 In 1275 the vicar at Mordington refused to pay the crusader's tithe, and his successor, Bernard de Linton, swore allegiance to King Edward I on 24 August 1296.It mysteriously burnt down in 1757 and a new church was erected on the Duns road on what became known as the Minister's Glebe.Both of these churches had burial grounds attached to them, and the latter has survived.