Clan Chisholm
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Crest: Gules a boar's head couped Or langued Azure
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| Motto | Feros ferio (I am fierce with the fierce) | ||
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| Region | Highlands | ||
| District | Ross | ||
| Animal | Wild boar | ||
| Pipe music | Chisholm's March | ||
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| Andrew Francis Hamish Chisholm of Chisholm | |||
| Thirty-third Chief of Clan Chisholm | |||
| Historic seat | Erchless Castle | ||
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Clan Chisholm (
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According to a 19th-century historian, Alexander Mackenzie, the Clan Chisholm is of Norman and Saxon origin. Tradition stating that the Chisholms were a Norman family who arrived in England after the Norman conquest of 1066. The original Norman name being De Chese to which the Saxon term "Holme" was added upon the marriage of a Norman ancestor to a Saxon heiress. According to the Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia the Chishom name was known in the Scottish Borders since the reign of Alexander III of Scotland. In early records the name is written as "de Cheseholme", eventually later becoming Chisholm. In Scotland the earliest recorded person of the family is on the Ragman Rolls as "Richard de Chisholm del Counte de Rokesburgh", referring to the Clan Chisholm's seat in Roxburghshire.
One of the earliest recorded members of the family was John de Chesehelme, who in 1254 was mentioned in a bull of Pope Alexander IV.
In 1296 Richard de Chesehelme rendered homage to Edward I of England and appears on the Ragman Rolls.
Sir John de Chesholme led the clan at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314 against the English. Robert Chisholm fought against the English at the Battle of Neville's Cross in 1346, was taken prisoner with King David II and probably not released until eleven years later when his royal master returned to Scotland. In 1359 Robert Chisholm succeeded his grandfather as Constable of the important stronghold of Urquhart Castle, and later became Sheriff of Inverness and Justiciar of the North. Robert was knighted by David II of Scotland. This Robert was the last Chisholm to hold lands in both the North and South of Scotland. He divided his estates among his younger children.
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