Robert Lauder of Quarrelwood Sir Robert de Lawedre ( Lauder ) , Knt . , of Quarrelwood ( died about 1370 ) was Justiciar of Scotia , a Scottish soldier of great prominence and Captain of Urquhart Castle . He is recorded by Fordun , in his " Scotichronicon " , and in " Extracta ex variis Cronicis Scocie " as " Robertus de Lavedir ' the good ' " Early mentions . The son of Sir Robert de Lawedre of The Bass ( d . September 1337 ) by his wife Elizabeth ( d . before 1358 ) , he was probably born about 1310 and is described in Rymer ' s " Foedera " ( vol . iii , p . 1022 ) as the eldest son of Sir Robert de Lawedre , one of the Scottish Ambassadors in 1323 who had been sent to negotiate peace with England . This Robert " fils " was attached to the train as a page . In a charter in the " Calendar of the Laing Charters , A . D . 854 - 1837 " ( page 10 , number 32 ) there is a Precept originally written in Norman - French by Patrick de Dunbar , Earl of March , to Sir Robert de Lawedre , younger , ( ' le fitz ' ) for heritable sasine of the reversion of the lands of Whitelaw within the Earldom of Dunbar , plus 10 livres yearly from the mill of Dunbar , and the farms and issues of the granter ' s said town ( ' ville ' ) of Dunbar , according to the terms of charters to the grantee . Dated at Berwick - upon - Tweed , 20 October 1324 . Career and estates . In 1328 he was appointed Justiciar y of ' that part of Scotland on the North side of the Water of Forth , ' his main estate being close to Elgin in the province of Moray . The " Exchequer Rolls " record that " Roberto de Lawedir de Moravia , knight " , received annual fees from the Exchequer in 1329 . Thirty five years later , on 1 October 1363 , in a charter of the Great Seal of Scotland ( no . 163 ) , King David II confirmed a pension of £20 per annum upon the ageing " Robert de Lawedre , militi , " from this post . Lachlan Shaw writes " the first proprietor of Quarrelwood , of whom we have any distinct account , is Sir Robert Lauder or Lavedre . His father , also Sir Robert , was Justiciary of Lothians , and Ambassador to England in the time of King Robert Bruce , and engaged in similar service for King David Bruce . Both father and son seem to have been present at the battle of Halidon Hill , on 20 July 1333 , after which fatal event the younger Sir Robert , being Justiciary of the North , hastened to occupy the Castle of Urquhart on Loch Ness , one of the few fortalices which held out against the power of Edward I of England . He held the lands of Quarrelwood , Grieshop , Brightmoney , and Kinsteary , which continued to be possessed by his descendants , in the female line , for many generations . He designated himself as ' Robertus de Lavadre , Dominus de Quarrelwood , in Moravia . ' This Robert Lauder obtained a charter from John Pilmore , Bishop of Moray , for good services , of the half davoch [ a davoch was at least 416 acres ] lands of Aberbreachy , and the lands of Auchmunie , within the Barony of Urquhart , dated at Elgin in the feast of St . Nicholas , 1333 . He founded a chaplianry in the Cathedral Church of Moray for his own soul , and those of his ancestors and successors . The Deed is dated at Dunfermline , 1 May 1362 , which gift is confirmed by a Writ from King David Bruce , dated at Elgin , the 10 May , in the 38th year of his reign . Sir Robert is said to have had a family of sons and daughters . One daughter was married to Sir Robert Chisholm , and her father conveyed to her , or her husband , in her right , the lands of Quarrelwood , Kinsteary , Brightmoney and others . " Sir William Fraser , as well as the " Scalacronica " ( p . 161 ) , mention " Robert de Lawder the younger " being captured near Jedburgh in a skirmish between his party led by Sir Andrew de Moray and Archibald Douglas when they ambushed the party of Edward Baliol , in 1332 . James Young ( 1884 , p . 36 / 7 ) also states that this Robert de Laweder fought alongside Archibald Douglas during the battle of Halidon Hill , and quotes a " MS Chronicle of England " which described the battle . He also cites Wyntown ' s " De orygynale cronykel of Scotland " , written before 1424 . Bain lists Scots who have been forfeited of properties by King Edward III between 1335 - 1337 . Robert de Lawedre " fils " has forfeited the dower lands in Paxton , Berwickshire which his daughter Mariotta then held from him , the " villa " [ town ] of Whitelaw , East Lothian , and half the domain lands of Stenton ( where he is described as his father ' s son and heir ) , the other half being retained by his mother Elizabeth . Bain also has a charter dated circa 1335 which mentions numerous properties in and around Berwick - upon - Tweed which Robert the Bruce had granted to Sir Robert de Louwedere ( another spelling in the same charter is Lowedre ) senior , and his son Robert . Berwick having now fallen into the hands of the English , Robert de Lawedre junior is forfeited of these properties which are granted by Edward III of England to Adam of Corbridge . His father having died , young Lauder was also forfeited , in 1337 , of his paternal inheritance : the lands of " Balmegon " ( Balgone ) , " Balnegog " , Wester Crag [ Craig ] , Garvald , Fanulton ( Fenton ) , Newhall , Popil , all in Haddingtonshire , and lastly Auldcathy in Linlithgowshire . The Exchequer Rolls of Scotland have " Domini Roberti de Lawedre " in 1337 as the owner of lands in Inverness - shire , and Forres . They included " Dreketh " , and " Banchori " . " Sir Robert de Lawedre , Justiciar of Scotland on the north side of the water of Forth " was present at the siege of Falkland Castle in February 1337 when he was one of the witnesses to a charter by Duncan ( or Donnchadh IV , Earl of Fife , 1288 – 1353 ) , to Dame Beatrix de Douglas , widow of Sir Archibald de Douglas , knight , ( presumably he who fell at Halidon Hill ) , of the barony of Wester Caldor , for life , and after her death to her sons and heirs by Sir Archibald . About 1340 Robert de Lawder , Justiciary , was a witness , with James Lord Douglas , Robert de Keith , Henry St . Clair , Alexander de Seaton , all knights , plus the " Lord " William , Rector of the parish of Morham , East Lothian , to a charter of Euphemia , the widow of Sir John Giffard , Lord of Yester , relating to the tenement of land of " Barow " ( today : Bara , East Lothian ) . This Sir Robert was also at the Battle of Neville ' s Cross , as he is mentioned , with others , as being taken prisoner there in " Rotuli Scotiae in Turra Londinensi et in Domo Capitulari Westmonasteriensi asservati " ( London , 1814 – 19 , 2 vols ) under date 8 December 1346 . Last mention . James Young ( 1884 , p . 38 ) mentions a charter by which this Sir Robert gave some land " in and near his burgh of Lauder " to Thomas de Borthwick , which is witnessed by John de Mauteland [ Maitland ] , the sixth of the Lauderdale family . J . Stewart - Smith ( 1898 ) mentions the same charter and adds that this was possibly in 1370 and that John Maitland ' s brother William was also a witness . This charter was attested by Sir Robert ' s son , Alan , and his grandson , " Roberto filio Alani tunc Ballio de Lawedre " . Children . Sir Robert ' s wife is unknown . However there are records of at least five children , three boys and two girls :