Robert Lauder of The Bass - Marriage and Descendants

Marriage and Descendants

Sir Robert Lauder of The Bass, &c., married sometime before 1489 Lady Isabella, daughter of John Hay, 1st Lord Hay of Yester (see Marquess of Tweeddale). She was a descendant of Robert The Bruce being a great-great granddaughter of Robert III.

Of their children:

  • Sir Robert Lauder of The Bass, Knt. (d. 1517/18).
  • William, from whom descend the Belhaven and West Barns branch of this family including Sir Robert Lauder of Beilmouth.
  • Agnes, married Alexander Cockburn of Newhall.
  • Elizabeth, married before October 1506, David Renton, of Billie, & Lamberton.
  • Margaret, married (1) before September 1498, Kentigern Hepburn of Waughton and Lufness (d. July 1519), (2) 23 January 1521 (date of Papal Dispensation) Alexander Hume of Polwarth, Berwickshire, who died May 1532 when she was still living.

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