DE CHESHOLME, John, Sir

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  General Notes:

"Sir John de Chesholme,

Designated as 'Del Counte de Berwyke,' whose name is attached to the Bond of Fealty to Edward I. in 1296, known as Ragman's Roll. This Sir John, however, afterwards joined Robert Bruce and fought under his banner in 1314, at the battle of Bannockburn, where his kinsman Sir William de Vetereponte was slain. In consequence of the part Sir John de Chesholme took on this glorious occasion his estates were forfeited by Edward II., who bestowed a considerable portion of them on Ranulphus de Holme, and on Sir Robert de Manners, ancestor of the Dukes of Rutland, who obtained from the English King two parts of the town of Paxtoun, and one-third of the Royalty of Bradewater on the Tweed. In a mandate, dated at York, the 18th of April, 1317, and addressed to his 'beloved James de Broughton, Chamberlain of Scotland,' Sir John is described by Edward II. as 'our Scottish enemy and rebel.' Three years later, in 1320, some of his possessions were restored to Sir John by a charter from King Robert the Bruce, who is said to have granted him in addition several lands which had been forfeited by the Cummins in the county of Nairn. He married and had issue: Alexander de Chisholme."

from History of the Chisholms

John married.