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Howe had been the chief or principal clerk in the Durham District Probate Registry at the time of his retirement. He left all the volumes and manuscripts bequeathed to him by Carlton to the Durham Dean and Chapter Library. His will made on 2 March 1935 and proved on 26 April 1937 created the Howe legacy and the MSS collection rediscovered in 1998. | Howe had been the chief or principal clerk in the Durham District Probate Registry at the time of his retirement. He left all the volumes and manuscripts bequeathed to him by Carlton to the Durham Dean and Chapter Library. His will made on 2 March 1935 and proved on 26 April 1937 created the Howe legacy and the MSS collection rediscovered in 1998. | ||
= Contents of the Howe MSS Collection = | = Contents of the Howe MSS Collection = | ||
• Transcripts from two ecclesiastical peculiars in Allertonshire in Yorkshire. These were respectively the Bishop of Durham and the | • Transcripts from two ecclesiastical peculiars in Allertonshire in Yorkshire. These were respectively responsibility of the Bishop of Durham and the Dean and Chapter of Durham.<br>• Transcripts from Crayke, a detached part of Durham County until 1844, when it became part of Yorkshire. Part of Durham diocese until 1837 when it became part of York Diocese.<br>• Transcripts from 6 parishes in the diocese of Durham all with initial letters from the same part of the alphabet Denton (Durham County 1756-1757) Elwick Hall, Escomb, Esh and Greatham (Durham County 1709-1710) Elsdon (Northumberland 1720)<br> | ||
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