In these circumstances it is not at all probable that either of the Bishops William would spend money in the adornment of their cathedral. There is therefore no difficulty in concluding that the stalls were provided by Bishop James Chisholm, and that they date between the years 1486 and 1534, the year of his death. Although he resigned in 1527, he retained to himself the administration of “the fruits of the bishopric of Dunblane.”[43]
The carving is very spirited, and full of grotesque figures (see details in [Fig. 527]). It corresponds in style with the date of Bishop James Chisholm, and has probably been brought from Flanders, where so much
Fig. 529.—Dunblane Cathedral. Misereres of Stalls.
Fig. 530.—Dunblane Cathedral. Monument in Choir.