLE

“John Leslie, seventh Baron of Pitcaple, got a charter from his father to him and Agnes Ramsay, his future spouse, of the lands of Harlaw, Temple Croft, Rosseviot, Newplace, Legatsden, and the Mill of Pitcaple, dated 9th December 1619. He also granted a bond obliging himself not to use any diligence against John Leslie, eleventh Baron of Balquhain, his person or estate, for £8000 Scots, due to him by bond, 1st February 1630. John Leslie, younger of Pitcaple, John Forbes of Leslie, and others, made a representation to the Covenanting nobility against the blockade of the Harbour of Aberdeen, 31st May 1639.

“John Leslie married Agnes Ramsay, second daughter of Sir Gilbert Ramsay of Balmain, and had issue –

“ I. Alexander, his successor, and several daughters, one of whom married William Leith of Harthill in 1650, and had three sons – Patrick, George, and William Leith – of whom the two latter signed a disposition, 17th December 1679. Another daughter married James Horn of Westhall, sometime a minister in Elgin.

“When the Marquis of Montrose was taken prisoner in the north, he was brought to Pitcaple in April 1650, on his way south. Agnes Ramsay, wife of John Leslie, seventh Baron of Pitcaple, and cousin to Montrose, offered him her assistance to escape, but he resolved to stand his trial at Edinburgh, where he was executed 21st May 1650. The room in which he was confined at Pitcaple was called Montrose’s room.

“In the month of July 1650, Charles II sailed from Holland, and landed at Garmouth on the Spey, from whence he proceeded to rest at the Bog Gight, now called Gordon Castle. When on his journey southward he sent notice to John Leslie of Pitcaple that he would dine with him. Pitcaple received this notice while he was attending St. Sair’s fair, and hearing that the king was attended by a considereable number of followers, he was apprehensive that his stock of wine would not be sufficient. Therefore he bought all the claret exposed for sale in the market, to aid in entertaining the royal party. When the king crossed the Urie near the castle of Pitcaple, he was struck with the luxuriance of the crop, and observed that it reminded him of dear England. The farm to which this remark was applied has ever since been called England.

“John Leslie, seventh Baron of Pitcaple, was a lieutenant-colonel, and was engaged in the battle of Worcester, where he received a wound of which he died in 1651. He was succeeded by his son"