Rev. George Cumpstone YER 2

1783 Howden C007432 Compstone John birth IGI 20 Oct 1783
1784 Howden C007432 Compstone John Christened IGI 1784 1 Jan
1784 Howden C007432 Compstone John 1 death IGI 20 Apr 1784

1785 Howden C007432 Cumpstone Mary birth 1785 10 Mar
1785 Howden C007432 Cumpstone Mary Christened IGI 23 Jun 1785

1787 Howden C007432 Cumpstone Judith 1 birth IGI 19 Jan 1787
1787 Howden C007432 Cumpstone Judith 1 Christened IGI 29 Jun 1787
died before 1794 when second Judith was born

1788 Howden C007432 Cumpstone John birth IGI 31 Dec 1788

1789 Howden C007432 Cumpstone John christened IGI 21 May 1789
1792 Howden C007432 Cumpstone John 4yrs death IGI 24 Jun 1792

1794 Howden C007432 Cumpstone Judith 2 (married John Sugden) birth IGI 2 Mar 1794
1794 Howden C007432 Cumpstone Judith 2 Christened IGI 15 Oct 1794
1822 Market Rasen film 539025 Cumpstone Judith 2 28yrs John Sugden marriage IGI 25 July 1822
1841 Market Rasen HO 107 642 7 Market place Cumpstone Judith 47yrs what happened to John Sugden? Living on independent means census 1841
1854 Howden Cumpstone Judith 2 59 years John Sugden death IGI 10 Jan 1854

1798 Howden C007432 Cumpstone John birth IGI 20 Nov 1798
1798 Howden C007432 Cumpstone John Christened IGI 20 Jun 1798
1841 Market Rasen Cumpstone John (married to Eliza) 070 Pigot's CD books
1851 Market Rasen HO/107/2115 Market Place Cumpstone John 53yrs Eliza surgeon census 1851
1860 St Thomas Market Rasen Cumpstone John 63 yrs m Eliza NBI 3 Dec 1860 Buried

Howden Minster – The Collegiate Church of St Peter and St Paul.

Howden Minster has a long & glorious medieval history as the centre of an ecclesiastical mini-state, & out-station to Durham Cathedral, welcoming prince-bishops, cardinals & kings. The ringing of Howden Minster’s bells signalled the beginning of the Pilgrimage of Grace, a Yorkshire rebellion against Henry VIII’s Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1536. The Minster lost all its endowments in 1548, followed by centuries of neglect & decay. The medieval chancel & chapter house are now ruinous (in the care of English Heritage), with the nave and transepts surviving as today’s parish church.

The Minster Parish covers the town of Howden and surrounding villages & hamlets including Barmby-on-the-Marsh, Asselby, Knedlington, Belby, Howden Dyke, Skelton, Kilpin, Balkholme and Sand Hall.

From the Norman Conquest until the Reformation, Howden was an important outstation for Durham Cathedral, with the Prior of Durham exercising archidiaconal authority over the Peculiar of Howdenshire. The Dean of Durham took over this role at the Reformation. This may be important for those tracing family history. Today it is no longer a Durham exclave but is fully integrated in to the Diocese of York and the East Riding Archdeaconary.

The 135 ft tower of the Minster can be seen for miles across the flat landscape near the River Ouse. It marks the centre of what was once a major market town and a key remaining part of the partially-ruined church. Started in the 13th Century the church continued to grow in scale to the end of the 15th Century. After the dissolution it became the parish church but soon started to decline due to lack of funds. Decay and damage followed, helped by a fire in 1929, but the slide was halted in 1970 with government control and repairs. Despite the missing section the minister remains a substantial, working church.

The present church was rebuilt in the latest style in the 13th Century. It was one of the first churches in the north in what is known as the decorated or geometric style, where all the abstract design has been drawn with a pair of compasses.