Sir James Chisholm, 4th of Cromlix

Biographical Summary

"Sir James married the daughter and heiress of Drummond of Innerpeffray, in the county of Perth, and by her obtained the lands and barony of that name. By this lady he had issue

• Sir James, his heir and successor.
• Agnes, who, as his second wife, married the celebrated John Napier of Merchistoun, the inventor of Logarithms, with issue five sons, all of whom founded respectable families, and five daughters, who were all well married. " She was a great-granddaughter of James IV., her grandmother being the daughter of that monarch and his celebrated and ill-fated love, Margaret Drummond. Agnes Chisholm was the second cousin of the philosopher's (John Napier) first wife, Sir James Stirling of Keir having married a daughter of the prelatic concubinage betwixt the Bishop of Dunblane and the Lady Jean Graham, daughter of the Earl of Montrose. She was also the second cousin of his father, whose grandmother was Janet Chisholm of Cromlix.

Sir James, who died before 1598, was succeeded by his eldest son."

SOURCE: A Genealogical Deduction of the Family of Rose of Kilravock; The Spalding Club; 1848; page 511

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Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

11 June 1584: Tack by James, Commendator of the Abbey of Inchaffray with consent of the convent and of Thomas Chisholm, lawful son to James Chisholm of Cromlix, in favour of John, Earl of Montrose, Treasurer in name and on behalf of John, Master of Montrose, his son and apparent heir and nephew to the said Commendator of the teind sheaves of the lands and barony of Fosswall, Coul, Coulshill and Clune for 20 merks yearly; and of the vicarage teinds of Coul, Coulshill, Mains of Kincardine, Duchallys and Drumfad for 39 merks yearly; and of the vicarage teinds of Berdralls and Damahollies for 10 merks yearly payable at Candlemas and Beltane yearly by equal portions; for his lifetime and the lifetimes of two heirs succeeding to him the said Master and for 19 years thereafter; the entry to be at the date of the tack which contains an obligation upon the said James' successors, abbots of Inchaffray to renew the tack when it expires in favour of the heirs and successors of the said John, Earl of Montrose, so they may be perpetual tacksmen for the payment of 40 merks upon the renewal of every tack. At Inchaffray. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Graham Family, Dukes of Montrose (Montrose Muniments), reference GD220/1/A/5/1/6