Fig. 1235.—St. Bothan’s Collegiate Church. Transept Window (Exterior).
by tracery, is filled with solid masonry. The window in the east end (Fig. [1237]) is pointed, and is filled with tracery which has been renewed, and is dated over the centre arch 1635. In the south transept there is a simple monument of Renaissance character (see Fig. [1236]), which contains a fine shield with the Hay and Cockburn arms impaled—the first a mullet between three inescutcheons and the initials W. H., and the second a crescent between three cocks with the initials H. C. This shield contains traces of colour, and on the frieze there are five pateræ also in colour.
Fig. 1236.—St. Bothan’s Collegiate Church. Monument in South Transept.
An earlier church than that just described existed here, and was dedicated to St. Bothan, after whom also the parish was named, until, on the erection of the present mansion house, the baronial name of the extensive domains of Yester superseded the old parochial name.
In the ancient Taxatio (1176) the Ecclesia de Bothani was rated at 30 marks, and it is again referred to in Bagimont’s Roll (1275) as the
Fig. 1237.—St. Bothan’s Collegiate Church. East End.