Fig. 1535.—Eassie and Nevay Churches. Plans.
doubtless the initials of David of Nevay, whose father, a Senator of the College of Justice, died shortly before this date. The church, however,
Fig. 1536.—Eassie Church.
appears to be of earlier date, as a tombstone of 1597 is built into its walls.
These churches were in the diocese of St. Andrews, and in 1309 “Robert I. gave the advocation and donation of the Kirk of Eassie to the Monks of Newbottle.[231]”
St. Neveth, martyr, to whom the church was dedicated, and from whom it received its name, was a bishop “in the north,” who was slain by the Saxons and the Picts, and Bishop Forbes[232] suggests that the martyr was buried at Nevay.
Eassie was dedicated to St. Brandon.
At Eassie Church there is one of the finest of the Scottish sculptured stones.