David Yale (chancellor)

For the British scholar, see David Yale.
Chester Cathedral in the city of Chester, David Yale was its Chancellor and was buried within the grounds
Erddig Hall, built on the original Erddig estate of Chancellor David Yale, sold generations later by his heirs

David Yale (c. 1540–1626) was the Chancellor of Chester, England and a correspondent of Elizabeth Tudor's chief minister, Lord William Cecil of Burghley House. He was also the Vicar General of his in-law, Bishop George Lloyd of Chester. His son, merchant Thomas Yale, became the patriarch of the Yale family of America, and the grandfather of governor Elihu Yale, benefactor of Yale University.