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George Lauder of the Bass
Sir George Lauder of the Bass, Knight (died 27 June 1611, on the Bass Rock), was a cleric, Privy Counsellor, and Member of the Scottish Parliament. He was a legal tutor to Prince Henry.
The earliest mention of George Lauder appears to be in 1542 in a re-confirmation made by Cardinal David Beaton of the grant of another feu of the lands and barony of Tyninghame to his father, Robert Lauder of the Bass (died 1576), in which George is listed as the fourth child of Robert, by his first wife, Margaret, daughter of Sir Oliver Sinclair of Roslin, knight.
Lauder entered the Church, and some deeds and sasines refer to him as Master George Lauder, Rector of Auldcathie in West Lothian.
On 22 October 1561, Master George Lauder, legitimate son of Robert Lauder of Bas, was issued with a Presentation of the Canonicature and Prebendary of Auchindoir in the diocese of Aberdeen, to be Rector and Vicar of Auchindoir, upon the resignation and demission of his uncle, Master John Sinclair, Dean of Restalrig, (his uncle). The Books of the Thirds of Benefices record that the third was calculated by Master John Stewart, in the name and on behalf of Master John Sinclair and Master George Lauder. John Sinclair held the parsonage of Auchindoir at the Reformation and demitted it in October 1561 in favour of George Lauder. Sinclair was Dean of Restalrig, between 1542 and 1566.
On 21 September 1568 George Lauder, parson of Auchindoir, was given the gift of the escheat of the goods of his father Robert Lauder of Bass, who had failed to appear 'at the horn' and for not finding surety to compear before the Justice or his deputies in the Tolbooth of Edinburgh to underlie the law for taking part with Archibald Campbell, 5th Earl of Argyll, Claude Hamilton and others at the battle of Langside in support of Mary, Queen of Scots.
George's three elder brothers all predeceased him and so he became laird of Bass.
There is a certified copy of a Retour in favor of George Lauder of Bass, as heir to James Lauder of Bass, his brother, in the lands of Marsintoun (Mersington) and other lands in Berwickshire and East Lothian, dated 1580. A Special Retour was granted to Mr. George Lauder, eldest surviving son and heir to Robert Lauder of the Bass in the patronage and lands of Auldcathie in West Lothian, dated 7 November 1580. His elder brother James had also been a cleric, the Dean of Restalrig, and was murdered by a cousin. George Lauder of Bass was awarded the escheat of the goods of "Walter Lauder, son lawful of the deceased Alexander Lawder of Umboquhy [Ummachie], convicted, become in will, fugitive or at the horn for not compearing to underlie the laws for the slaughter of James Lawder of Bass, committed within his (James's) awin place of Beil on 4th October last, or throw being justifiet thairfoir" on 16 December 1580. Walter was subsequently executed for this crime.
On 15 August 1583, a Precept was made to George Lauder of the Bass, as son and heir of Robert Lauder of Bass, of a Temple-land in "Lewinsbrig" (Leven's bridge) in Fife, a Temple-land in North Berwick, and a Temple-land in Tyninghame. Also, as brother and heir of James Lauder of Bass, the Temple-land of Innerwick, East Lothian.
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George Lauder of the Bass
Sir George Lauder of the Bass, Knight (died 27 June 1611, on the Bass Rock), was a cleric, Privy Counsellor, and Member of the Scottish Parliament. He was a legal tutor to Prince Henry.
The earliest mention of George Lauder appears to be in 1542 in a re-confirmation made by Cardinal David Beaton of the grant of another feu of the lands and barony of Tyninghame to his father, Robert Lauder of the Bass (died 1576), in which George is listed as the fourth child of Robert, by his first wife, Margaret, daughter of Sir Oliver Sinclair of Roslin, knight.
Lauder entered the Church, and some deeds and sasines refer to him as Master George Lauder, Rector of Auldcathie in West Lothian.
On 22 October 1561, Master George Lauder, legitimate son of Robert Lauder of Bas, was issued with a Presentation of the Canonicature and Prebendary of Auchindoir in the diocese of Aberdeen, to be Rector and Vicar of Auchindoir, upon the resignation and demission of his uncle, Master John Sinclair, Dean of Restalrig, (his uncle). The Books of the Thirds of Benefices record that the third was calculated by Master John Stewart, in the name and on behalf of Master John Sinclair and Master George Lauder. John Sinclair held the parsonage of Auchindoir at the Reformation and demitted it in October 1561 in favour of George Lauder. Sinclair was Dean of Restalrig, between 1542 and 1566.
On 21 September 1568 George Lauder, parson of Auchindoir, was given the gift of the escheat of the goods of his father Robert Lauder of Bass, who had failed to appear 'at the horn' and for not finding surety to compear before the Justice or his deputies in the Tolbooth of Edinburgh to underlie the law for taking part with Archibald Campbell, 5th Earl of Argyll, Claude Hamilton and others at the battle of Langside in support of Mary, Queen of Scots.
George's three elder brothers all predeceased him and so he became laird of Bass.
There is a certified copy of a Retour in favor of George Lauder of Bass, as heir to James Lauder of Bass, his brother, in the lands of Marsintoun (Mersington) and other lands in Berwickshire and East Lothian, dated 1580. A Special Retour was granted to Mr. George Lauder, eldest surviving son and heir to Robert Lauder of the Bass in the patronage and lands of Auldcathie in West Lothian, dated 7 November 1580. His elder brother James had also been a cleric, the Dean of Restalrig, and was murdered by a cousin. George Lauder of Bass was awarded the escheat of the goods of "Walter Lauder, son lawful of the deceased Alexander Lawder of Umboquhy [Ummachie], convicted, become in will, fugitive or at the horn for not compearing to underlie the laws for the slaughter of James Lawder of Bass, committed within his (James's) awin place of Beil on 4th October last, or throw being justifiet thairfoir" on 16 December 1580. Walter was subsequently executed for this crime.
On 15 August 1583, a Precept was made to George Lauder of the Bass, as son and heir of Robert Lauder of Bass, of a Temple-land in "Lewinsbrig" (Leven's bridge) in Fife, a Temple-land in North Berwick, and a Temple-land in Tyninghame. Also, as brother and heir of James Lauder of Bass, the Temple-land of Innerwick, East Lothian.