The chest tomb, topped with the recumbent effigy of a knight, in the centre of the Saltmarshe Chapel in Howden Minster, with the tomb recess and effigies of Sir John Metham and his wife, Sybil, in the wall behind

Date:: 1900 - 1934

Location:: Minster Church Of St Peter And St Paul And Chapter House, Churchside, Howden, East Riding Of Yorkshire

Reference:: OP28951

Type:: Photograph (Printing Out Paper Print)

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Description

The chest tomb in the centre of the chapel is thought to have originally been topped with the two effigies now placed in the tomb recess in the wall. The identity of the knight now on top of the tomb is thought to be either Sir Peter Saltmarshe (d. 1338) or Sir Eluard Saltmarshe (d. 1322).

The Minster Church of St Peter and St Paul is one of the biggest churches in the East Riding of Yorkshire, reflecting the prosperity of the medieval town.

In 1267 the minster was made a collegiate church by the Bishop of Durham, to whom the manor of Howden had been gifted in the 1080s, and work began to rebuild the Norman church, starting with the nave. The choir was then rebuilt in the first half of the 14th century and the octagonal chapter house was added c1388.

After the dissolution of collegiate churches in 1548, the church began to fall into ruin and only the nave was used for services. The roof and upper walls of the choir collapsed in 1696, followed by the roof of the chapter house in 1750.

Archival History

This photograph was withdrawn from the open Red Box Collection for conservation reasons during the 2011-2012 Red Box Project.

Content

This is part of the Series: RBO01/20 Early Photographic Print Collection: Humberside; within the Collection: RBO01 Early Photographic Print Collection

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People & Organisations

Photographer: Crossley, Frederick Herbert

Donor: Buckley, George Granville

Keywords

Chantry Chapel, Medieval Minster, Medieval Church