of Haltoun had a licence from James I to re-edify Hattoun in 1407. Sir Alexander's great-grandson, another Sir George Lauder of Hattoun, fell at the Battle of Flodden with two of his brothers, James Lauder of Norton, and Sir Alexander Lauder of Blyth

Shortly before James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell married Mary, Queen of Scots,