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Robert de LAWEDRE, of Bass

Robert de LAWEDRE, of Bass

Male Abt 1280 - 1337  (57 years)


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  • Name Robert de LAWEDRE 
    Suffix of Bass 
    Birth Abt 1280  Bass Rock, North Berwick, East Lotion, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death Sep 1337 
    Person ID I22968  Coombs
    Last Modified 9 May 2016 

    Father Robert de LAWEDRE, of Bass,   b. Abt 1255, Bass Rock, North Berwick, East Lotion, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. May 1311 (Age 56 years) 
    Family ID F8066  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1280, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1358 (Age < 77 years) 
    Children 
     1. Roger de LAWEDRE, of Popill,   b. Abt 1303, Lauder, Berkwickshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Popill, Haddingtonshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Robert de LAWEDRE, of Quarrelwood,   b. Abt 1305, Lauder, Berkwickshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1370 (Age 65 years)
    Family ID F8065  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Feb 2026 

  • Notes 
    • Sir Robert de Lawedre of Bass (d.before 1338) was also a brave associate of Sir William Wallace. At this time the family of Lauder are recorded amongst those below the rank of earl who have been considered as belonging to the Scottish higher nobility. This Sir Robert had numerous charters extending his estates, one of which, dated 1316, included a small part of the Bass which had been retained by The Church. By 1319 Sir Robert was Justiciary of the Lothians (that part of Scotland south of the Forth) a position he held for the rest of his life. Rymer’s Foedera records Sir Robert as one of the Scottish plenipotentiaries who signed the truce between England and Scotland in 1323. He was again ambassador to England in 1327,1328 and 1329 for further treaty discussions. In 1330 he held the estates of Edrington in Berwickshire and was Keeper of Berwick Castle and Sheriff there. He was present at the battle of Halidon Hill on 20th July 1333 but, according to Knyghton, he was prevented from taking any active part in it through advanced years, unable to dismount from his horse in his full armour. In September and December 1333 he is recorded as Chamberlain of Scotland (confirmed by George Burnett, Lyon King, in 1898) but appears to have died by December 1337 when his widow, Elizabeth, was granted a pension.