LAUDER, William in Cauldscheills, Burgess of Lauder 1
- Born: About 1558
- Marriage (1): BELLENDEN, Elizabeth 'of Lasswade'
- Marriage (2): LAUDER, Agnes 'sister of William of Balbardies'
- Died: 10 May 1598, Tolbooth, Lauder, Berwickshire, Scotland 1 2
- Buried: 1598, Lauder Vault, Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, Scotland 1
Cause of his death was murder.3
Another name for William was LAUDER, William 'of the Dails'.3
User ID: Q972
General Notes:
"William Lauder in Cauldscheills, a large property just south of Lauder a superiority of his Lauder ancestors and now of his brother Robert. In 1574 there is confirmation of a charter to William Lauder, Burgess of Lauder, for which payment of £6/13/4 was received. (Refer Accounts of the Treasurer of Scotland, vol.xiii, Edinburgh, 1978, p.261.) On 15th April 1586 William is mentioned as a brother to Robert Lauder of that Ilk in a dispute over the Burn Mill at Lauder. Also cited with him in the action was James Lauder, their brother, and Charles Bannatyne [another variant spelling of Bellenden] et al. (Refer: The Privy Council Registers of Scotland 1585 - 1592, edited by David Masson, LL.D., Edinburgh, 1881, vol.iv, p.63.) On 28th July 1589 'William Lauder, brother-german of Robert Lauder of that Ilk', witnessed a sasine. (Refer: Melrose Regality Records, vol.3, p.343.) James Young (1884, p.55) correctly gives William as Richard Lauder's 'second son and ancestor of the Fountainhall branch of the family.'
On 5th July 1598, 'William Lauder, burgess of the Burgh of Lauder and brother of the late Robert Lauder of that Ilk' (3), was made tutor as propinquior agnatus [nearest in kinship] to Robert Lauder, pupil, son and heir-apparent of the late Robert Lauder of that Ilk, his father, who had been murdered in May. In September, described in the Privy Council Registers as William Lauder in Cauldscheilles, he raised [unsuccessful] actions to take possession of the Tower of Lauder and by doing so oust Margaret Borthwick, relict of the Laird, Robert, William's late brother. However by the 9th July 1601 William had unexpectedly passed away. (Refer: The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland 1599-1604 edited by David Masson, LL.D., vol.vi, 1599-1604, Edinburgh, 1884, pps: 690 & 693)"
from Ancestry & Family of Lauder of Fountainhall
William married Elizabeth BELLENDEN 'of Lasswade'. (Elizabeth BELLENDEN 'of Lasswade' was born about 1560.)
Marriage Notes:
"William (Lauder) married twice, firstly Elizabeth (or Jean), daughter of John Bellenden of Lasswade (cadets of Auchnole & Broughton), by whom he had three known sons.
William was interred with his first wife in the Lauder burial vault inside Greyfriars Church, Edinburgh."
from Ancestry & Family of Lauder of Fountainhall
"William Lauder, called 'of the Dails,' erroneously named Robert by Nisbet, - as is pointed out by Burke, - burgess of Lauder, had a charter of some lands in 1542, from Sir Robert Lauder of the Bass, who styles him dilectus consanguineus. He married Jean or Elizabeth Bellenden, daughter of Bellenden of Lasswade, by whom he had three sons : Robert, who died without issue ; William, called 'Will of the West Port,' who is referred to in a document entitled 'Remission in favour of the pannell, the Earl of Home, &c, dated 17th November, 1607, as Willielmo Lauder, Balliui burgi nostri de Lauder, vocat. Williame at the West-Poirt ; he was stabbed on the bench by the Earl of Home and a party of Humes and Cranstouns, who, after setting fire to the Tolbooth, broke in upon him while sitting in the courthouse of Lauder as hereditary bailie."
from Family of Lauder 3
William next married Agnes LAUDER 'sister of William of Balbardies', daughter of Gilbert LAUDER of Balbardy and Whitslaid, Sheriff Depute of Berwickshire and Elizabeth LAUDER. (Agnes LAUDER 'sister of William of Balbardies' was born about 1560.)
Marriage Notes:
"William (Lauder) married twice [....]
His second wife was Agnes (surname unknown) by whom he had two sons and a daughter. Agnes remarried George Hoppringle [Pringle] of Murehouse.(Refer: The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland edited by David Masson, LL.D., vol.vi, 1599-1604, Edinburgh, 1884, pps: 690 & 693.)"
from Ancestry & Family of Lauder of Fountainhall
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