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134 CHARTERS OF THE ABBEY OF INCHCOLM
charter of James Layng founding a chaplainry in the Kirk o’ Field,
26 Jan. 1522 {Coll. Chs. of Midlothian, p. 267 5 RMS., iii. 958). He was a
bailie of Edinburgh in 1522 {Reg. S. Egid., 126; ADC., 1501-54, p. 163)
and 1529 {Reg. S. Egid., 141); a member of the Town Council, 2 Aug.
1530 {Maitland Misc., ii. p. 107) ; and is mentioned as Provost, 5 Oct. 1532
{Edin. B.R., ii. p. 59), 5 (?) Nov. 1534 {ADC., 1501-54, p. 428), Feb. 1535/36
{RSS., ii. 1935), 23 April and 24 July 1535 {RMS., iii. 1455 ; Cambus-
kenneth, 2 (where he is called ‘ Magister Jacobus Lawson de Bordland,
prepositus Edinburgi ’)). He figures as arbiter between the Abbey of
Arbroath and the laird of Tester, 25 Jan. 1528/29 {Tester Writs, 444).
Mr. James Lawson, burgess of Edinburgh, was one of the Lords of Council,
16 Dec. 1528 {ibid., 443) and later. He was nominated a lord of Session,
13 March 1526/27 {ADC., 1501-54, p. 256) and appears as such {ibid.,
pp. 292, 349, 368, 374, 407) ; and in 1529, and later, he was a member
of the Secret Council {ibid., pp. 315, 327).
George Rendersoun of For dell. Second son of James Henderson of
Fordell, who was King’s Advocate, 1494-1507, and thereafter Justice
Clerk, and his wife, Helen Baty. His father and elder brother were killed
at Flodden. Following on a precept of 10 Feb. 1517/18 {Fordell Charters,
File H. 5), George Henderson was given sasine of the barony of Fordale
(erected on 1 May 1511, in favour of James Henderson of Fordell, Clerk
of Justiciary, and Helen Baty, his wife {Fordell Chs., File A. 3)), with
reservation of liferent to Elena Baty, his mother, 15 Jan. 1517/18 {Exch.
Rolls, xiv. p. 604). He was admitted a burgess and guild-brother of
Edinburgh in Sept. 1520 (Stephen, Inverkeithing, p. 141). On 28 Aug.
1536, he appears as a bailie of Edinburgh {RMS., iii. 2411); on 17 March
1535/36 and 31 May 1536, he is referred to as ‘ President of the Town
Council ’ {Edin. B.R., ii. pp. 74-75) ; and is mentioned as Provost, 17 Jan.
1646/47 {ADC., 1501-54, p. 561). He also held a tenement in Edinburgh
in Halkerston’s wynd, which is mentioned, 7 April 1539 {RMS., iii. 1961),
and to which his grandson and heir, James Henderson, succeeded, 29 July
1668 {Laing Charters, 833). Henderson married (1) before 10 Feb. 1517/18
(Stephen says ‘ in or about 1521 ’), Katherine Adamson {Fordell Chs.,
File H. 5) ; (2) before 20 Aug. 1546, Marion or Mariota Scot, by whom
he was survived {RMS., iv. 1914). George Henderson was killed, along
with his eldest son, William, at Pinkie, Sept. 1547 (Stephen, Inver keithing,
p. 142). His son John appears as heir of George Henderson and Katherine
Adamson, his wife, 2 Aug. 1549 {Fordell Chs., File H. 3). For further
details regarding George Henderson and the succession of his family to the
lands of Fordell, see Stephen, History of Inverkeithing and Rosyth,
p. 139 seq.
{Magistro) Henrico Lauder. Described by Brunton and Haig {Senators,
p. 63) as ‘ of St. Germain’s.’ Henry Lauder witnesses a Trinity College
charter on 16 Aug. 1516 {Coll. Chs. of Midlothian, p. 89) and appears, as
Master Henry Lauder, burgess of Edinburgh, as a witness, 16 July 1517
{RMS., iii. 173). He was a commissioner under the Great Seal, 7 Dec.
1529 (Tester Writs, 452), appeared before the Lords of Council on behalf
charter of James Layng founding a chaplainry in the Kirk o’ Field,
26 Jan. 1522 {Coll. Chs. of Midlothian, p. 267 5 RMS., iii. 958). He was a
bailie of Edinburgh in 1522 {Reg. S. Egid., 126; ADC., 1501-54, p. 163)
and 1529 {Reg. S. Egid., 141); a member of the Town Council, 2 Aug.
1530 {Maitland Misc., ii. p. 107) ; and is mentioned as Provost, 5 Oct. 1532
{Edin. B.R., ii. p. 59), 5 (?) Nov. 1534 {ADC., 1501-54, p. 428), Feb. 1535/36
{RSS., ii. 1935), 23 April and 24 July 1535 {RMS., iii. 1455 ; Cambus-
kenneth, 2 (where he is called ‘ Magister Jacobus Lawson de Bordland,
prepositus Edinburgi ’)). He figures as arbiter between the Abbey of
Arbroath and the laird of Tester, 25 Jan. 1528/29 {Tester Writs, 444).
Mr. James Lawson, burgess of Edinburgh, was one of the Lords of Council,
16 Dec. 1528 {ibid., 443) and later. He was nominated a lord of Session,
13 March 1526/27 {ADC., 1501-54, p. 256) and appears as such {ibid.,
pp. 292, 349, 368, 374, 407) ; and in 1529, and later, he was a member
of the Secret Council {ibid., pp. 315, 327).
George Rendersoun of For dell. Second son of James Henderson of
Fordell, who was King’s Advocate, 1494-1507, and thereafter Justice
Clerk, and his wife, Helen Baty. His father and elder brother were killed
at Flodden. Following on a precept of 10 Feb. 1517/18 {Fordell Charters,
File H. 5), George Henderson was given sasine of the barony of Fordale
(erected on 1 May 1511, in favour of James Henderson of Fordell, Clerk
of Justiciary, and Helen Baty, his wife {Fordell Chs., File A. 3)), with
reservation of liferent to Elena Baty, his mother, 15 Jan. 1517/18 {Exch.
Rolls, xiv. p. 604). He was admitted a burgess and guild-brother of
Edinburgh in Sept. 1520 (Stephen, Inverkeithing, p. 141). On 28 Aug.
1536, he appears as a bailie of Edinburgh {RMS., iii. 2411); on 17 March
1535/36 and 31 May 1536, he is referred to as ‘ President of the Town
Council ’ {Edin. B.R., ii. pp. 74-75) ; and is mentioned as Provost, 17 Jan.
1646/47 {ADC., 1501-54, p. 561). He also held a tenement in Edinburgh
in Halkerston’s wynd, which is mentioned, 7 April 1539 {RMS., iii. 1961),
and to which his grandson and heir, James Henderson, succeeded, 29 July
1668 {Laing Charters, 833). Henderson married (1) before 10 Feb. 1517/18
(Stephen says ‘ in or about 1521 ’), Katherine Adamson {Fordell Chs.,
File H. 5) ; (2) before 20 Aug. 1546, Marion or Mariota Scot, by whom
he was survived {RMS., iv. 1914). George Henderson was killed, along
with his eldest son, William, at Pinkie, Sept. 1547 (Stephen, Inver keithing,
p. 142). His son John appears as heir of George Henderson and Katherine
Adamson, his wife, 2 Aug. 1549 {Fordell Chs., File H. 3). For further
details regarding George Henderson and the succession of his family to the
lands of Fordell, see Stephen, History of Inverkeithing and Rosyth,
p. 139 seq.
{Magistro) Henrico Lauder. Described by Brunton and Haig {Senators,
p. 63) as ‘ of St. Germain’s.’ Henry Lauder witnesses a Trinity College
charter on 16 Aug. 1516 {Coll. Chs. of Midlothian, p. 89) and appears, as
Master Henry Lauder, burgess of Edinburgh, as a witness, 16 July 1517
{RMS., iii. 173). He was a commissioner under the Great Seal, 7 Dec.
1529 (Tester Writs, 452), appeared before the Lords of Council on behalf
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