“The memory of great men is no less useful than their presence.” George, 4th Earl of Winton.

At St. Bridget's Church, Dalgety, Fife, the tombs of the Earls of Dunfermline

Alexander Seton, Chancellor of Scotland and 1st Earl of Dunfermline: 

In 1821, while repairs were being made in Dalgety Church, Fifeshire, a closed vault was discovered, in which were six coffins; one of these, from the inscription on it, contained the remains of the Earl - viz., "Alexander Setonius, Fermelinoduni Comes, Scotiae Cancellarius," &c. (See Annals, date 1622.)

Lord Chancellor Dunfermline was frequently accused of a leaning to Romanism, and Tytler terms him a Roman Catholic, in which religion he remained loyal until his death. 

After a spectacular funeral procession, long noted in Scottish history and the poem, 'Tears for the Death of the Earl of Dunfermline, Chancellor of Scotland', he was buried in a vault under the old church of Dalgety, in Fife, after a sermon by Archbishop Spottiswood.

"A Note or Memoriall of ye Buriall of that Noble Honourable and never to be forgotten worthe man

Alexander Earle of Dunfermline Lord Fyvie and Urquhart Great Chanceller of Scotland who took sickness the first of June 1622 and dyed on Sunday the sixtine of ye said month being Sunday (sic) at seiven hours in the morning at Pinkine and the same day he was imbalmed and clos’d up in a chist of oak and remained there till Wednesday the 19” of the said moneth,

The whilk day he was convoyed be his servants (before) frae Muselbrough of Pinky first by coatch and then by boate thence to Dagity in ffyfe and was on ye sea from five hours efternoon till 8 at Night when he was caried from ye sea syde furthof ye bark be his friends and servants to his House of Degity and was putt in a chamber and watched thre till Tuesday the 9 of Jully 1622: The qlk day he was honourable buried and convoyed from the House of Degity to the Kirk yr at ye sea side in forme and manner eftermentioned."

The Chancellor Seton was succeeded by Charles his only surviving son, by his third wife Margaret Hay, Later the Countess of Dunfermline, daughter of Lord Hay. Charles, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline was born 1608, succeeded his father in 1622. He was a courtier and Privy Counsellor, and Gentleman of the Bedchamber under Charles I. He also was commander of a Scottish regiment.

Charles, the second Earl of Dunfermline, was a staunch supporter of the Royalist cause, and who settled in Holland for the period after the execution of Charles I in 1649.

At the Restoration in 1660 he became a member of the Privy Council, in 1669 a Lord of Session, and later Lord Privy Seal. He died in 1672 and was buried at Dalgety House (St. Bridget's Church).  He was briefly followed by his second son Alexander as Earl of Dunfermline.

Alexander, 3rd Earl of Dunfermline died unmarried in Edinburgh in 1675 and also was buried at Dalgety, and the title passed to his brother, James, 4th Earl of Dunfermline, later forfeit and died and buried in France.