Yester Chapel

[1] It is not known when the first church was built on this site but is thought to have been erected by the de Giffard family in the early 13th century, the church having been consecrated by David de Bernham, Bishop of St. Andrews in 1241.

[3] The church served the parish until 1421 when the new owners of Yester, the Hay family, applied to the Archbishop of St. Andrews to erect the kirk to college status.

The application was made by the proprietors of the church, William de Hay, Thomas Boyd, Eustace Maxwell and Dougal McDowel.

The Collegiate Church of St. Cuthbert at Bothans now served the Hay family to pray for their souls.

Bothans Kirk, now known as Yester Chapel, became the burial aisle of the Hay family.