Robert Chisholm[1, 2]
Abt 1310 - Bef 1386 (76 years)-
Name Robert Chisholm Birth Abt 1310 Paxton, Berwickshire, Scotland 
Gender Male Death Bef 1386 Notes - Sir Robert de Chisholme, described as one of the "Magnates of Scotland."He fought and was taken prisoner at the battle of Neville's Cross, orRedhill, Durham, on the 17th October, 1346. This Sir Robert de Chisholmemarried Anne, daughter and heiress of Sir Robert Lauder of Quarrelwood,Constable of Urquhart Castle, on Lochness. He is the first of the name ofwhich any trace is found in the North of Scotland, and it will be shownthat from him are descended all the Chisholms of the north. There werecertain church lands, in the vicinity of Castle Urquhart, which, on the6th of December, 1344, being the feast of St Nicholas, were granted byJohn, Bishop of Moray, to Sir Robert Lauser. These lands were afterwardspossessed by Robert de Chisholme. In 1345 there is a grant of them infavour by John Randolph, Earl of Moray, probably on the occasion ofChisholme's marriage to Anne, Sir Robert's daughter and co-heiress. SirRobert's Chisholme's son subsequently, in 1386, resigned them in favourof Alexander, Bishop of Moray, who immediately disposed of them toAlexander, Earl of Buchan, the "Wolf of Badenoch." Both charters aregiven at length on page 33 of Mr Fraser-Mackintosh's 'Invernessiana.' Bythe first of these interesting documents, dated at Elgin in 1334, BishopJohn has 'given, granted, and in feu farm demitted, to the noble personSir Robert de Lawadyr, Knight, for his manifold services done to our saidChurch, a half davoch of our lands of Aberbrechy (Abriachan) lyingbetween the barony of Bonach (Bona) on the east on the one side, and thebarony of Urchard on the west on the other, together with our lands ofAchmunie, lying between the lands of Drumbuie on the east on the oneside, and the land of Cartaly on the west on the other, within the baronyof Urchard foresaid, with the pertinents: To be held and had by the saidSir Robert and his heirs of us and our successors for ever, with theirrights, marches and divisions, freely, quietly, fully, peacefully, andhonourably,' etc, etc, for which Sir Robert and his heirs were takenbound to pay to the Bishop and his successors, four merks sterling perannum, in two equal instalments, at the accustomed terms, in lieu ofevery other exaction, service and demand. In the charter of 1386 grantingthe same lands to Alexander Buchan, Bishop of Moray, the lands aredescribed in identical terms, 'which lands,' Bishop Alexander saysss,'with the pertinents, Sir Robert de Chishelme, Knight, lord of that ilk,held of us in chief, and he, induced neither by force nor fear, nordeceived by error, but by pure and spontaneous free will, did give up andpurely and simply resign into our hands by staff and baton, the foresaidlands with the pertinents, and all rights and claims which he, the saidKnight, or his heirs had or could in furture have in the said lands, withthe pertinents.' It will be observed that the Sir Robert Chisholme whopossessed these lands in Abriachan and Glenurquhart, is in this lastquoted charter described as 'lord of that ilk,' or in other words, thehead of his house.
The same Sir Robert Chisholme refused to pay multures for his lands ofQuarrelwood to the prior of Pluscardine, who appealed to the Bishop ofMoray, and, in April, 1390, his lordship issued a monition to SirArchibald Douglas, in which it is set forth that 'the mulctues of thelands of Quarrywood, in the Sheriffdom of Elgin, at that time (KingAlexander's) unimproved, but now reduced to cultivation, belongs andappertains to the mill of Elgin from which it is scarcely a miledistant.' The mills of Elgin and Forres, and other mills depending onthem, had been gifted to the priory by 'Alexander, King of Scotland, ofpious memory.' The monition pleads undisturbed possession, with the fullknowledge and tolerance of Robert de Chisholme, Knight, during thepreceding reigns, and 'further asserts and declares that the said Roberthad seized and bound a certain husbandman of the lands of Kindrassie, towhom the prior had by contract led the said mulctures, and
Person ID I11285 Wilson-Maynard Family Tree Last Modified 11 Jul 2004
Father Alexander Chisholm, b. Abt 1290, Paxton, Berwickshire, Scotland d. Aft 1335 (Age 46 years) Notes - _UID40351DE528727440AAEE066892138C8C8803
Family ID F6800 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Anne Lauder, b. Abt 1310, Quarrelwood, Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland Marriage 1335 Notes - _UIDD1DAA5519E2E7541869389CC0EB21772DA8B
Children 1. Robert Chisholm, b. Abt 1335, Paxton, Berwickshire, Scotland d. Aft 30 Aug 1393, Quarrelwood, Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland (Age 58 years)2. William Chisholm, b. Abt 1337, Paxton, Berwickshire, Scotland d. Aft 1399 (Age 63 years)Family ID F6790 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Sir Robert de Chisholme, described as one of the "Magnates of Scotland."He fought and was taken prisoner at the battle of Neville's Cross, orRedhill, Durham, on the 17th October, 1346. This Sir Robert de Chisholmemarried Anne, daughter and heiress of Sir Robert Lauder of Quarrelwood,Constable of Urquhart Castle, on Lochness. He is the first of the name ofwhich any trace is found in the North of Scotland, and it will be shownthat from him are descended all the Chisholms of the north. There werecertain church lands, in the vicinity of Castle Urquhart, which, on the6th of December, 1344, being the feast of St Nicholas, were granted byJohn, Bishop of Moray, to Sir Robert Lauser. These lands were afterwardspossessed by Robert de Chisholme. In 1345 there is a grant of them infavour by John Randolph, Earl of Moray, probably on the occasion ofChisholme's marriage to Anne, Sir Robert's daughter and co-heiress. SirRobert's Chisholme's son subsequently, in 1386, resigned them in favourof Alexander, Bishop of Moray, who immediately disposed of them toAlexander, Earl of Buchan, the "Wolf of Badenoch." Both charters aregiven at length on page 33 of Mr Fraser-Mackintosh's 'Invernessiana.' Bythe first of these interesting documents, dated at Elgin in 1334, BishopJohn has 'given, granted, and in feu farm demitted, to the noble personSir Robert de Lawadyr, Knight, for his manifold services done to our saidChurch, a half davoch of our lands of Aberbrechy (Abriachan) lyingbetween the barony of Bonach (Bona) on the east on the one side, and thebarony of Urchard on the west on the other, together with our lands ofAchmunie, lying between the lands of Drumbuie on the east on the oneside, and the land of Cartaly on the west on the other, within the baronyof Urchard foresaid, with the pertinents: To be held and had by the saidSir Robert and his heirs of us and our successors for ever, with theirrights, marches and divisions, freely, quietly, fully, peacefully, andhonourably,' etc, etc, for which Sir Robert and his heirs were takenbound to pay to the Bishop and his successors, four merks sterling perannum, in two equal instalments, at the accustomed terms, in lieu ofevery other exaction, service and demand. In the charter of 1386 grantingthe same lands to Alexander Buchan, Bishop of Moray, the lands aredescribed in identical terms, 'which lands,' Bishop Alexander saysss,'with the pertinents, Sir Robert de Chishelme, Knight, lord of that ilk,held of us in chief, and he, induced neither by force nor fear, nordeceived by error, but by pure and spontaneous free will, did give up andpurely and simply resign into our hands by staff and baton, the foresaidlands with the pertinents, and all rights and claims which he, the saidKnight, or his heirs had or could in furture have in the said lands, withthe pertinents.' It will be observed that the Sir Robert Chisholme whopossessed these lands in Abriachan and Glenurquhart, is in this lastquoted charter described as 'lord of that ilk,' or in other words, thehead of his house.
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Sources - [S1072564690] History of the Chisholms; Alexander MacKenzie {1891}, 15-17.
- [S1072564694] Chisholm Genealogy; William Garnet Chisolm {1914}.
- [S1072564690] History of the Chisholms; Alexander MacKenzie {1891}, 15-17.