DOUGLAS, Helen ¹

Helen married George DE LAWEDRE (LAUDER) of Haltoun, Provost of Edinburgh, son of Alan DE LAWEDRE (LAUDER) of that Ilk, 1st of Haltoun, Bailie of Lauder, Constable of Tantallon Castle and Elizabeth DE HALTOUN.¹ (George DE LAWEDRE (LAUDER) of Haltoun, Provost of Edinburgh was born about 1372 and died by 1430 ².)

  Marriage Notes:

"George de Lawedre married Helen, daughter of Archibald, 3rd Earl of Douglas, 'The Grim', by his wife Joanna, daughter of Maurice de Moray, 9th Earl of Strathearn.[⁵ George Crawfurd The Peerage of Scotland, p. 91.][⁶ Stewart-Smith, The Grange of St. Giles, Edinburgh, 1898, p.251.] They had four daughters[⁷ Special Retour in the National Records of Scotland GD430/13.] who had life-rents in his Lanarkshire lands. Haltoun and all the entails passed to his brother:

Sir Alexander Lauder of Haltoun, Knt., (d. before June 1434[⁸ Chamberlain Rolls 5 June 1434] who married before 1408, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Forrester of Corstophine.[⁹ The Great Seal of Scotland, signed at Dundee on 16th December 1408, no.915, when already married] with issue."

from Wikipedia article




"Sir Robert (de Lawedre)'s next younger brother, George de Lawedre of Haltoun (refer: The Great Seal of Scotland, Index 2, July 1393, charter no.1686), (d.c1430 s.p.m.) was Provost of Edinburgh numerous times, and married Helen, daughter of Archibald 3rd Earl of Douglas, 'The Grim'.(Refer: Crawfurd's Peerage p.91.)"

from Ancestry & Family of Lauder of Fountainhall




"Sir Alexander (de Lawedre) succeeded his elder brother-german who is designated in The Great Seal in 1393 as 'George de Lawedre de Haltoun' who was a Burgess-Baillie and Provost of Edinburgh, and who died circa 1430 leaving only daughters. The entail of the landed estates passed to Sir Alexander."

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