DE LAVEDRE (LAUDER), Robert 1st of that Ilk ¹

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  General Notes:

"The ancestors of Sir Robert de Lawedre, the assignee of the Lamberton charter, had been established in Scotland from the time of Malcolm Canmore, who, after his coronation in 1056, granted lands to all those barons who had assisted him to recover the throne. One of these Anglo-Norman barons who signally distinguished himself by his prowess in the field against Macbeth at Birnam Wood, was Robertus de Lavedre. For these services he was rewarded with large grants of land in Berwickshire and the Lothians, and also a portion of Macbeth's lands in Morayshire. He fixed his chief seat in the beautiful dale of the Leader, naming the district, by royal command, after his own surname - Lauder-dale ; and henceforth he became known as Lawedre of that ilk."

from The grange of St. Giles




"The first De Lavedre, as distinctly stated by Burke, bore that appellation in 1056, and at that time gave his name to the estate which he had received from the king. In all likelihood, the original name was De Lawedre, as the 'w' appears in the names of several of the successors of the first baron ; and it has been pointed out by a writer on the subject, that the presence of this letter, in the name of a Norman baron, indicates a Flemish origin for its bearer. And this suggestion of an original 'w' is rendered all the more probable by the fact that, in various old charters - to which further reference will presently be made - the name of the place is spelled Lauueder, an orthography which is also to be found on a fac-simile of a ' Portion of the ancient parochial map of Scotland,' attached to the Origines Parochiales Scotiae."

from Family of Lauder ^{1 2}

Robert married.