 He also appears on the Roll of the University of Angers where he spent some time studying and lecturing.Before 1404, William de Lawedre had the Archdeaconry of Lothian conferred on him by Bishop Wardlaw of St. Andrews, as well as holding a canonry and prebend in Moray.In 1405 Lauder unsuccessfully sued in the Curia for the Precentorship of Glasgow.