William Lamb was the son of a sister of Patrick Paniter, and a cousin of David Panter.
His clerical appointments included the Prebendaries of Conveth and Croy, rectory of Kinnell, and canon of Moray.
On 25 February 1537, James V of Scotland ordered the Court of Session to admit William to sit in daily at their proceedings to learn their legal practices.
[3] Unlike the Complaynt of Scotland (Paris, 1549), Lamb's book was not published but survived in manuscript.
[4] The arguments are set out as a dialogue between a Scot and an Englishmen who meet while travelling in France, with an appearance from Thomas More, John Fisher and Richard Reynolds of Sion, three English Catholic martyrs.