James Chisholm

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name = James Chisholm


religion= Roman Catholic Church
See = Diocese of Dunblane
Title = Bishop of Dunblane
Period = 1487–1526
consecration = July 11, 1487 x January 28, 1488
Predecessor = John Herspolz
Successor = William Chisholm
post = Dean of Aberdeen (1482–1487)| ordination =
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date of birth = 15th cent.
place of birth = Scotland
date of death = c. 1545
place of death = Probably Scotland

James Chisholm (died c. 1545), Bishop of Dunblane, was the eldest son of Edmund Chisholm, the first Chisholm to own the estate of Cromlix in Dunblane parish, Strathearn, having moved from the Scottish Borders.Cockburn, "Medieval Bishops". p. 177.] In his early years as a clergyman, he was a chaplain to King James III of Scotland; the king apparently sent him to Rome for some time.

In 1482, after the resignation of Richard Forbes, James Chisholm became Dean of Aberdeen. [Watt & Murray, "Fasti Ecclesiae", p. 11.] From 1482 too, James was claiming to have received papal provision as Dean of Moray, an office he never seems to have gained possession of. [Watt & Murray, "Fasti Ecclesiae", p. 286.] He was still claiming the title when he was provided as Bishop of Dunblane on January 31, 1487. [Watt & Murray, "Fasti Ecclesiae", pp. 102, 286.] Chisholm was consecrated at an unknown date that fell between July 11, 1487, and January 28, 1488. [Watt & Murray, "Fasti Ecclesiae", p. 102.]

Chisholm's long episcopate saw, among other things, the disastrous Battle of Flodden, a growth in the resources available to the cathedral, the addition of nine new chaplainries to the choir, and the addition of parapets to the tower and choir of the cathedral. [Cockburn, "Medieval Bishops", pp. 180-92.] In 1526, James partially gave up the bishopric for his half-brother William Chisholm; on June 6, 1526, Pope Clement VII provided William to the bishopric. [Cockburn, "Medieval Bishops", p. 192; Watt & Murray, "Fasti Ecclesiae", p. 102.] James however retained the fruits of the see - possession and control of its resources - with a right to return if he chose; he bore the style "administrator of Dunblane" for sometime after, possibly until his death, though such a style is attested only once, on March 26, 1534). [Cockburn, "Medieval Bishops", p. 192; Dowden, "Bishops", p. 207.]

That was James' last appearance in contemporary sources. James Chisholm's death cannot be dated with certainly, but it is likely that he died in the year 1546; he was certainly dead by January 20, 1546. [Cockburn, "Medieval Bishops", p. 193; Watt & Murray, "Fasti Ecclesiae", p. 102.]

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