DE LAWEDRE (LAUDER), Alexander, Sir ²

   Another name for Alexander was LAUDER, Alexander of Halton, Sir.¹

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  General Notes:

"Sir Alexander de Lawedre is said to have taken part with Archibald, 4th Earl of Douglas (brother or father of Helen who was married to George de Lawedre, Sir Alexander's brother), in the Battle of Verneuil in France on 17th August 1424, where the Earl was killed.[4]

In the archives is a Ratification on 19th November 1424, by King James I, under The Great Seal, of a Decreet pronounced at Edinburgh in a controversy, between William Olyfante [Oliphant] of Kelly and Robert Malvile [Melville] of Carnbee by the following members of the Privy Council viz: Henry, Bishop of St Andrews, William, Earl of Orkney, James de Douglas of Balvany, Thomas Somyrvile of Carnwith, John Forestar, the King's Chamberlain, Walter Ogilvy the King's Treasurer, Alexander Levingtoune of Calendar, William Borthwik the father, Alexander Forbas and Alexander Lawedre, Knights, Edward Lawedre, Archdeacon of Lothian [Sir Alexander's half-brother], and John Schaw, official of St Andrews, the King's chaplains, David de Murrauia [Moray] of Tulybardin and others,- which decreet annulled a certain inquisition carelessly emitted by John Lummysdene Sheriff depute of Fife by which it was found that the lands of Scelehil with a meadow lying within the mains of Carnbee which were the property of the said Robert Malvile [Melville] belonged to the said William Olyfante and the said Decreet declared the said inquisition to be an intrusion and ordained the said Robert Malvile [Melville] to enjoy the possession of the disputed lands, and the said Sheriff depute, William Olyfante, James Lamby the Clerk, and others who were present at and sealed the said Inquisition to be put in prison.[⁵National Records of Scotland, GD119/167.]

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Sir Alexander Lawdre of Haltoun is mentioned as obtaining a safe-conduct from King Henry VI on 30th November 1433, but he must have died the following year - as an entry in the Chamberlain Rolls on 5th June 1434 records the sum of £13, 6s.8d. entered as 'received from Thomas Cranstoun from the lands of Haltoun and Norton belonging to the heir of the late Sir Alexander de Lawedre, knt., within the shire of Linlithgow [this is incorrect, it was Edinburghshire], for the term of Martinmas following, because the said heir [Sir William] entered and took possession of the lands'."

from Wikitree article ²

Alexander married Elizabeth FORRESTER, daughter of Sir John FORRESTER 2nd of Corstorphine and Margaret, 17 December 1408 (charter).¹ (Elizabeth FORRESTER was born about 1393.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Sir Robert and George (de Lawedre)'s younger brother was Sir Alexander de Lawedre (d. before June 1434) who briefly succeeded George at Haltoun. Sir Alexander married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Forrester of Corstorphine, Knt., (refer: Douglas's Peerage, Edinburgh, 1813) leaving issue."

from Ancestry & Family of Lauder of Fountainhall




"Elizabeth (Forrester), married to Sir Alexander Lauder of Halton, and with him had a charter of the lands of Westhall and North Raw, in the barony of Ratho, 17 December 1408."

from Scots Peerage (vol 4)




"In The Great Seal is a fee charter dated 17th December 1408 to Alexander Lauder, knight, [no other designation] and Elizabeth, daughter of John Forrester of Corstorfyne, knight, his spouse, (all then living) of the Lauder of Haltoun lands of Platt, Westhall and Northraw [Norton] in the feudal barony of Ratho, Edinburghshire. The leading witness was Gilbert, Bishop of Aberdeen, Chancellor of Scotland, with another being Sir John Forrester of Corstorfyne.[¹The Great Seal of Scotland (1306-1424), signed at Dundee, no.915.]"

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