CAIRNCROSS, Margaret ¹

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Margaret married Richard LAUDER of that Ilk, Senator of the Collegae of Justice, son of Sir Robert LAUDER of the Bass and Alison CRANSTOUN 'of Cranstoun', after 21 June 1565(contract).¹ (Richard LAUDER of that Ilk, Senator of the Collegae of Justice was born about 1509 and died in June 1567 ^{1 2}.). The cause of his death was murder.

  Marriage Notes:

"On 19th September 1566 Richard, son and heir apparent of Robert Lauder of that Ilk, had to find caution to answer for his part in the crime of the slaughter of George Wedderat, Burgess of Lauder, in September 1565.

He is mentioned in his father's confirmation of the tenancy of certain lands to his second wife, Margaret Cairncross, on 1st March 1567. However, he was murdered in June 1567 by a party led by David Hume of Blackadder."

from Electric Scotland ³