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Family History Heraldry
Pedigrees.

LONDON: ELLIOT STOCK, 62, PATERNOST
PARIS: DETTELETTELEVILLET.

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ABTC, LENOX TILDEN FOUND.

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VOL. III.-NO. XXXV.

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THE ARMORIAL BEARINGS OF "THE CHISHOLM." (See next page.)

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N the last day of the year 1899 a very interesting figure in London life passed away in the person of Mr. James Chisholm Gooden, who some few years ago, on the death of Roderick Chisholm, claimed the ancient Scottish dignity of "The Chisholm," which was allowed by Lyon King of Arms. He then assumed the further surname of Chisholm, and was thenceforward known as James Chisholm Gooden-Chisholm.

There are few Highland families whose origin is less doubtful than that of the Chisholms, notwithstanding the controversy which has been waged between members of the clan and among antiquaries.

Malcolm, the historian, says that the Chisholms "came soon after the Conquest, in 1066, from Tindale, in England. The original name is said to have been De Chesé, to which the Saxon termination. 'holme' was added on the marriage of the Norman ancestor with a Saxon heiress, whose lands from situation were so called."

The earliest document extant in which mention is made of the name is a Bull of Pope Alexander IV., A.D. 1254, in which (I.) John de Cheseholm is named. By his wife, Emma de Vipont, he obtained the lands of Paxton, and fishing of Brade le Tweed, in Berwickshire. His grandson (III.) John first obtained a footing in the Highlands by

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