DE LAWEDRE (LAUDER), Alan of that Ilk, 1st of Haltoun, Bailie of Lauder, Constable of Tantallon Castle ^{2 3}

   Another name for Alan was LAUDER, Allan of Hatton.¹

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  General Notes:

"This earl (James, 2nd Earl of Douglas and Mar) also granted a charter ..... to Alan Lauder of certain subjects in the burgh of North Berwick [Carte de North Berwic, p. xxxvii.] The latter was issued from the Earl's Castle of Tantallon, of which Alan Lauder was then or afterwards constable."

from The Douglas Book




"Amongst the Manuscripts of the Duke of Hamilton, there is a document written by William 1st Earl of Douglas (c1327-1384), who describes Alan de Lawedre as the second son of Sir Robert de Lawedre of Quarrelwood and Bass.[³ Historic Manuscripts Commission, London, 1887, number 126, p.205.] Anderson also gives Alan de Lawedre of Hatton [sic] as the son of Sir Robert Lauder of Quarrelwood.[⁴ Anderson, William, The Scottish Nation, vol.vi, Edinburgh, 1867, p.630.] Alan de Lawedre is described in various ancient documents as 'of that Ilk' , 'of Whitslaid,' and, from July 1377, 'of Haltoun'. (In no legal documents at all is he given as 'of the Bass'.)"

"He was still living in 1401 when he had a charter witnessed by William de Napier of Merchistoun, Constable of Edinburgh Castle."

from Wikitree article ³

Alan married Alicia CAMPBELL, daughter of Sir Colin CAMPBELL 3rd of Lochow and Helena MENTEITH.^{1 2} (Alicia CAMPBELL was born about 1330 and died after 13 June 1371 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Sir Alan (de Lawedre) married Alicia Campbell, a daughter of Sir Colin Campbell of Lochawe, ninth of the Argyle family, and predecessor to the Earl of Argyle. [....]

In the early years of the 15th century he was killed with the Douglas in Spain."

from Family of Lauder




"Alicia Campbell, m. Allan Lauder of Hatton and to whom King Robert II. granted a conjunct charter for two carucates of lands in Norton on 13 June 1371."

from The Red Book of Scotland




"Alan de Lawedre of that Ilk was a close friend of the Earl of Douglas and was Constable and Keeper of his Tantallon castle. Alan received many charters of lands including Haltoun in Ratho on 26th July 1377 (refer Great Seal 1306-1424, p.48, No.104). Alan was Clerk of the Justiciary Rolls and received a pension for that in 1374 (Great Seal 1306-1424,pps.82 & 101, nos.281 & 29). Alan also received 'una protectione perpetua' from King Robert II who seems to have held him in high esteem. He had two sons of significant note: Sir Robert of The Bass (d.c1425) and George of Haltoun (d. c1426). He also had an illegitimate son, Edward de Lawedre, Archdeacon of Lothian."

from Clan Lauder

Note:

The number and names of Alan's children are disputed, as is the number of wives he had. Some sources mention only Alicia Campbell. William and Alexander are considered now by some sources to have been his garndsons rather than his sons. ^{1 2 4}

Alan next married Elizabeth DE HALTOUN by 6th December 1372. (Elizabeth DE HALTOUN was born about 1348.)

  Marriage Notes:

"King Robert II confirmed other charters by William, Earl of Douglas, Lord of the Regality of Lawedre, to Alan de Lawedre and Elizabeth, his wife, and the survivor of them and their heirs and assignees. 6th December 1372.[23 National Records of Scotland, GD436/1/8 - 9.] These charters are the first which mention Alan's second wife, Elizabeth. Findlater-Maxwell is confident that she is the daughter of John de Haltoun who had resigned Haltoun in 1377.[24 Maxwell-Findlater, Alexander, The Armorial of Sir David Lyndsay of the Mount, Heraldry Society of Scotland, Edinburgh, 2018, vol.ii, p.165.]"

"On 26th July 1377 King Robert II confirmed to Alan de Lawedre, the estate of Haltoun, in Ratho, Edinburghshire, upon the resignation of John de Haltoun. In this charter Alan's wife is again referred to as Elizabeth. In 1381 he also received Brownisfelde [now Bruntisfield] at Edinburgh. A further charter under the Great Seal granted to Alan de Lawedre the lands of Boroughmuir at Edinburgh, then possessed by William de Lauder, late brother of Alan.[²⁶ Charter 724 of King Robert II dated 4th June in either 1381, 1382 or 1383 (it is unclear).]"

from Wikitree article




"The earliest known proprietor (of Haltoun House, Ratho) John de Haltoun sold the property on 26 July 1377 when Robert II confirmed it upon a court favourite, Alan de Lawedre of Whitslaid, Berwickshire.[² Register of The Great Seal of Scotland, no. 724.] Alan and his first wife, Alicia, daughter of Sir Colin Campbell of Lochawe, already owned (1371) the adjoining lands of Norton.[³ Robertson, Index of Records of Charters granted by Sovereigns of Scotland between 1309 and 1413 (Edinburgh, 1798).][⁴ James Balfour Paul, The Scots' Peerage, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1904), 'Argyll', p. 326.] George de Lawedre of Haltoun, Provost of Edinburgh, Alan's second son by his second wife, Elizabeth, was put in fee of Hattoun in 1393. He died in 1430 and left only daughters as co-heirs. His brother, Sir Alexander Lauder became the ancestor of the Hattoun cadet branch.[⁵ G. Lauder-Frost, Lauder Arms, in The Double Tressure (Edinburgh, 2007), pp. 25-6.] The first laird of Hattoun is sometimes said to be Sir George de Lawedre who married Helen Douglas, a sister of Lord Douglas, daughter of Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas, 'The Grim' (d. 1400).[⁶ J. Stewart Smith (1898)]"

from Wikipedia article ⁵