Alexander Lauder Knt. (aft. 1512 - 1547)

Ancestors

Husband of Jonette (Borthwick) Lauder — married 28 Feb 1534 in (Date of Contract)

Descendants

Died 10 Sep 1547 before age 35 in Battle of Pinkie, Haddingtonshire.

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Biography

An essay by Alexander Grant entitled "Extinction of Direct Male Lines" mentions that the Lauders were one of only 31% of the great families of the time of Robert the Bruce who survived in the direct male line beyond 1500.^[1]

On 28th February 1534 the King granted a charter of William Lauder of Haltoun (with the agreement of William, Lord Borthwick) to his son and heir-apparent Alexander Lauder, and Jonette Borthwick his spouse, daughter of the said Lord, of the [feu of] lands of Over-Gogar, Edinburghshire; the lands of Newbigging in Lauderdale; the lands of Nether Kidstoun in Peebleshire.

In the National Archives is a Commission by Mary Queen of Scots to Alexander Lauder of Haltoun and others as Justiciars, dated 10th December 1545.

A charter dated 21st October 1551, grants a Sasine to William Lauder of Haltoun, "whose father Sir Alexander Lauder of Haltoun had died in the Battle of Pinkie".

Sources

1. ↑ Essays on the Nobility of Medieval Scotland, edited by K.J.Stringer, John Donald publishers, Edinburgh, 1985, p.214. ISBN: 0-85976-113-4

• "The Great Seal of Scotland" number 1367 confirmed at Edinburgh on 28th February 1534.
• National Archives of Scotland (GD135/1066) and (RH6/1534).