Alan De Lauder 1st of Haltoun Keeper of Tantallon Castle

• Preferred Name: Alan De Lauder 1st of Haltoun Keeper of Tantallon Castle^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}
  
• Alternate Name: Allan Louder
  
• Alternate Name: Sir Alan de Lawedre of Whitslaid and Haltoun
  
• Alternate Name: Allen Lander
  
• Alternate Name: Allan Lawder
  
• Gender: M
  
• Death: 20 MAR 1407 in Scotland, United Kingdom at LATI: N6.8167 LONG: E4.184
  
• unknown: with note: Description: Knighthood
  
• Birth: 1330 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland at LATI: N5.95 LONG: E3.2
  
• FSID: GC2W-K9L
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Only a fraction of the archival evidence for this Alan de Lawedre is presented here. In numerous books he is stated to be "Sir Alan"[1]. In fact there is no primary evidence whatsoever to show that he was ever knighted. In many charters he is in, knights are specifically given that designation, but he is not.
  
  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.[2] Anderson also gives Alan de Lawedre of Hatton [sic] as the son of Sir Robert Lauder of Quarrelwood.[3] 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".) Nisbet states that he is a descendant of Sir Robert de Lawedre, the Crusader.[4]
  
  In the archives is a Deed whereby Robert the Steward of Scotland, Earl of Strathearn, with consent of his son John the Steward, Lord of Kyle, ratifies that gift which Hugh of Eglynton, [Eglinton] knight, made to Alan of Lawedre of his lands of Norton in the barony of Ratho. Dated circa 1358-60. (Seal of Robert, broken; John's seal gone.)[5]
  
  A Precept of July 1366 by William [1st] Earl of Douglas, Lord of Wedale, confirms to Alan de Lawedir and Alice his spouse, hereditarily, the intregal lands of Wormistoun etc., in the Regality of Lauder[dale].[6] "Alan married Alicia, daughter of Sir Colin Campbell of Lochawe, predecessor to the Earl of Argyll".[7]
  
  in 1368 Alan de Lawedre appeared in parliament as Procurator for William de Borthwick, son and heir of Thomas de Borthwick. There is mention of Alan's [elder] brother William "in villa de Edinburgh".[8]
  
  Letters of Bailiary were issued by Robert, Steward of Scotland, Earl of Stratherne and feudal baron of the barony of Renfrew, with consent of John Steward, Earl of Carryke, his eldest son, constituting Alan de Lawedir, [feudal] tenant of Whytslade [which was in a detached part of said barony], their bailie of the lands and tenandries of Byrkynsyde, Ligeardwod [Legerwood], Morystoun [Morristoun], Whytslade and Auldynstoun, within the sheriffdom of Berwick-upon-Tweed, with the power to hold courts at any place in the lordship he pleases, to punish excesses, repledge men dwelling on their lands to their liberties etc, and to do any other thing pertaining to the office of bailie, dated 16th October 1369. One of the witnesses was Sir John de Lyle.[9][10]
  
  Importantly, in a charter of his father's gift (see his notes) in 1370, Alan was a witness and described as Baillie of Lauder, and, importantly, his father's son.
  
  On the 30th June 1371 five charters were confirmed to Alan de Lawedre: In two separate charters under The Great Seal of Scotland, Alan de Lawedre, Lord of Whitslaid, had re-confirmed to him by the Crown, the lands of Whytslaid (it is stated that he is already the feudal tenant there), Birkensyde [below Whitslade on the Leader] Legerwood and Morriston, in Berwickshire; and the lands of Mertoun [forfeited by Alan le Suche], plus half the lands of the Lordship (of Regality) of Lauder[dale] and half of the fulling mill, forfeited by John de Balliol, plus the lands of Newbyggyng in the constabulary of Lauder, with all the liberties and teinds thereof. Interestingly, the first charter was "signed in the ancient manor of Whitslade" at the Feast of John the Baptist (another reference says 13th June). This indicates that the Tower at Whitslade was already old, if not ancient.
  
  In the 5th and last charter to be confirmed on 30th June 1371, to Alan de Lawedre, importantly, also mentions his spouse, Alicie Cambelle. It is for a further two carucatis of land in the town of Norton, barony of Ratho, which had anciently been feued to Ibbok and Annote de Norton but was now resigned by Fynlaus, son of Henry (presumably descendants of the de Nortons.), signed 13th June.[11]
  
  Young (1884), also notes that Alan also received c1371 "a charter for half of the lands of Lauder". Thomson states: "half of the fulling-mill and half of the Mains of Lauder had formerly been in the possession of Sir John de Baliol, but originally, probably the de Morvilles. It passed to the Lauder family thereafter, with one confirmation of this in 1371 to Alan.[12] As Balliol had inherited the Lordship of Regality [from Alan of Galloway] originally erected for de Morville, it is the latter's half of the Mill which now changed hands as Hugh de Morville possessed half of the mill of Lauder in the reign of King Malcolm IV.[13]
  
  There is a Precept by William, Earl of Douglas, Lord of the Regality of Lawedre, directing James de Sandilandis, as his bailie, to give infeftment to Alan de Lawedre and Elizabeth, his wife, in his tenement [of land] of Kydstoun in the sheriffdom of Berwick, dated 26th October 1372.[14] The History of Peebleshire (p.467), also mentions Alan's acquisition of Kidston in the parish of Peebles. Kidston would remain in the family's ownership until the 18th century. Also 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.[15] These charters are the first which mention Alan's second wife, Elizabeth. (Maiden name unknown.)
  
  On 10th March 1372 King Robert II bestowed upon Alan de Lawedre a charter under The Great Seal granting him una protectione perpetua.[16] Reid asserts that Alan "had a good position at Court, then a matter of pecuniary as well as social importance."[17]
  
  The Rotuli Scotia records several safe-conducts from King Edward III of England: viz: "for Alanus de Lawedre, 8th February 1359; Robertus, fils Alani de Lawedre, 4th November 1364; Alanus de Lauwedyr de Scotia, 3rd May 1373".
  
  On 26th July 1377 King Robert II confirmed to Alan de Lawedre, Haltoun, in Ratho, Edinburghshire, a new property. 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.[18]
  
  Alan was Justiciary-Clerk "upon the south side of the Water of Forth" and received, in 1374, a pension for same of £10 per annum. He was, for some time, from 1377, Keeper or Constable of Tantallon Castle[19] stronghold of his close friend James, Lord Douglas. While at Tantallon Castle "Alano de Lawedyr, for his good service" was granted certain specified lands, with their liberties and pertinents, in the burgh of North Berwick sometime between 1381 and 1388 by Lord Douglas.[20][21] On 21st February 1380 Alan de Lawedre was a witness to a charter by William Earl of Douglas & Mar to Sir John Lyon, knight, Chamberlain of Scotland, certain lands in co. Forfar. A charter by Margaret, Countess of Mar & Angus, daughter and heir of the late Thomas Stewart, Earl of Angus, was signed at Tantallon Castle on 12th August 1381. One of the witnesses was Alan de Lawedre. Others were: Sir James Douglas, Lord of Liddesdale, son and heir of the Earl of Douglas, knight, John and James St.Clair, the granter's brothers.[22][23] Fraser also states that Alan de Lawedre was Constable of Tantallon Castle. Alan de Lawedir witnessed a charter at Tantallon on 21st November 1389 by Lady Margaret Stewart, Countess Dowager of Mar & Angus, of the lands of Littlepoty &c., to Sir Walter St.Clair.[24]
  
  He was still living in 1401 when he had a charter witnessed by William de Napier of Merchistoun, Constable of Edinburgh Castle.[25]
  
  There are countless references to this Alan de Lawedre in the national archives, the Great Seal, and in the Historic MSS Commission reports. He was an exceptionally close confidant of the Douglases and his first son by his second wife, Elizabeth, married a daughter of one of the Earls. That he was dead by 20th March 1407 is clear as his son Robert accounts as executor testamenti quondam Alani de Lawedre patris sui nuper defuncti.[26]
  
  Alan married twice. Only one child by his first wife, Alicia Campbell, is known: Robert, upon whom The Bass estates were settled in fee by his grandfather Sir Robert de Lawedre of Quarrelwood & later of The Bass. By his second wife Elizabeth he had two known sons, George and Alexander. Alan also had an illegitimate son: Edward de Lawedre[27], Archdeacon of Lothian, &c., who appears much in the records.
  
  === Relationship to N. G. Utting note ===
  Nineteenth Great Grandfather : Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Grandfather
  
  === In "Essays on the Nobility of Medieval ===
  In "Essays on the Nobility of Medieval Scotland" edited by K.J.Stringer (Edinburgh 1985, p.225), the family of LAUDER are recorded amongst those "below the rank of earl who have been considered as belonging to the Scottish higher nobility between 1325 and 1500." Sir Alan is described in some ancient documents as "of that Ilk" or "of Whitslaid". John J. Reid [1885] states: "in the 'Exchequer Rolls' Alan de Lawedre received £6, 3s. 4d., 'de precepto domini nostri Regis,' in 1359. Amongst the witnesses to a charter granted on 25th May 1360 at Edinburgh by Thomas Stewart, Earl of Angus, to Sir Hugh of Eglyntoun, knight, of the lands of Ormdale in Cowal [Argyll?], is 'Alan de Lawedre' ('Hist.MSS Eglintoun Charters')." Mr.Reid also asserts that Sir Alan "had a good position at Court, then a matter of pecuniary as well as social importance." Importantly, in a charter of his father's gift (see his notes) in 1370, Alan was a witness and described as both his father's son and also a Baillie of Lauder. On 10th March 1372 King Robert II bestowed upon Sir Alan "una protectione perpetua". According to James Young (1994), Sir Alan also received at about that time "a charter for half of the lands of Lauder". Mr.A.Thomson, F.S.A.,(Scot)., writing in "Lauder and Lauderdale" (Galashiels 1902) states: "half of the fulling-mill and half of the Mains of Lauder had formerly been in the possession of Sir John de Baliol, but originally, probably the de Morvilles. It passed to the Lauder family thereafter, with one confirmation of this in 1371 to Alan." In 1372, according to "The History of Peebleshire"(p.467), Sir Alan acquired Kidston in the parish of Peebles. (Kidston would remain in the family's ownership until the 18th century.) The "Rotuli Scotia" records several safe-conducts from King Edward III of England: viz: "for Alanus de Lawedre, 8th February 1359; Robertus, fils Alani de Lawedre, mercator, 4th November 1364; Alanus de Lauwedyr de Scotia, 3rd May 1373". On 30th June 1371 Sir Alan had confirmed to him, by the Crown, the lands of Mertoun (Roxburghshire) Whitslaid, Birkensyde, Newbyggyng and Morristoun (Berwickshire) with all the liberties and tends thereof, which presumably was a regrant of his father's lands. Included in this charter was the fulling mill at Lauder burgh 'previously held by John de Balliol'. Interestingly, the charter was originally "signed in the ancient manor of Whitslade" at the Feast of John the Baptist, Alan de Lawedre being described as Lord of Whitslaid. This indicates that the Tower at Whitslade was already old, if not ancient. Alexander Nisbet (1722) said "Allan Lauder gets a charter of the lands of Whitslade & Moriston in the shire of Berwick from Robert Earl of Strathern, with the consent of John his eldest son and heir, both afterwards Kings by the names of Robert II and III. This Allan Lauder was afterwards designed of Hatton."(p.344),(see below). In the "Exchequer Rolls" in 1371 Sir Alan was an annuitant. On 26th July 1377 King Robert II granted to Sir Alan Lauder, Haltoun [sometimes referred to as Hatton] in Ratho, Edinburghshire, a new property. In 1381 he also received Brownisfelde [now Bruntisfield] at Edinburgh. Great Seal charter 724 of King Robert II dated 4th June in either 1381, 1382 or 1383 (it is unclear) granted to Alan de Lawedre the lands of Boroughmuir at Edinburgh, then tenanted by William de Lauder, brother of Alan. Sir Alan was Justiciary-Clerk "upon the south side of the Water of Forth" and received, in 1374, a pension for same of £10 per annum. He was, for some time, from 1377, Keeper of Tantallon Castle, [refer: John J. Reid, (1885)] stronghold of his close friend James, Lord Douglas, with whom it is said he fought the Moors in Spain, Lord Douglas being slain there (see below). He also received a grant of certain specified lands in North Berwick, from the same Lord Douglas, sometime between 1381 and 1388 refer the "North Berwick Chartulary". A charter by Margaret (nee St.Clair)Countes s of Mar & Angus, daughter and heir of the late Thomas Stewart, Earl of Angus, was signed at Tantallon Castle on 12th August 1381. One of the witnesses was Alan Lawder. Others were: James Douglas, Lord of Liddesdale, son and heir of the Earl of Douglas, knight, John and James St.Clair, the granter's brothers. (MSS. of the Earl of Strathmore & Kinghorn, in Hist.MSS. Commission's 14th report.) A charter (RH6/191) dated between 1384 and 1388, confirmed to Alexander de Newton the lands of Little Newton and Brotherstanes in Berwickshire. Amongst the witnesses were Sir William de Gledstanes and Alan de Lawedre. In a charter of a Letter by Patrick Tripnay of Scotston dated 12th July 1401 (RH6/208) to John, Abbot of Newbattle, and Alexander Ramsay of Dalhousie, the said Patrick urges confidentiality regarding certain concessions he has made to Alan de Lawedre, Lord of Haltoun. J.J.Reid [1885) says that "Alanus de Laweder about 1379 is found among the witnesses fo a charter by Henry of Swynton, granting the lands of Little Swynton to Sir John of Swynton, knight; and in the same year he was still Custumar of North Berwick with a fee of £10 assigned to him." However, states Mr.Reid, "in 1403 he was absent from the audit and forfeited his fee, and after that date his name does not appear." That he was dead by 20th March 1407 is clear as "his son Robert accounts as 'executor testamenti quondam Alani de Lawedre patris sui nuper defuncti'", states Mr.Reid. James Young (1884) states that "he was killed with the Douglas in Spain in the early years of the 15th century" but gives no authority for this, nor does he state to which Douglas he refers. James Douglas, was Earl from 1381 till 1388 when he was killed at Otterburn so it could not have been him.
  
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• m. BEF 13 JUN 1371
• m. ABT 1342 in Lochawe, Argyll, Scotland

1. Robert Lauder of The Bass I, b. 1345 in Bass Rock, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland     d. 14 JUN 1425 in Scotland

1. Title: Fuentes de la Biografia del 1 al 9
   Author: 1. Notes on Historical References to the Scottish Family of Lauder edited by James Young, Glasgow, 1884, p.39-40. 2. Historic Manuscripts Commission, London, 1887, number 126, p.205. 3. The Scottish Nation by William Anderson, vol.vi, Edinburgh, 1867, p.630. 4. Systems of Heraldry by Alexander Nisbet, 1722, vol.i. p344. 5. National Records of Scotland, GD1/17/6. 6. Historic Manuscripts Commission, London, 1887, p.208. 7. Young, 1884, p.39. 8. The Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland, vol.I, 1124-1423, London, 1844, p.147-8. 9. National Records of Scotland, GD86/7.
   
2. Title: Fuentes de la Biografia del 10 al 18
   Author: 10. The Scots' Peerage by Sir James Balfour Paul, Edinburgh, 1908, volume v, p.550. 11. For the five charters refer the Great Seal, as well as Index of Records of Charters granted by Sovereigns of Scotland between 1309 and 1413 Edinburgh, 1798, and also quoted by James Young, Glasgow, 1884, appendix xxvii. 12. Lauder and Lauderdale, by A.Thomson, F.S.A.Scot., Galashiels, 1902. 13. Liber St. Marie de Dryburgh edited by John Spottiswood and William Fraser, Bannatyne Club, Edinburgh, 1847, p.314. 14. National Records of Scotland, GD436/1/11. 15. National Records of Scotland, GD436/1/8 - 9. 16. Number 425. 17. Early Notices of the Bass Rock and its Owners by John J. Reid, BA., FSA Scot., in "Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland", 14th December, 1885, p.55. 18. Charter 724 of King Robert II dated 4th June in either 1381, 1382 or 1383 (it is unclear).
   
3. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Alan de Lawedre Knight - birth: about 1310;
   Author: "Genealogical Research of Kirk Larson", Larson, Kirk, Personal Research Works including Bethune & Hohenlohe Descendants,1981-2001, Kirk Larson, Private Library, Kirk Larson, 23512 Belmar Dr.~Laguna Niguel, CA 92677 U.S.A.~Kirk Larson~23512 Belmar Dr.~~Laguna Niguel~~CA~~92677~~U.S.A., (253) 390-9307 (fax)
   Note: birth: about 1310; death: Unknown:
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4. Title: Fuentes de la Biografia del 19 al 27
   Author: 19. Reid, 1885, p.56. 20. North Berwick Chartulary. 21. Young, 1884, appendix, lix. 22. The Douglas Book by Sir William Fraser, Edinburgh, 1885, vol.3, p.397-8. 23. MSS. of the Earl of Strathmore & Kinghorn, Historic Manuscripts Commission, 14th report. 24. Fraser, 1885, vol.1, p.305 ' vol.iii, p.35. 25. The Grange of St.Giles by J. Stewart-Smith, Edinburgh, 1898, p.222. 26. Reid, 1885, p.58. 27. Calendar of Scottish Supplications to Rome 1418 - 1422 edited by the Rev. & Hon. E.R.Lindsay, M.A., and A.I.Cameron, M.A., PH.D., D.Litt., Scottish History Society, Edinburgh, 1934, p.233-4.
   
5. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Alan de Lawedre Knight - birth: about 1310;
   Author: "Pedigree Resource File - CD-Rom", The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 12 Feb 2001, SLC - Family History Library, 25 N. West Temple Street~Salt Lake City, UT 84150 U.S.A.~SLC - Family History Library~25 N. West Temple Street~~Salt Lake City~~UT~~84150~~U.S.A., Page number: Compact Disc #32 Pin #561616
   Note: birth: about 1310; Alternate Title: Family History Resource File death: Alternate Title: Family History Resource File
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