Robert Lauder of The Bass, I

Robert Lauder of the Bass was born circa 1350.1 He was the son of Alan de Lauder, 1st of Haltoun and Alicia Campbell.1 He died before 24 June 1425.1

Biography

Extracted from https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/De_Lawedre-15

It seems clear that this Robert was invested by his grandfather, Sir Robert de Lawedre of The Bass (d.c1370) in the feudal barony of The Bass etc., and all its lands in his lifetime.[3] Neither Robert's father Alan or Alan's elder brother William (d.s.p.) ever had possession, or held the territorial designation "of The Bass".

Sir Robert de Lawedre of The Bass died 10 days after his eldest son and heir-apparent, William, Bishop of Glasgow. His next eldest son, John, had died in 1421, and his heir was now his third son, Sir Robert de Lawedre of Edrington, Knt., Justiciary of the Lothians, and he is already designated "of The Bass" when he witnessed a charter on 24th June 1425. We know it is him because he was the Justiciary, not the father.[31] The Bass and other properties were subsequently confirmed to Robert the son on the 14th December 1425.[32]

Sir Robert and his wife Anabella had ten known children (one daughter), three of them Bishops. Sir Robert settled upon his fifth son, Alan, both superiorities and feus in and around the Royal Burgh of Lauder in Berwickshire, where Alan was progenitor of the subsequent "of that Ilk" family.

Sir Robert and Anabella are said to have been interred in St. Mary's Church, near the fort at Lauder, Berwickshire. Their son Alexander, Bishop of Dunkeld, was also interred there.[33]

Maxwell-Findlater suggests that it was this Robert Lauder of the Bass who had new Arms granted with a double tressure and different tinctures.[34]

References

1. http://www.thepeerage.com/p71865.htm#i718641 cites
   1. [S7529] WikiTree, online http://www.wikitree.com/. Hereinafter cited as WikiTree.
   2. [S6286] Clan MacFarlane and associated clans genealogy, online http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info. Hereinafter cited as Clan MacFarlane.