Robert De Lavedre III Lord of Bass and Lauder

• Preferred Name: Robert De Lavedre III Lord of Bass and Lauder^{[1] [2]}
  
• Gender: M
  
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• FSID: 937D-MM8
  
• Birth: ABT 1080 in Scotland with note: Ancestry records 2023.
  
• Death: Y
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  This Robert is undoubtedly the son of the first Lauder to come to Scotland - before the Norman Conquest of England. There were significant numbers of Normans in England, and Scotland, before the Conquest. Macbeth's personal bodyguard was entirely Norman.[1]
  
  The first heads of the family were all, it would appear, named Robert. "Robert Lauder [de Lawedre] came into Scotland with Malcolm Canmore" and "besides certain lands in the Lothians, he had large possessions assigned to him at Lauder."[2][3][4] An Anglo-Norman knight surnamed de Lavedre is on record as assisting King Malcolm Canmore recover his throne from Macbeth. This de Lavedre was in that part of the army led by Siward, Earl of Northumberland [1054], and he "obtained various grants of lands, particularly in Berwickshire, to which he gave his own name, according to the custom of the time, and, there is authority for saying, in obedience to a direct royal command to that effect. He was also invested with the hereditary bailieship of Lauderdale."[5]
  
  "The family of Lauder was also an important one in connection with the burgh, and it is more than likely that this family had an earlier connection with Lauder than the de Morvilles, and most probably [already] had possessions in and about Lauder when the de Morvilles got their Lordship of Regality in Lauderdale [before 1140]. There is no likelihood that the Lauders would thereby be dispossessed, but they might have had to render some service or make [feudal] contribution in kind as a condition of holding their possessions from, and receiving the protection of, the de Morvilles."[6][7]
  
  The Lauders still held estates at Lauder, including the Forest of Lauder, in capite [in chief - directly from the Crown] in the 16th and 17th centuries.[8][9]
  
  Hannan relates: "exactly how old was Tyninghame it is difficult to say; but there was a house on the lands in 1094, in the days of King Duncan, when it was owned by the Lairds of the Bass - the island of the solan geese not far distant. In 1617 Isabella Hepburn, [wife of Sir George Lauder of Bass, d.1611] the Lady of the Bass, made additions to it."[10]
  
  The Bass:- "The earliest proprietors of the island on record were the ancient family of the Lauders, who, from this, were usually designated the Lauders of the Bass. The island continued in the possession of this ancient family for about five centuries."[11]"The family of Lauder were the earliest proprietors on record of the island of the Bass, in the Firth of Forth, and were usually designated the Lauders of the Bass."[12] "The military history of the Bass seems to date from the time of Malcolm Canmore, who gave the portion of the island on which the Castle stood to a knight named Lauder. It remained in the hands of his family for upwards of 600 years. A notable member was Sir Robert, a favourite companion of the hero Wallace."[13]
  
  Sources
  ↑ The Normans in Scotland, by Professor R.L.Graeme Ritchie, Edinburgh University Press, 1954,pps: 4 - 8.
  ↑ Scottish Rivers by Sir Thomas Dick Lauder, Bt., London, 1890 reprint, pps:146-150.
  ↑ The Grange of St.Giles by J. Stewart-Smith, Edinburgh, 1898, p.153.
  ↑ Macbeth by Peter Berresford Ellis, London,1980, p.103.
  ↑ Notes on Historical References to the Scottish Family of Lauder, edited by James Young, Glasgow, 1884, p.30-1.
  ↑ Lauder: a Series of Papers by Robert Romanes, C.A.,1903.
  ↑ One reference says de Morville held one-third of half Lauder and Lauderdale from the Crown for one knight's service. See Calendar of Documents relating to Scotland edited by Joseph Bain, F.S.A.Scot., Edinburgh, 1881-8, vol.ii, p.215-6. See Ritchie, 1954, p.154n. Barrow suggests it was up to six knights service, which seems a lot. See: The Anglo-Norman Era in Scottish History by Prof. G.W.S.Barrow, F.B.A., Oxford, 1980, pps: 70-72.
  ↑ The Protocol Book of Robert Wedderop, Notary: Lauder 1543-1553 transcribed & edited by Teresa Maley and Walter Elliot, Selkirk, 1993.
  ↑ The Great Seal of Scotland.
  ↑ Famous Scottish Houses by Thomas Hannan, M.A., F.S.A.Scot., London, 1928, p.182.
  ↑ The Bass Rock, several contributing scholars, Edinburgh 1848, p.12.
  ↑ The Scottish Nation by William Anderson, Edinburgh, 1861 & 1867.
  ↑ North Berwick & District by R. P. Phillimore, North Berwick,1913, p.47.

1. John or Joanni de Lawedre, b. 1100 in Scotland    

1. Title: Fuentes de la Biografia del 1 al 6
   Author: 1. The Normans in Scotland, by Professor R.L.Graeme Ritchie, Edinburgh University Press, 1954,pps: 4 - 8. 2. Scottish Rivers by Sir Thomas Dick Lauder, Bt., London, 1890 reprint, pps:146-150. 3. The Grange of St.Giles by J. Stewart-Smith, Edinburgh, 1898, p.153. 4. Macbeth by Peter Berresford Ellis, London,1980, p.103. 5. Notes on Historical References to the Scottish Family of Lauder, edited by James Young, Glasgow, 1884, p.30-1. 6. Lauder: a Series of Papers by Robert Romanes, C.A.,1903.
   
2. Title: Fuentes de la Biografia del 7 al 13
   Author: 7. One reference says de Morville held one-third of half Lauder and Lauderdale from the Crown for one knight's service. See Calendar of Documents relating to Scotland edited by Joseph Bain, F.S.A.Scot., Edinburgh, 1881-8, vol.ii, p.215-6. See Ritchie, 1954, p.154n. Barrow suggests it was up to six knights service, which seems a lot. See: The Anglo-Norman Era in Scottish History by Prof. G.W.S.Barrow, F.B.A., Oxford, 1980, pps: 70-72. 8. The Protocol Book of Robert Wedderop, Notary: Lauder 1543-1553 transcribed & edited by Teresa Maley and Walter Elliot, Selkirk, 1993. 9. The Great Seal of Scotland. 10. Famous Scottish Houses by Thomas Hannan, M.A., F.S.A.Scot., London, 1928, p.182. 11. The Bass Rock, several contributing scholars, Edinburgh 1848, p.12. 12. The Scottish Nation by William Anderson, Edinburgh, 1861 & 1867. 13. North Berwick & District by R. P. Phillimore, North Berwick,1913, p.47.