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History of the Church, Parish, and Manor of Howden
History of the Church Parish and Manor of Howden Author:Thomas Clarke Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: HISTORY OF HOWDEN. Is a Market Town of considerable antiquity, and of local importance. It is the capital of the district called Howdenshire, a Wapontake of t... more »he East Riding of Yorkshire, and was so antecedently to the conquest. In Doomsday-Book it is written Hoveden, and it is there stated that King Edward had the manor, but that now the Bishop of Durham has it. It is situated on the north side of the Ouse, in a fruitful district, and much of it is in a high state of cultivation. The parish is an extensive one, including sf.veral Townships, and a considerable population, but the Wapontake is one of the smallest in the East Riding. It is probable that its early inhabitants would generally be of Danish extraction, from its close and constant connexion with Denmark. However, Schles- wig and Holstein, doubtless furnished us with manynames of places, the ordinary terminations of which are common with these two provinces and the south part of the East Riding of Yorkshire. Anterior to the reign of Edward the Confessor, the Manor and Church of Howden appear to have been wrested from the Monastery of Peterborough, in consequence of the non-payment of the tax called Danegelt, by that monastery. Thus, being in King's hands after the battle of Hastings, the conqueror gave the Manor, also the Church with its members and appurtenances to William Karilepho, Bishop of Durham. This prelate shortly afterwards gave the Church and its appurtenances to the Monastery and Monks of Durham, the Manor he retained for himself and his successors. The gift to the Monks was subsequently confirmed by a rule of Pope Gregory. Doomsday-book gives the following description of the Manor, at the time of the survey : "Terra Epi. Dunelmensis. In Hoveden fifteen Caracutes with the berewicks. Hidon (...« less