has somewhat ceased to be the popular amusement it once was. The Church is repaired by annual assessments, raised and levied on the several townships. This rate is of so early a date as now to be unequal and unfair, and it certainly requires adjustment. Its arranged proportions were made shortly after the Reformation. The dimensions of the Structure are, A font of florid gothic character was recently presented to the Church, by Mr. Henry Rogerson, of Bramley. The gift, a tribute of admiration to the fabrick, was presented through Thomas Clough, Esq. one of the Churchwardens. The following is a list of the Vicars of Howden : 1320. Dr. Thomas Thorogolt, presented by the Prior and Convent of Durham. John de Oustrope. 1322. John de Gripthorpe, vacated p. m. 1341. John de Galmeton. John Skarlett, m. 1362, John de Esyngton, m. 1370. William de Rilleston, pbr. 1404. Rob. de Pokelington, pbr. res. pro. Eccld, de Brodsworth. William de Aughton, pbr. res. pro. vic. de John Porter, pbr. res. pro, vic. de Wyston. 1411. Thomas Lister. William de Riccal, pbr. 1449. John Hubbersty, res. 1466. Ds. William Waryn, cap. m. 1479. William Belle, cap. res. 1527. John Wawen, pbr. res. Robert Cole 15561535. Miles Whitefeld. ODL James Dalby 1679. Thomas Reynolds, pr. by the King, res. 1603 1707. Richard Cotton or Coulton, A.B. pr. by the John Smyth 1604-1610 King. Thomas Kantic 1726. Thomas Thirkeld. 1610-1644 John Thompson 1644-1659 1746. James Godmond, þ.m. 1825. Thomas Guy, A.M.m The Register of the Parish commences with the year 1541. The early portion of it is kept in five divisions, corresponding with the five prebends, as the Vicar of each Prebendary had cure of Souls in his own district. It is in good preservation. A list of collections with the several amounts are given. They were principally made for the rebuilding of churches having suffered from fire or otherwise, in various parts of the kingdom. Some, are for ransoming captives from slavery under the Turks, for which the sum of £5 3s. 5d. was raised in 1680. We rescue captives by different means in our days, and we may hence conclude that the nation is more powerful, if not more prosperous and happy. A liberal collection was made in 1666, for the great fire in London. During the Commonwealth marriages were performed by the Justices at their ordinary meetings in Howden, or at the private residences of the Justices. The Justices of that day, generally acting for Howdenshire, were Captain Charles Fenwick, of Hagthorpe, who had been in the service of the Parlia ment, and Mr. Philip Saltmarshe, of Saltmarshe. At the time of the Dissolution, this Church was rich in the following Reliques amongst others. A piece of wood from the Cross of the Lord, A piece from the Cross of St. Andrew. Some dust of the bones "pulvis ossium" of St. John the Baptist. The hand of St. John the Evangelist. A certain bone of St. Lawrence, another of St. Thodore. Some of the hair of the Virgin Mary, and a piece of the Cradle of the Lord, " cunabula domini." Some of the vestments of St. Thomas the Martyr, of St. Leonard, of St. Cuthbert. A bone of St. Sebastian, and of St. Clement. What became of these various riches it would now be vain to conjecture. G |