LAUDER, Richard of that Ilk, Senator of the Collegae of Justice

   Cause of his death was killed in a local feud.

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  General Notes:

""Richard Lauder, younger of that Ilk. (k. June 1567) 'Richard Lauder of Lauder is said to have been a Senator of the College of Justice by the title of Lord Lauder, and as his successor on the bench was appointed in 1575, he is supposed to have died before that year. His name, however, does not occur in Brunton & Haig's Historical Account of the Senators of the College of Justice, but, on the 9th July 1575, James Meldrum, younger of Segie, was appointed a Lord Ordinary on the temporal side 'in place of William [sic] Lauder of that Ilk', of whom no account is given. (Refer: The Scottish Nation by William Anderson, Edinburgh, 1867 edition, vol.vi, p.630) and James Young, 1884, p.54).

Apart from that, Richard appears in many records, was involved in local well-recorded feuds, and was finally killed in one in June 1567 (v.p.) (refer: Register of the Privy Seal of Scotland edited by Gordon Donaldson, D.Litt., vol.6, Edinburgh, 1963, number 2254), clearly the last straw for his father who died a month later."

from Ancestry & Family of Lauder of Fountainhall

Richard married Eupheme MACDOUGAL, daughter of Thomas MACDOUGAL of Mackerstoun, Roxburghshire and Janet SCOTT, 4 May 1556(contract).¹ (Eupheme MACDOUGAL was born about 1540 and died before 23 January 1565.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Richard Lauder, the successor to his father's estate of Lauder, was a Senator of the College of Justice by the title of Lord Lauder, and as his successor was appointed in 1575, he is supposed to have deceased before that year. It is said, however, that his name does not appear in Brunton and Haig's Account of the Senators of the College of Justice; but on July 9, 1575, James Meldrum, younger, of Segie, is appointed an ordinary lord on the temporal side in place of William Lauder of that ilk, of whom no account is given. He married Mary MacDougal, daughter of the Laird of Mackairstone, in Teviotdale, by whom he had his eldest son"

from Family of Lauder





"Richard (Lauder) married twice: firstly, in 1556 (Marriage Contract, NAS Deed RD.1/4, f.147), Eupheme, daughter of Thomas Macdougal of Makerstoun in Roxburghshire, by his spouse Janet, daughter of Walter Scott of Howfaslet (Makerstoun is today the home of Lord Biddulph). She died shortly before January 23, 1565. They had three known sons. (Relationships can be found here: Edinburgh Commissary Court Decreets 29th April 1564 - 14th April 1565; ref:CC8/2/1.)"

from Ancestry & Family of Lauder of Fountainhall

Richard next married Margaret CAIRNCROSS after 21 June 1565(contract). (Margaret CAIRNCROSS was born about 1535 and died after April 1597.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Richard (Lauder) married secondly after June 21, 1565 (date of contract) Margaret, daughter of William Cairncross of Colmislie by his spouse Marion Hoppringle. Issue, if any, unknown. Margaret was still living in April 1597."

from Ancestry & Family of Lauder of Fountainhall