Series 2 > Seafield correspondence from 1685 to 1708

103
1693] FIRST EARL OF SEAFIELD
Tyrie (Fraser), who was probably the ‘chyld’ mentioned in next
letter. Patrick Ogilvie married a second time, probably in 1708,
his first cousin, Elizabeth, daughter of the Hon. Francis Mont¬
gomerie of Giffen. He died at Inchmartine, on 20th September
1737, in his seventy-second year. Considerable detail about him
will be found in the Seafield letters.
For THE RIGHT HONORABLE THE EARL OF
FINDLATER
these ar
My Lord,—I haue giuen your Lo. the trouble of this
letter, to let you knou that my wife and chyld and my
self is saf com hear. I long to knou hou your Lo. and al
the rest of the famlie is. We giue your Lo. our houmble
douty, our seruice to my sisters.—So wising you all good
halth, I continou, My Lord, Your Lo. affectionat son and
houmble seruant, Pat. Ogilyie.
Jun 8, 1693.
William, Lord Inverurie, eldest son of Sir John Keith, first
Earl of Kintore, was out with the Jacobites in 1690; but having
received a remission on 27th November that year, he seems there¬
after to have lived at peace.
For THE RICH HONBL THE EARLE OF FINDLATERRE
thes
My Lord,—In obedience to my fathers commands I
am forced to give yor Lo. this trowbel, that yow may
be pleased to doe him the favowr to help with the cariage
of some lyme to Keithhall. Yor sone the laird of Patten-
bringand will tell yor Lo. the pleas from whence the
lyme is to be caried, and the time. I beg yor Lo. pardone
for this trowbel, and yow shall alwayes find me, My Lord,
Yor Lo. most obedient and humble servant,
Inverurie.
Kendall house, 9 June i693.
My Lord, anie retwrn you are pleasd to give this, let it
be sent to yor sone Mr. Patrick.
The sea victory of La Hogue of 19th to 24th May 1692, which
reduced the power of France in battleships and made invasion