Memoir of the Chisholm

8 FAMILY DESCENT.
In 1403 there is an indenture between
William de Fenton and Margaret de la
Arde *, of Ercles, together with Thomas de
Oheshelme, her son and heir, dividing nume-
rous lands in Forfar, Perth, Lanark, Aber-
deen, and the lands of the Arde in Inverness-
shire, of all which Fenton and Margaret were
heirs portioners. From that period, the
Chisholms appear to have held the lands of
Comer in Strathglass, with Ercles, &c. ; and
in 1443 the name of Vylandus de Cheshelme
appears as a witness to a charter of the Lord
of the Isles. In 1498, there is another docu-
ment bearing the name of Weland Chisholm,
of Comer; again, in 1517, is found Willein
Chisholm, of Comer-moir ; and, in 1539, Wil-
liam Chisholm of Comer.
Without tracing, however, the subsequent
descents of the family, or enumerating the
thus described in Regist. Morav. — ' In festo Beatse Trini-
tatis, in camera domini Alex. D. G. Episcopi Moraviensis
apud Spiny, presente tota multitudine canonicorum et
capellanorum et aliorum ad prandium ibi invitatorum,
Alexander de Chisholme comportionarius dicti Willelmide
Fenton, fecit dicto domino Alexandro D. G. Episcopo
Moraviensi homaginem, junctis manibus et discooperto
capite, pro iisdem terris de le Esse et Kyntallargy.'
1 Her maiden name according to the Scotch style.