LAUDER, William of Belhaven and West Barns, Bailie and Burgess of Dunbar 2
- Born: About 1492
- Marriage (1): LIDDELL, Jonet 1 2
- Died: 9 May 1556
User ID: Q956
General Notes:
"William was 'a younger son of Sir Robert Lawder of the Bass who got from his father part of the lands of Beilhaven and West Barns and was succeeded in these lands by his son Maurice.'[2Alexander Nisbet, Systems of Heraldry, Edinburgh, 1722, vol.1, p.432, where he erroneously names him Robert, not William.] All the Lauders of West Barns and Belhaven (subsequently Beilmouth, &c) are said to descend from this William. When his descendant, Robert (d.1709), was granted Arms by the Lord Lyon c1672 it was as 'descended of the family of the Bass'.
Miller, writing on Belhaven, states that 'part of the lands in this neighbourhood belonged to the family of Lauder of Bass.' [3History of Dunbar, by James Miller, Dunbar, 1830, p.261.]
This William Lauder witnessed a charter of Sir Robert Lauder of The Bass dated 3rd May 1514.[4National Archives of Scotland, GD124/1/432]
This William Lauder was a Burgess and Baillie of Dunbar. According to Charles Lawder he was designated 'of West Barns, and a Baillie of Dunbar 1534-56.'[5The Lawders of the Bass and their Descendants, Belfast,1914.] His widow Jonat Liddell's Testament refers to him as a Burgess of Dunbar."
from Wikitree article
William married Jonet LIDDELL.1 2 (Jonet LIDDELL was born about 1500 and died in September 1576 1.)
Marriage Notes:
"Liddell
Jonet
10 / 12 / 1576
relict of William Lauder, burgess in Dunbar
Testament Testamentar and Inventory
Edinburgh Commissary Court
CC8/8/4"
from Wills and Testaments
"In the feudal rentals due to the Crown relating to West Barns, payments due for six acres of The Rig and Fleurs, and for other lands at West Barns, are assigned to Jonete Liddale relict of William Lauder, 9th May 1566.[3The Exchequer Rolls of Scotland, vol.18, p.375.]
Under the 'Parsonage of Dunbar' (SRO, vol.a, fol.173r) the teind sheaves for Dunbar town and Hedderwick (a Lauder of Bass superiority) worth 200 merks per annum were allotted to Maurice Lauder and his mother [this] Helen Liddale (sic) dwelling in Dunbar. The date given is March 1574."
from Wikitree article 1 2
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