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ILLUSTRATION S 
 
 OF 
 
 BAPTISMAL FONTS, 
 
 WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY 
 
 K A. PALEY, M.A. 
 
 HONORARY SECRETART OF THE CAMBRIDGE CAMDEN SOCIETY. 
 
 LONDON : 
 
 JOHN VAN VOORST, PATERNOSTER ROW. 
 
 M.DCCC.XLIV. 
 
London : 
 
 Printed by S. and J. Bentlbt. Wtlsok, and Ft et 
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 LIBRARY 
 
ADVERTISEMENT. 
 
 The Editor cannot conclude the present Series 
 of Illustrations of Baptismal Fonts, without 
 avowing the important assistance he has received 
 during its progress, in admirable drawings, and local 
 and antiquarian information. From the many to 
 whom he is thus indebted, he feels bound to select 
 those who have more particular claims to his ac- 
 knowledgment, and has pleasure in thus pubKcly 
 and gratefully naming F. A. Paley, Esq., M.A. ; 
 Rev. W. Airy, Keysoe ; Rev. C. BouteE, Sandridge ; 
 Rev. W. Drake, Coventry; Rev. W. Haslam, 
 Perranzabuloe ; C U. Kingston, Esq. Ashborne; 
 T. F. Lee, Esq. Shottesham; J. H. Markland, Esq. 
 Bath; J. W.Wilson, Esq. Louth; Dawson Turner, 
 Esq. Norwch ; J. E. Carlos, Esq. and C. Baily, Esq. 
 London ; nor can he omit to mention Mr. O. Jevntt, 
 Oxford, who engraved so many of the examples, and 
 to whom the work owes many valuable suggestions. 
 
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INTRODUCTION. 
 
 Perhaps there is no subject in tlie whole range of 
 Ecclesiastical Antiquities so difficult to arrange and 
 discuss in all its departments, historical, architec- 
 tural, and decorative,'' as that of Baptismal Fonts. 
 But a less comprehensive method must be adopted, 
 when the space allotted for the purpose, as in the 
 present instance, is of necessity limited, and the 
 mode of treatment therefore confined to general state- 
 ments and investigations of leading principles. For 
 it is a hopeless task to reduce to the compass of a 
 brief Introduction the numerous bearings which any 
 one of these heads will be found to assume, or to give 
 a complete summary of the varied information which 
 has already been put forth in books on a topic of 
 such well-known antiquarian interest. It is scarcely 
 necessary to add, that the comparatively small num- 
 ber of examples which our Series afibrds for the 
 illustration of the following remarks, renders it im- 
 possible to represent every peculiarity in the forms 
 and devices of Ancient Fonts. Many examples 
 indeed have been cited, and still more have been 
 
 * The shape, construction, and manner of support on arches, stem, or 
 shafts, &c., are properly Architectural questions. The Decorative compre- 
 hends the sculpture and enrichment, especially emljlematical design. 
 
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examined, besides those contained in the present 
 work ;*> yet how small a part of a boundless field has 
 been laid open to view, will be felt by every one 
 who has been engaged in the same undertaking. For 
 these reasons we shall not attempt to trace the his- 
 tory and origin of Fonts, but shall refer our readers 
 to the works of Gough, Robinson, Bingham, Wheat- 
 ley, Fosbrooke, and the writers in the Archaeologia, 
 in which two papers may be particularly mentioned, 
 one by Mr. Carte, in vol. x. p. 209 ; and one by the 
 Rev. Samuel Denne, vol. xi. p. 108. The articles 
 on the same subject by J. Adey Repton, Esq., vol. 
 xvi. p. 335 and Mr. Gough, vol. x. p. 183, should 
 also be consulted. The excellent series of Fonts by 
 Mr. Simpson, with its learned preface, and a chapter 
 on the subject in Mr. Poole's " Appropriate Charac- 
 ter of Church Architectui-e," are familiar to most; 
 beside which, a vast number of engravings of ancient 
 Fonts, and many occasional observations upon them, 
 may be found dispersed through various publications by 
 any one who will take the trouble to search for them. 
 We shall devote the following remarks principally 
 to the architectural view of the subject; and even 
 this we shall be compelled to go through in a some- 
 what cursory and imperfect manner, though perhaps 
 more in detail than has yet been attempted. In 
 truth, from the great antiquity, the obscure and 
 symbolical character of the earlier examples, the 
 progressive changes in shape and detail, and, above 
 all, from the boundless variety of design, for which 
 the Baptismal Fonts of this country are remarkable 
 
 '' Those referred to at the foot of the page are in our own Series. 
 
beyond those of any other ;^ to which may be added, 
 the impossibility of deducing positive rules in all 
 cases for determining their dates ; result difficulties 
 of classification and uncertainty in the use of facts, 
 which can only be fully overcome by the most la- 
 borious research, or removed by the collection and 
 comparison of almost countless examples. Again, 
 when any general principle or any apparently con- 
 sistent theory shall have been formed, by which 
 these questions may seem capable of plausible solu- 
 tion, we sometimes find the exceptions so numerous, 
 and the contradictory evidences so strong, that we are 
 compelled either to abandon in despair, or to regard 
 as an unsafe and therefore a valueless system, the 
 conclusions at which we may have arrived. And if 
 even well defined and seemingly indubitable charac- 
 teristics of style are not always to be depended upon, 
 still more frequently does the absence of distinctive 
 marks cause perplexity in the investigation. A rude 
 block of stone, hollowed out at the top, with scarcely a 
 moulding or a particle of sculpture upon it, requires 
 in truth a critical and experienced eye to guess at its 
 probable antiquity. For it is manifest that the date 
 of the church in which it may be placed is the most 
 unsafe and unconvincing evidence that can be fol- 
 lowed in deciding that of the Font. The sanctity 
 rightly and reasonably attached to the consecrated 
 instrument of a Holy Sacrament caused the careful 
 preservation of Fonts unchanged by centuries of re- 
 building and alteration. Thus we cannot doubt that 
 
 <= Mr. Rickman remarks, Archaeologia, vol, xxv. p. 163, that the Fonts 
 in France are generally of little interest or antiquity. 
 
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a considerable number of Fonts now exist in England 
 wherein the Saxon infant received the waters of sal- 
 vation from the hand of that ancient priest whose 
 bones, for aught we know, may moulder under the 
 pavement of a church reconstructed on its original 
 foundations six centuries after his death. Most fre- 
 quently, however, the rude and unshapely Font of 
 this era was replaced in later times by one of costly 
 sculpture and profuse religious decoration ; and thus 
 we cannot find a very great number of examples of 
 decidedly earlier date '^ than the Norman era, when 
 Fonts were made so elaborately beautiful and so 
 quaintly curious that they well deserved the respect 
 and value which they ever after received as works 
 of art and memorials of bygone devotion, as well as 
 from their hallowed use in the service of the Church. 
 Thus Norman Fonts are now common, while earlier 
 specimens are but seldom found. Whether the 
 former, many of which were certainly extremely 
 plain, were always retained in rebuilding or improv- 
 ing an ancient church, we cannot tell ; though we may 
 fairly infer that such was generally the case. Pro- 
 bably the preservation or removal of early Fonts was 
 a custom more or less prevalent at different times 
 and in different places, according to the facihties for 
 procuring stone, or other local circumstances. The 
 Decorated age, with all its costly and numerous 
 buildings, produced comparatively few Fonts; at 
 least the Fonts of this style are the least common, 
 while perhaps churches arc most frequent. 
 
 ■' We know from Bede that stone Fonts were not used in Churches in 
 his time. 
 
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In some cases, the date of the Font may be fairly 
 conjectured, if not satisfactorily determined, in the 
 absence of any particular characteristic of mouldings 
 or device, by some constructive peculiarity in its 
 position. Thus, the plinth of a pier may be elon- 
 gated towards the west, and exactly adapted to the 
 size and shape of the Font which stands upon it. A 
 careful examination of the masonry will often prove 
 that in such cases both are coeval. Of course such 
 evidence is inconclusive : because the plinth may 
 have been adapted to receive an earlier Font ; but 
 unless a marked difference of date is observable, the 
 presumption is manifestly in favour of the opinion 
 that both were placed there together. Perhaps also 
 the side of the Font next the pier is plain, wliile the 
 others are enriched with sculpture."" We have met 
 with Fonts partly built into the pier of the belfry 
 arch, as at Great Abingdon, and Little Shelford, 
 Cambridgeshire ; or closely adjoining it, and evi- 
 dently placed there when the arch was built, as at 
 Barton and Rampton in the same county. Fre- 
 quently large plinths or masses of masonry are laid 
 down at some depth in the floor of the church, form- 
 ing as it were almost a part of the original foun- 
 dations ; and in these cases the Fonts which they 
 bear will generally be found coeval with the church, 
 since a Font of one style seems seldom to have been 
 made to fit the steps or base of another ; nor, so far 
 as we have observed, do ancient plinths appear to 
 have been altered in form or size to fit later Fonts. 
 It is of course impossible to say that these plinths 
 e gtoke Golding. 
 
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may not have been laid down at later periods, or at 
 the time of building the church been made to receive 
 an earlier Font. Yet the fact is, as we have stated, 
 that they generally appear to coincide ; and the above 
 peculiarities certainly militate strongly against the 
 truth of a common opinion, that Fonts were fonnerly 
 placed in porches. As Norman churches very sel- 
 dom had porches, and later buildings often retain 
 their original Fonts in their original positions in the 
 interior of the nave, we must conclude that though 
 some part of the baptismal rite was performed before 
 entering the church, the Font itself was never placed in 
 so inconvenient a place ; especially as no vestige seems 
 ever to have been observed of such having once been 
 the fact. We may here remark, that little reliance 
 must be placed on the kind of stone used for the 
 Font differing from or agreeing with that of the 
 church, as furnisliing an evidence of coeval date : for 
 many quarries which supplied rag or small ashlar fit 
 for building, would not yield large and solid blocks 
 for Fonts. 
 
 As a general rule, the style, mouldings, and deco- 
 rations of Fonts precisely correspond with the details 
 of Ecclesiastical Architecture of the same period. 
 Thus Norman Fonts commonly exhibit the square 
 form, and the low heavy appearance, '^ which mark 
 the capitals and other features of Norman build- 
 ings. The intersecting arch,^ and varied surface 
 sculpture, "^ the grotesque imagery," and the shaft and 
 cushion capital,'' are alike observable in both. In 
 
 f Locking. K Sandridge. ^ West Chelborough. 
 
 ' Alphington. ^ St, Philip, Bristol. 
 
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Early English Fonts, the trefoil sunken arch,' the 
 crisp foliage,™ the detached shafts," with character- 
 istic bases and capitals, the deep hollow mouldings, 
 the splays and chamfers, are all very famihar to the 
 observer of the style. In Decorated Fonts we first 
 find the richly crocketed canopy," the panelled flow- 
 ing tracery ,P the ball-flower,^ the diapered ground," 
 the exuberance of niche and sculptured foliage," and 
 the octagonal stem with slender engaged shafts,* 
 which now serve only to ornament, and not to sup- 
 port. In Perpendicular Fonts we become conscious 
 of sameness and repetition of device. The earlier 
 the Font, the freer the fancy and the more indulgent 
 the genius of the artist. To the Norman, scarcely 
 any object of ordinary observation and contemplation 
 came amiss ; men, animals, fishes, birds, plants, agri- 
 cultural operations," hunting,^ hawking; the saint, 
 the bishop, the priest, the warrior, the heraldic and 
 conventional forms of creatures living and dead, were 
 worked up with surprising ingenuity and ever vary- 
 ing forms of delineation. Unquestionably the de- 
 signers of Norman Fonts loved to expatiate in the 
 religious mysticism of the age ; they loved, too, to 
 embody in speaking stone the favourite legends of 
 local saints, and probably also historical incidences. 
 While we see here the Serpent overcome, or the 
 Salamander, the Baptism of the Saviour, and descent 
 
 I Ashbome. ■" All Saints, Leicester. ^ Lanteglos. 
 
 " Hedon,— Worthara. p Strubby. i Brailes. 
 
 >• Ewerby. ' Patringtoii. ' St. Gregory, Norwich. 
 
 " Bumham Deepdale, Norfolk, engraved in the Archaeologia, and Cot- 
 man's Antiquities of Norfolk. 
 
 " '' Alphington. 
 
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of the Holy Dove,' the Crucifixion," the Tempta- 
 tion, and other Scriptural subjects; the mystic Vesica 
 Piscis, or the entwined and fretted arms of the flo- 
 riated Cross; here we find a representation, to us 
 perhaps unintelligible, because the circumstances are 
 unknown, yet evidently descriptive of some medieeval 
 miracle,^ or some mighty display of the power of the 
 Church. The Fonts of the thirteenth and fourteenth 
 centuries are varied in ingenious devices and in orna- 
 mental detail ; but they contain little beyond mere 
 architectural ornaments. The late Fonts exhibit a 
 somewhat diiferent kind of decoration. Effigies, no 
 longer grotesque, but saintly and life-like, of holy 
 personages ;= sejant lions,^ Evangelistic symbols,'' 
 shields,'^ the Seven Sacraments,'^ the instruments of 
 the Passion,* with occasionaUy inscriptions ^ or initial 
 letters,^ constitute the chief sources of design. The 
 enrichment of every part, and especially of the sides, 
 generally in quatrefoiled circles,'' sometimes double- 
 feathered, and the paneDing of the stem in vertical 
 tracery,' very often with Angels having outspread 
 wingsJ in the upper part, are peculiarities usually 
 observable in this style. So constantly indeed do 
 these features occur, that it appears evident either 
 that inventive genius was decKning, or the subjects 
 of design were felt to be exhausted. Grotesque 
 sculpture is very rare in late Fonts : at Barrowby, 
 near Grantham, the stem is pierced, and contains 
 
 '" Fincham. « ColeshiU. J Stoke Cannon. 
 
 ^ All Saints, Norwich. * Wiston ; — Covenham St. Mary. 
 
 •• Stoke by Nayland. <= Ufford. <> Nettlecorabe,— VValsoken. 
 
 ' North Bradley. f Bourn. t? Fakenham. 
 
 i* Saffron Walden. * Weston. J Axbridge. 
 
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within three monkeys, as in a cage. The graver 
 charge of indecency attaches to a sculpture on the 
 Decorated Font at East Keal, Lincolnshire. 
 
 Norman'' and Early Enghsh' Fonts are very gene- 
 rally supported by central and surrounding shafts ; 
 Decorated and Perpendicular by a single stem. This 
 is the case indeed almost invariably in the latter, 
 though the Font in Trinity Church, Hull, and some 
 of the Cornish Fonts™ are exceptions; but not a few 
 Decorated Fonts retain the earlier arrangement in 
 this respect, as at Ketton, Rutland, and Hilder- 
 sham, Cambridge. A kind of intermediate form 
 occurs in the fine early Decorated Font at Linwood, 
 Lincolnshire, where the square stem has its angles 
 rounded off into engaged shafts, with plain capital 
 and base mouldings. Sometimes a simple octagonal 
 block is placed immediately upon a plinth, as at 
 St. Martin's, Stamford, Goadby Marwood, Leicester- 
 shire, and Heveningham, Norfolk ; and the sides 
 of these Fonts are usually ornamented with the 
 flowing window tracery and geometric figures of 
 the style, not cut deep in the surface, but formed of 
 half-round mouldings. In some Decorated Fonts we 
 observe the shafts merging or becoming engaged in the 
 central stem, just as the clustered column grew out of 
 the pier surrounded by detached shafts. This may 
 be seen at Wolston, Warwickshire, Ditchingham, 
 Norfolk, and a great number of examples. The 
 angles of octagonal Decorated stems have usually 
 
 ^ Hunstanton. — Southover. — Palgrave. — New Shoreham. — St. Ger- 
 mans. — Perranzabuloe. — St.Cuthbert. — Belaugh. — Bodmin.— Stibbington. 
 ' All Saints, Leicester. — Aldenham. — Itchenor. "' St.Neot. — Boconnoc. 
 
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small shafts or round mouldings, while the Perpen- 
 dicular" have slender buttresses; but these two 
 peculiarities are often interchanged. The stems of 
 Decorated Fonts are often quite plain, even where 
 the bowl has the greatest enrichment, as at Wor- 
 tham, Suffolk, and Shelfanger, Norfolk. This is 
 rarely the case in Perpendicular Fonts, where panell- 
 ing became almost universal; it may, however, be 
 occasionally found, as at Bouni, Lincolnshire. A 
 common peculiarity in the stems of Decorated Fonts, 
 though seldom seen in the later examples, is the 
 octagonal form bevilled or chamfered from a square 
 in the lower part. In early Fonts the central sup- 
 port is often destitute of capital and base, while the 
 shafts have both. A few Early English and Deco- 
 rated Fonts are supported upon arches, either vdth 
 or without a central stem. Such occur at Barnack, 
 West Deeping, Lincolnshire, and Foxton, Cambridge- 
 shire. The effect is admirable, the arches not being 
 merely panelled ornaments, but pierced through ; 
 and it is surprising that this construction is of such 
 rare occurrence, when we consider that the Gothic 
 principle requires every shaft to be surmounted by 
 an arch rather than a horizontal impost. The an- 
 gular props of Fonts, however, may be more properly 
 considered as mere legs or supports, as they are often 
 without any mouldings in early examples, though in 
 those of Early English date they are usually fur- 
 nished with bold capitals and bases, as at Stand- 
 o-round, near Peterborough and Bain ton, Northamp- 
 tonshire ; both beautiful though simple Fonts.° 
 "> North Bradley. ° Thurlby. — Tickenham. 
 
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Norman Fonts very often stand upon a single 
 massive circular stem; and their design sometimes 
 resembles a very depressed pier, the bowl form- 
 ing the capital, and the phnth the base. Examples 
 in our series are Thornbury and Westerleigh, Glou- 
 cestershire, and St. PhiHp, Bristol. Accordingly 
 with this principle, the square form is the most 
 frequent in this period. Now the octagon arose 
 simultaneously, or nearly so, in Fonts and in ca- 
 pitals ; and though in the former case a symbohcal 
 meaning, that of Regeneration, has been attached 
 to this shape, yet its origin is apparently con- 
 structive, from removing each superfluous and pro- 
 jecting angle of a square. In some cases this is 
 shewn by the upper part of the bowl being octa- 
 gonal, the lower square, as at Winfarthing, Norfolk, 
 and Whaplode, Lincohishire. Probably from this 
 cause arises the fact, that pentagonal, hexagonal, 
 or heptagonal Fonts are extremely rare; namely, 
 because these shapes are of less ready geometric 
 formation. But of these we shall speak hereafter. 
 
 The practice of raising Fonts on several steps is 
 not uncommon even in early instances, as at Tailing- 
 ton, Lincolnshire, and Newenden, Kent. These steps 
 are square, circular, or octagonal, without distinction 
 of date. Perpendicular Fonts are sometimes mount- 
 ed on a series of five or six steps, as at Walsoken, 
 Norfolk ; and the edges or risers of these steps are 
 often richly panelled with sunken quatrefoils or 
 other tracery, as at Walsingham, St. Peter's Man- 
 croft, Norwich, and Worsted, Norfolk. Sometimes 
 the steps are in the form of a cross, as at Stoke-by- 
 
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Nayland, and Walsingham. The kneeling stone, an 
 appendage to, and usually a constructive part of, the 
 steps, is found in very early Fonts, but is most com- 
 mon in those of later date.? It consists of a raised 
 block or step at the west side of the Font, for the 
 use of the priest at the office of Baptism. A re- 
 markably perfect and well defined example occurs at 
 UfFord, near Stamford. Occasionally there are two 
 kneeling stones, one at the west, and one at the 
 south side, as at Benington, Lincohishire : and fre- 
 quently the step or plinth is made broader and wider 
 towards the west for the same purpose. 
 
 In respect of execution, Perpendicular Fonts are 
 unquestionably the best. It is a curious fact, that 
 Decorated Fonts are often the worst and coarsest 
 specimens of sculpture and detail. Norman Fonts 
 are the most elaborate ; but the designs are often as 
 outlandish and extravagant as the carving is bad. 
 Early English Fonts are generally well cut ; but 
 they are of such unusual occurrence that it is diffi- 
 cult to assert as a prevailing principle their superior 
 accui'acy, though we believe they generally excelled 
 in this respect. Transition -Norman Fonts are fre- 
 quently very handsome ; and they often exhibit the 
 toothed-moulding, as at Tickencote, Rutland, Nor- 
 ton, Derbyshire, Twyford, Leicestershire, and Bar- 
 row, in the same county. This ornament scarcely 
 occurs in specimens of the pure Early English style, 
 where it might be most expected. It is found 
 however, at St. Giles', Oxford. 
 
 The earliest Fonts are circular, either rude cylin- 
 
 P Holy Trinity, Coventry. — Ufford. — North Bradley. — Leverington. 
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drical stones, resembling a portion of a column, from 
 which perhaps they were sometimes made, and placed 
 without any intermediate support upon the ground ; 
 or worked in the shape of a clumsy vase or tub, as at 
 Little Billing, Northampton, and West Putford ; or 
 mounted on a stem, as Chalk, Kent ; sometimes quite 
 plain, but more usually having a few broad and 
 coarse annular base-mouldings. An interesting ex- 
 ample occurs at Scartho, Lincolnshire, where the 
 tower is Saxon. It is shaped like a hand-bason, and 
 is placed on an irregular heptagonal plinth. Un- 
 happily it is filled up with bricks and rubbish, and 
 a small wooden pillar used for Baptism. Very fre- 
 quently the under side of the bowl is bevilled away or 
 rounded off to meet the stem; and this hemispherical 
 form is extremely common in Norman Fonts, as at 
 Cuxwold, Lincolnshire ; Clipsham, Rutland ; Hey don, 
 Norfolk ; Laxton, Northamptonshire ; Plj^mstock, 
 Devonshire. Very many early cylindrical Fonts 
 remain : but they seldom bear any decisive mark of 
 their date beyond their primitive shape or rude exe- 
 cution; though the remote antiquity of some of 
 them at least cannot reasonably be doubted when 
 we consider the arguments ah'eady alleged, and also 
 the more definite character of Norman and later 
 Fonts, to which these are evidently anterior in style. 
 But many Fonts of undoubtedly Norman date con- 
 sist simply of a low cylindrical stone,'^ either plain, 
 as at Gilling, Yorkshire, or em'iched with an upper 
 border, as at Holton-le-Clay, Lincolnshire, or inter- 
 
 1 Lewes. — Rothley . — Avebiiry, — Chelborough. — Alphington. — Little 
 Billing. 
 
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secting arches, as at Saiidridgc, Hertfordshire, or other 
 sculpture, as at St. Anne, Lewes, Witham on the Hill, 
 and St. James Deeping, Lincolnshire, and usually 
 raised on one or more circular steps. The octagonal 
 or polygonal form ■" is also of great antiquity ; the 
 Font at Wimpole, near Cambridge, is proliably of 
 Saxon date. Nevertheless either square or circular, 
 or both combined, as at Cabourn, Lincolnshire, is the 
 prevailing early form ; and these shapes continued 
 in general use throughout the Transition, and the 
 latter even through the Early English period; after 
 which the octagonal form became all but universal. 
 Still, there are some few square Decorated Fonts, as 
 at Newick, Sussex ; and even Perpendicular, as at 
 Bradfield and Lindfield, Suffolk.' It is very common 
 to find the three forms exhibited in the same Font ; 
 as a square bowl, a circular stem, and an octagonal 
 plinth ; or the same variety interchanged in position. 
 Here the intentional difference of shape . is obvious, 
 and argues a degree of indecision in the use of any 
 one rather than another. The octagon, however, is 
 of comparatively rare occurrence in Fonts of the 
 pure Norman style. It is common to find large 
 cubical blocks, more or less adorned with sculptured 
 decorations ; * perhaps some of these may have been 
 dismounted from the stems which they originally 
 had. The bowl of Fonts of all dates is usually 
 formed of a single block. In early circular Fonts, 
 lined with lead, we occasionally find, as at St. Mar- 
 tin's, Canterbury, many small stones put together; 
 
 ' Stibbington. — Perranzabuloe. • Archaeologia, vol. xvi. p. 33o. 
 
 *■ West Haddon. 
 
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and more frequently a lower ring of masonry, and 
 the steps are so formed. The Fonts of a more fully 
 developed kind may usually be divided into three 
 parts; the bowl, the stem, with or without shafts, 
 and the phnth, each of which are of course formed of 
 separate stones. Wliere steps occur, these properly 
 constitute a fourth component member of the whole. 
 Norman Fonts may generally be arranged under 
 eight forms : square without stem, as West Haddon ; 
 square with stem, as Locking ; square with shafts 
 and central column, as Palgrave ; cylindrical with 
 stem, as East Haddon; cylindrical without stem, as 
 Lewes ; octagonal, generally without stem and shafts, 
 as Witham on the Hill, Lincolnshire ; rarely with, 
 as Stibbington ; cup-shaped, as Thorney, Sussex ; 
 cup-shaped on central stem, as Plymstock. It is 
 highly probable, however, that in later ages some 
 Fonts were mounted on stems for which they were 
 not originally intended, as we have observed on the 
 other hand that of many the stems or shafts were 
 removed. We often find Norman Fonts mounted 
 on Decorated or Perpendicular stems, as Fincham, 
 Norfolk ; and some, as at Braceborough in Lincoln- 
 shire, are apparently too low and small to have 
 been originally without. But the larger square or 
 circular Norman Fonts were rather like troughs than 
 bowls, and are of sufficient size and height in them- 
 selves. 
 
 In considering the shape of Fonts, we must bear 
 in mind the difficulty which the ancient builders ex- 
 perienced in raising and conveying large blocks of 
 stone. We may reasonably suppose that the ready 
 
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ingenuity which their works always exhibit in adapt- 
 ing material to constructive necessity, exercised con- 
 siderable influence in this respect also. A rude 
 piece of rock, forming naturally an irregular poly- 
 gon, might become too small by being reduced to a 
 square or an octagon ; and if this had been procured 
 with some labour and delay, it was better to humour 
 its perverse tendencies, and to let it retain its origi- 
 nal form with little alteration, than to spoil or reject 
 it. Hence perhaps, though allowing somewhat for 
 occasional caprice, we meet with the following ano- 
 malous varieties. 
 
 DODECAGON. 
 
 Mcppcrsliall & ^Varden, Beds." 
 Patrington, Yorkshire, 
 
 DECAGON. 
 
 Gravenhurst (StTingrith, Beds." 
 
 HEPTAGON. 
 
 Cliaddcsdcn, Derbyshire. 
 EhncswcU, Suffolk. 
 Bowden Magna, Leicestershire. 
 Bowden Maync, Lincohisliire. 
 
 HEXAGON. 
 
 Ramsey, Hunts, (Norman). 
 Sleaford, Lincohisliire. 
 Helmsley, Yorkshire. 
 Carlisle Cathedral. 
 Farringdon, Berks. 
 Bredon, Worcester. 
 Tickhill, Yorkshire. 
 
 HEXAGON (.con(inued). 
 KcgAvorth, Leicestershire. 
 Bredon, Leicestershire, 
 Playford, Suffolk, 
 Lavenham, Suffolk. 
 Kirhy Bellars, Leicestershire. 
 Dadlington, Suffolk. 
 Heckington, Lincohisliire, 
 Ewerhy, Lincolnshire. 
 Brandcston, Suffolk. 
 Outwell, Norfolk. 
 Rolvenden, Kent, 
 Hardwick, Northamptonshire. 
 Minster Lovel, Oxon. 
 
 PENTAGON. 
 
 HoUington, Sussex. 
 
 OVAL. 
 
 Briiigton, Hunts. 
 
 It is probable that the Hexagon was considered a 
 " Lyson's Magna Britannia, vol. i, p. 32, 
 
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suiRciently legitimate form ;" but it is not easy to ac- 
 count for the much greater variety of Pentagonal and 
 Heptagonal Fonts, on any principles either of sym- 
 bolism or construction. Perhaps these figures are 
 more difficult to draw with accuracy than a Hex- 
 agon ; but the sides of the less usual angular shapes 
 are often so irregular, that geometrical precision 
 would seem to have been little regarded. 
 
 The material of Fonts is almost universally either 
 lead or stone ;'^ sometimes, but rarely, Purbeck mar- 
 ble is used, especially in earlier examples, as at Win- 
 chester Cathedral. A Perpendicular Font is made 
 of it at All Saints, Stamford. There is no doubt 
 that many Fonts were gorgeously painted and gilt, 
 as vestiges of rich colouring may sometimes be de- 
 tected (as at Blythborough, Suffolk,) on removing 
 the coatings of wash ; and the existence of many 
 wooden covers at the present day similarly decorated 
 renders it sufficiently probable that the same orna- 
 ment was extended, as we know in other cases it fre- 
 quently was, to the stone basin itself. No wooden 
 Fonts, we beheve, are knov^oi to exist, if we except 
 that at Chobham, Surrey, which is of lead surround- 
 ed by wooden panels,'' and the interesting example 
 at Efenechtyd near Ruthin, where is a plain octa- 
 gonal block of oak. It is not improbable that such 
 may have been occasionally used in very early times. 
 Several ancient Fonts of lead yet remain. They are 
 all circular, and probably of late Norman date. Of 
 
 ^ The above list only supplies some examples ; a great many more 
 might be named. "" Durandus, vi. 82. 25. 
 
 " Simpson's Baptismal Fonts, Preface, p. viii. 
 
 23 
 
those at Tidcnliam and Llancat, an account with 
 illustrations is given in the Archacologia, vol. xxix. 
 p. 19. Leaden Fonts occur at 
 
 Dorchester, Oxon. 
 Warborough, Oxon. 
 Long Wliellington, Berks. 
 Warehaui, Dorset. 
 Wolstane, Berks. 
 Ashovcr, Derbyshire. 
 Chihlrey, Berks. 
 Brookland, Kent. 
 
 Great Plumstcad, Norfolk. 
 Clcwer, Berks. 
 Pitcoinbe, Somerset. 
 Climbriclgc, Gloucester, (with 
 
 date 1640). 
 Brundall, Norfolk. 
 Siston, Gloucestershire. 
 
 A writer in the Archacologia, vol. xi. p. 122, men- 
 tions in a note that leaden Fonts exist also at 
 Clifton, near Dorchester, Oxfordsliire, and Walton 
 on the Hill, Surrey. 
 
 There seems little doubt that almost all ancient 
 Fonts were lined with lead, except where granite, 
 marble, or some very hard and impervious stone was 
 used for the purpose, and furnished with a plug and 
 drain, which usually carried the water into a small 
 dry tank immediately underneath.' Certain it is that 
 the very earliest Fonts are generally fitted with lead, 
 which has every appearance of being as old as the 
 bowl. Many kinds of stone used for Fonts are 
 so spongy and porous in their texture that water 
 will readily penetrate them ; and this would soon 
 have destroyed the external sculpture had not 
 some method been adopted for making them re- 
 tentive. 
 
 Another reason for supposing that the leaden 
 y See description of Font at Warborough. 
 34 
 
lining was universal even in early Fonts, is this : — 
 that they were always kept filled with water ;^ and 
 this could hardly have been done in ordinary cases 
 without the use of lead. Hence, in part at least, 
 arose the use of wooden covers, which were not, as 
 some suppose, mere useless ornaments, but designed 
 to keep the water always fresh and clean. The rea- 
 son assigned by Lyndwode is propter sortilegia — to 
 avoid magic influences. The earlier Fonts were 
 covered vdth a flat board, fastened down by staples 
 fixed in the stone, and projecting above the upper 
 margin. These very frequently remain, though the 
 covers have long disappeared from time or violence. 
 Very often the staples themselves have been forcibly 
 extracted, and the stone shattered in consequence. 
 No doubt the covers were locked upon the Fonts by 
 these means. At Wickenby, Lincolnshire, the ori- 
 gmal fastening remains, consisting of an iron bar, 
 one end of which is thrust through a hole in an up- 
 right wooden handle in the centre of the cover, and 
 into a staple at the side, the other end has an eyelet 
 or loop which is padlocked to a similar staple on the 
 opposite side. It does not appear that the lofty 
 spire-canopies of which such exquisite examples 
 remain at Sail and Castleacre, Norfolk, St. Gre- 
 gory's, Sudbury, Worlingworth, and Elsing, Sufiblk, 
 Ewelme, Oxon, Freiston, Lincolnshire, and many 
 other places, were in use before the fifteenth cen- 
 tury. That at Elsing is probably the earliest. They 
 continued, however, to be made till a period long 
 after the Reformation ; and many exist of Jacobean 
 * Lyndwode, p. 241. 
 
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or debased work, which are generally richly adorned 
 with painting.* These late covers are often flat at 
 the top instead of tapering to a point, which gives 
 a heavy and clumsy appearance. At Burgh, Lin- 
 colnsliire, is a perfect specimen of the Elizabethan 
 period, which is locked down on one side of the 
 Font. The larger covers are usually fixed, and 
 have a compartment opening hke a door to give 
 access to the interior of the Font. More generally 
 however they are drawn up by pulleys from the 
 roof, or from under an arch. Sometimes, as at 
 Thaxted and Littlebury, Essex, the entire Font 
 is encased in wood, to which the cover is made 
 to fit. 
 
 Some Fonts bear Inscriptions. Very ancient ex- 
 amples occur at LuUington, Somerset, Bridckirk, 
 Cumberland (engraved in the Archaeologia, vol. ii. 
 p. 131). Stanton Fitz Warren, Wilts, and Little 
 Billing, Northamptonshire. An Early English in- 
 scription, in Norman French, is given in our en- 
 graving of Keysoe Font, Bedfordshire. Decorated 
 initial letters occur at Shelfanger and Fakenham, 
 Norfolk ; Stanton Harcourt, Oxon ; and at St. 
 Nicholas, Rochester,'' the word CRISTIAN is en- 
 graved in plain early characters on an octagonal 
 Font, each side containing a letter. Peq^endicular 
 Fonts more frequently than other exhibit this pe- 
 culiarity. The example at Bourn, Lincolnshire, is 
 given in our scries. At Thrcckingham, in the same 
 county, a black-letter inscription, which we believe 
 
 • Lanrcath. — Plymstock. 
 ^ Archaeologui, vol. ix. p. 134. 
 26 
 
has never yet been decyphered/ is engraved round 
 the base. The same occurs at Worlingworth, Suf- 
 folk, whither the present Font and cover are said 
 to have been removed from the Abbey of Bury 
 St. Edmunds. At Burgate, Lowestoft, Walsoken, 
 and Kelling, Norfolk ; Catterick, Yorkshire, St. 
 Mary's, Beverley, and not a few other places, are 
 similar examples. At Cockington, Devonshire, 
 there is an inscription in brass letters on the upper 
 chamfer of the bowl. The beauty and appropriate- 
 ness of this kind of decoration no one will dispute. 
 A legend, whether dedicatory or Scriptural, is a 
 becoming way of conveying instruction or comme- 
 morating an act of pious beneficence.^ No instance 
 has come to our knowledge of the date of its erec- 
 tion being sculptured on a Font, at least before 
 the time of the Reformation, except that at Kis- 
 ton, Lincolnshire, which has the date 1405. 
 
 The following are examples of sculptured inscrip- 
 tions on Fonts : Worlingworth, Orford, Suffolk ; 
 Earton, Brianstone, Dorset ; Bolton by Bowland, 
 Yorkshire ; Newark, Nottingham shii'e. 
 
 Less appropriate, though not less frequently found 
 in Fonts, especially of the fifteenth and sixteenth 
 centuries, is heraldry. Blank shields indeed con- 
 stantly occur, but only as panel or spandril orna- 
 ments ; but heraldic bearings, either sculptured or 
 painted, (which plain shields may sometimes have 
 been,) are exceptions to the general practice. An 
 instance of Early Decorated, if not Early English, 
 
 "= Given in Simpson'3 Baptismal Fonts. 
 ^ St. Mary, Beverley. — Walsoken. 
 
 27 
 
era, from West Deeping, Lincolnshire, is engraved 
 in Simpson's Illustrations of Baptismal Fonts. Our 
 o\vn series contains the following 
 
 Decorated. 
 
 Rolvenden. 
 Market Bosworth. 
 Finchingfield. 
 Shelfanger. 
 
 Perpendicular, 
 
 Stanton Harcourt. 
 
 Stoke by Nayland. 
 
 North Bradley. 
 
 Wiston. 
 
 Holy Trinity, Coventry. 
 
 Fakenham. 
 
 St. Goran. 
 
 Bredon, Worcestershire ; Catterick, Yorkshire ; 
 Heme, Kent; Ufford, Suffolk; South Kilvington, 
 Yorkshire ; Howell, Lincolnshire ; furnish other ex- 
 amples. The correct taste generally shewn by the 
 mediaeval artists in ecclesiastical devices probably 
 made them feel the unfitness of heraldry in this posi- 
 tion. Certain it is, that in an age which gloried in 
 that science, and when every church wall and ^vindow 
 exhibited some badge of chivalrous distinction, com- 
 paratively few such devices were allowed to have 
 place on Fonts. Admitting that heraldic bearings 
 are unsuitable to such purposes as this, we doubt 
 whether the custom, sparingly as it certainly was 
 adopted, deserves the strong reprobation it has 
 
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 i 
 
sometimes met with.* Certainly heraldry is the least 
 objectionable way of commemorating a person with- 
 out the parade of a name ; and whether founder, be- 
 nefactor, or donor of the Font, Bishop of the Diocese 
 or Lord of the Manor, the compliment was a harm- 
 less one, and not necessarily dictated by a love of 
 worldly pride or family distinction. Merchants' 
 marks sometimes occur on Fonts. The Tudor rose 
 is constantly found in late examples, but as scarcely 
 an heraldic ornament. 
 
 A very remarkable appendage to some few Fonts 
 is a small projecting bracket or ledge near the upper 
 part, as exhibited in the wood-cut of that from Pits- 
 ford, Northamptonshire. Another occurs at Youl- 
 grave, Derbyshire.^ Its use is altogether uncertain. 
 Some have supposed that was intended to receive 
 the ere wet of holy oil. 
 
 The position of Fonts varies considerably. The 
 principle however always observable is to place them 
 near a western entrance. A very common site for 
 Early English or Decorated Fonts is on the west side 
 of the nearest nave pier to the left as you enter by 
 the south porch. Sometimes, where there is no 
 north door, the Font is placed against the north 
 wall, as at Oakington and Long Stanton, Cambridge- 
 shire ; but this is not very common. Still more 
 rarely is the Font placed in the centre of the church, 
 as at Castle Rising. The usual position of late 
 Fonts is a little to the east of the belfry arch, be- 
 
 « See Mr. Poole's Appropriate Character of Church Architecture, 
 Chap. V. 
 
 f Engraved in Markland's Remarks on English Churches, p. 92, 
 
 29 
 
tween two nave piers. Tlie typical signification of 
 proximity to a doorway, entrance into the Church 
 by Baptism, is well known. If a Font is fomid any- 
 where eastward of the centre of the nave it is almost 
 sure to have been moved from its original place. At 
 Milton near Cambridge it is against the chancel arch, 
 and appears long to have occupied that unusual posi- 
 tion.8 
 
 The octagonal form is said to symbolize Regene- 
 ration, because seven days created the old world 
 and the man of sin, the eighth day the new man of 
 grace and salvation. We may here notice that sin- 
 gular and interesting type of Baptism, the Salaman- 
 der ; usually represented on Fonts as a lizard or ser- 
 pent-hke animal. They are by no means of common 
 occurrence. We may mention instances at Sale- 
 hvirst, Sussex ; Norton and Youlgrave, Derbyshire ; 
 Bridekirk, and Dearham, Cumberland ; Winchester 
 Cathedral, and perhaps Sculthorpe, Norfolk. This 
 creature typifies Baptism *' with the Holy Ghost and 
 with Fire." 
 
 The shape of the interior, or aperture, is almost 
 always circular, irrespectively of the external form of 
 the bowl. A very few foliated bowls occur, as at 
 Wellow, Somerset, and Lenton, Nottinghamshire ; 
 an idea perhaps derived from the orifices of piscina?. 
 No example of an octagonal bowl has come to our 
 knowledge, except those of Lanteglos, Cornwall, and 
 Yate, Gloucestershire. Square apertures are not 
 very micommon in Norman Fonts. ^ For the diame- 
 
 8 Tickencote. 
 ^ St Philip, Bristol. — Thombury.— W tcrleigh. 
 
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ter and depth of the bowl in ancient Fonts no rule 
 can be given : from one and a half to two feet wide 
 by about one foot deep seem the average measure- 
 ments. One of the largest bowls we have met with 
 is at Bradley, Lincolnshire, which is nearly a yard 
 across. 
 
 It is, however, well known that ancient Fonts 
 were made large enough for the complete immersion 
 of infants. Exceptions to tliis all but universal 
 practice are very rare ; one or two instances are 
 quoted in the Ai'chaeologia, volxi. p. 123. At Hor- 
 bling and Dembleby, Lincolnshire, are extremely 
 small and probably modern Fonts formed out of a 
 stem or shaft. The violation of the same principle, 
 arising from the unhappy custom of aspersion now 
 prevalent in the English Church, is one of the com- 
 monest and worst faults of modern usage. We have 
 seen solid Fonts, in which about a cup-full of water 
 would lie in a small ca\ity at the top. The general 
 use of white basins and other paltry and irreverent 
 expedients'' are too well known to need remark or 
 comment. Modern Fonts, until lately, when some 
 very fine imitations of ancient models have been exe- 
 cuted in stone, have generally been either pots of 
 Wedgewood ware placed upon or rnider the Altar, or 
 at least within the Altar rails, or in the Chancel ; 
 or they have been meagre stone pedestals with a 
 small white marble basin on the top, or perhaps 
 Italian vases with all sorts of pagan devices upon 
 them. These and such practices are fearful abuses 
 both of common propriety and rubrical ordhiances. 
 
 '' Forbidden by Elizabeth in 1584, Archaeologia, vol. x. p. 207. 
 
 31 
 
It is not our province to speak of the corresponding 
 depreciation of a Holy Sacrament, which has ever 
 been found to accompany contempt for and neglect 
 of the visible instruments of its administration. "We 
 would rather dwell lightly on the faults of a most 
 uncatholic and perverted spirit, which turned out of 
 the churches in hundreds their beautiful ancient 
 Fonts, and profanely converted them into water- 
 troughs to catch the rain from the roof, or supply 
 the animals of the field with drink. But at the same 
 time we must endeavour to amend the many abuses 
 in tliis respect which are yet to be lamented in our 
 own times. The number of desecrated Fonts which 
 has come to our knowledge in the course of the 
 present publication is a startling proof how very far 
 we are yet removed from a return to those Cathohc 
 practices, which the bitterest hatred and the strongest 
 puritanical influence could not abolish from the 
 Church of the seventeenth century, but which we 
 have lived to see rendered obsolete by mere apathy 
 and idle content. But it may be hoped that interest 
 in the things themselves is ever intimately connected 
 in a right mind with interest in their use ; and that 
 we shall yet see the profanations which exist in the 
 Church vanish before the re^dval of a neglected ritual 
 and with it of a more rigorous superintendence over 
 ecclesiastical matters. 
 
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NORMAN. 
 
 *<_:..^r 
 
 ' r. v^H^l^E^Rl^| 
 
 %^ %.. PRO I 
 
 -r-^r^. 
 
 "^i "^- 
 
 LITTLE BILLING. 
 
 NORTH AJJPTONSHIRE. 
 
LITTLE BILLING. 
 
 This jar-like and singular Font may be placed early in 
 the Norman period ; both irregular in shape and rude 
 in workmanship, it is chiefly interesting for its curious 
 legend, which is written in characters exactly conform- 
 able to the great seal of William the Conqueror. 
 
 WIEBERHTVS TfRTIFEX AT^: EEMENTARIUS 
 HVNE FABRICT^VIT "IVISgiVIS SVVM VENIT 
 MEREERE EORPVS PROLYL DVBIO LAPIT. 
 
 It stands in the centre of the nave at the west end, 
 opposite the south door, which is the principal entrance. 
 It has a lead lining and a drain. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 Height, exclusive of the step, . 3ft. Sin. 
 
 Depth outside to the upper moulding 1ft. S^in. 
 
 Depth of the interior . . . 1ft. lin. 
 
 Diameter across the top. . . 2ft. 4in. 
 
 Diameter of the interior . . 1ft. 9|-in. 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of All Saints. 
 
NORMAN. 
 
 S^.. -_ 
 
 STRATTON. 
 
 CORNWALL 
 
STRATTON. 
 
 A very uncommon Norman Font, but so plain both in 
 design and execution as to render description almost un- 
 necessary. The bowl is cup-shaped, with a single round 
 moulding, and the base is of the same form, but reversed 
 and plain, the junction of the two being ornamented with 
 the cable moulding. 
 
NORMAN. 
 
 CIIAI.K. 
 
 KENT. 
 
CHALK, 
 
 This pleasing specimen of a plain Norman Font is 
 cut in Purbeck Marble, but now white-washed. It 
 is 2ft. 5|m. high; 1ft. 6|in. across the top; the bowl 
 is 12in. deep, lined with lead, and with a water drain. 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of St. Mary, 
 
NORMAN. 
 
 ASTON-LE-WALLS. 
 
 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. 
 
ASTON-LE-WALLS. 
 
 This is a Norman Font of a cubical form, the angles 
 ornamented with heads, and the sides sculptured with 
 folia<5e in low relief, or diapered with an ornament fre- 
 quently used on Norma-^ abaci, &c. It is in tolerable 
 preservation, lined with lead, and has a drain. 
 
 It stands r-ar the south door, and has a step on three 
 sides, that on the north being wanting. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 Height of bowl, exclusive of the base, . 20in. 
 
 Diameter across the top . . • 21m. 
 
 Depth of bowl 12in. 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of St. Leonard. 
 
The Font, Winchester C^tledral /? 23 • 
 
)Mi/rLmedi^ /k^ud^ccc^ 
 
 "^ J^ 5^11/- C>f 
 
 ^ 9PUUyr^/A 
 
 tf /L/fin^^^my 
 
 
NORMAN. 
 
 FINCHAM. 
 
 NORFOLK. 
 
FIN CHAM 
 
 Is a fine square Norman bowl, of very large dimen- 
 sions, resting on a shaft, apparently of the date of the 
 fourteenth century. The sculpture is rude and muti- 
 lated, but the subjoined account from Blomefield's Nor- 
 folk accurately describes it. 
 
 " On the south side are the figures of three men, in a 
 very rude and antique dress. On the west side, some- 
 thing resembhng a crib, or manger, and a child therein; 
 over that, two heads (like oxen) ; also above them some- 
 thing like a star, to set forth the birth of our Saviour, 
 and the wise men \\'ith their offerings. On this side are 
 also two figures, one much broken, the other like an 
 ancient Druid, probably to represent John the Baptist. 
 On the north side is the figure of a Bishop in his robes, 
 with a mitre and crosier staff, and is likely to repre- 
 sent St. Augustine, the Apostle of the English : the 
 second figure is like that of a priest in a pulpit, or desk ; 
 and the third figure is obscure. On the east side is 
 Adam and Eve, and another figure not to be seen, the 
 Font here joining to a pillar." 
 
 It is placed in the nave against the westernmost pillar 
 on the north side. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 
 
 
 Height, exclusive of the 
 
 step. 
 
 3ft. 
 
 4in. 
 
 Depth of bowl outside . 
 
 
 . 1ft. 
 
 Sin. 
 
 Diameter across the top 
 
 
 2ft. 
 
 Sin. 
 
 Depth of interior . 
 
 
 . 1ft. 
 
 3|in. 
 
 Diameter of interior . 
 
 
 2ft. 
 
 Qiin. 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of St. Martin. 
 
NORMAN. 
 
 STOKE CANNON. 
 
 DEVONSHIRE. 
 
STOKE CANNON. 
 
 This Norman Font is remarkable for the boldness of 
 the design, and the rudeness of its execution. The 
 bowl, which is nearly cylindrical, is divided into four 
 compartments by animals with their heads downwards, 
 and these compartments are sculptured with crosses and 
 frettes in high rehef, some being of rich design ; on the 
 lower part is the cable moulding. It is supported on a 
 pillar of nearly the same dimensions, having at the 
 angles, under the animals, figures with uplifted hands 
 supporting the bowl. The other figures are so mutilated, 
 that it would be difficult to ascribe names to them. 
 The square plinth is ornamented with the pelleted star. 
 
 The dimensions of this Font are : — 
 
 Height 3ft. Sin. 
 
 Diameter across the top . . . 2ft. Sin. 
 
 Depth of basin lO^in. 
 
 Diameter of basin at top . . . 1ft. 9in. 
 at bottom . . 1ft. Sin. 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of St. Mary Ma^ 
 dalene. 
 
NORMAN. 
 
 ST. GERMANS. 
 
 CORNWALL. 
 
ST. GERMANS. 
 
 About fifty years ago, this curious Font was removed 
 and broken into pieces, and an alabaster one substituted ; 
 The Rev. Tobias Furneaux, the present incumbent of 
 this formerly Cathedral Church, in 1840, had all the 
 pieces collected from among the rubbish in the tower, 
 where they had been thrown. The upper step, or stone, 
 whereon it rested was found, and by this it was dis- 
 covered that the Font originally stood on five pillars. 
 He therefore had the pieces cemented together, and the 
 pillars restored in granite ; at the same time the lower 
 step was added. The angles at the top of the Font are 
 ornamented with Christian emblems, in one the dove, in 
 another the circle, and in the other two the vesica piscis. 
 
 It stands at the west end, near the door of one of the 
 towers. 
 
 The dimensions are ; — 
 
 Height, including the basement, . 3ft. 6in. 
 Diameter across the top . . . 2ft. 9in. 
 
 Depth of bowl ..... ] Oin. 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of St. Germanus. 
 
NORMAN. 
 
 WESTERLEIGII. 
 
 GLOOCESTERSEIRE. 
 
WESTERLEIGH. 
 
 The bowl of this Font has the general form of a Nor- 
 man capital, and is sculptured on the sides with orna- 
 ments in very low relief, the elevation being produced 
 merely by having a hollow cut round them. Both the 
 bowl and the interior are square. It stands on two mo- 
 dern steps, the lower of which is here omitted, in the 
 south aisle, west of the south door. Some of the orna- 
 ments are rather mutilated, otherwise it remains in tole- 
 i-ably good preservation ; neither painted nor whitewashed. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 Height, exclusive of the steps, . 3ft. 2fin. 
 
 Diameter across the top . . 1ft. 11 gin. 
 
 Diameter of the interior, at top, 1ft. 6in. 
 
 Diameter of the interior, at bottom, 1ft. Sin. 
 
 Depth of bowl .... 1ft. 7iin. 
 
 Depth of interior . . . lO^in. 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of St. James. 
 
NORMAN. 
 
 HOLT. 
 
 WORCF.STEHflHTRE. 
 
HOLT. 
 
 This beautiful Font is a rich example of Norman 
 sculpture ; it is elaborately finished, and displays a great 
 variety of characteristic ornamental mouldings. Many 
 late Fonts of this cup-like form, but varying in orna- 
 ment, are found in Buckinghamshire, in some parts of 
 Devonshire, and probably in other counties. The carved 
 work of the present subject is in good preservation, but 
 almost obscured from frequent white-washing, which, we 
 are informed by the present Rector, it is his intention to 
 have scraped off ; he has also lately removed it from the 
 belfry to near the south door, its proper situation. 
 It measures, in height, 3ft. Sin. ; diameter, across the 
 top, 2ft. 9in. ; depth of bowl, Ift. ; diameter of bowl, 
 1ft. Uin. 
 
 The Church is Norman, and dedicated in honour of 
 St. Martui. 
 
NORMAN. 
 
 Vi. 
 
 MEVAGI SSEY. 
 
 CORNWALL 
 
MEVAGISSEY. 
 
 A cup-shaped Norman Font, the bowl being orna- 
 mented with circles filled with flowers, and smaller ones 
 between. The upper part has the plain zigzag mould- 
 ing, and the lower the indented. The shaft is girdled 
 with a band of the cable moulding. There are the re- 
 mains of staples. The stone being a kind of porphyry, 
 dug from the neighbouring quarry of Pentewan, near St. 
 Austell, a lining is unnecessary, but there is a drain. 
 
 It formerly stood under the westernmost pillar of the 
 nave, but Baptism being administered in full service, it 
 was inconveniently confined, and was therefore removed 
 to its present site in the north aisle, west of the door. 
 
 The dimensions are : — • 
 
 Height 2ft. llin. 
 
 Diameter across the top . . 2ft. 4in. 
 
 Depth of interior . . . 1ft. 
 
 Diameter of interior . . . Ift. 9in. 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of St. Peter. 
 
NORMAN. 
 
 DODFORD. 
 
 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. 
 
DODFORD. 
 
 We have been favoured by the Vicar of Bedford, the 
 Rev. W. Thornton, with a description of this richly or- 
 namented Norman Font, which, he says, is of Northamp- 
 tonshn-e oohte, and was formerly painted in distemper, 
 but has lately been cleared as well as the material will 
 permit. The sculpture is in good preservation, but the 
 Font has been cracked throughout, apparently by force 
 employed in tearing out the staples. It has lately had 
 a plain pyramidal octagonal cover of oak, surmounted 
 by an iron ring enclosing a cross, substituted for the flat 
 board which was formerly used. It stands in the north 
 aisle, near the north door, immediately on the north 
 side of the westernmost pillar of the nave. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 Height 2ft. 9in. 
 
 Diameter across the top . . 2ft. 6^in. 
 
 Diameter of the interior . . 1ft. 10m. 
 
 Depth of ditto .... 1ft. Im. 
 
 The Church is dedicated m honour of St. Mary the 
 Virgin. 
 
NORMAN. 
 
 WEST CHELBOROUGH. 
 
 DOR3ET8HIRE. 
 
WEST CHELBOROUGH. 
 
 This Norman Font is of rather unusual form, and 
 from its ornaments may be ascribed to the latter half 
 of the twelfth century. It is of small dimensions, but 
 rich in details. It is lined with lead, and there are 
 holes from which the iron-work of the old cover has 
 been wrenched. Its situation is opposite the only en- 
 trance, which is in the south wall of the nave, but 
 whether this is its ancient position cannot now be de- 
 termined, nearly the whole church having been, at dif- 
 ferent times, rebuilt in a very debased style. It is 
 probably of Ham Hill stone, but until cleared of the 
 numerous coats of whitewash, cannot be known with 
 certainty. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 Height 2ft. 6m. 
 
 Diameter across the top . . 1ft. llhi. 
 
 Depth of interior . . . 9in. 
 
 Diameter of interior . . . 1ft. 6in. 
 
NORMAN. 
 
 '^^^^ ^Jp^ijia^ 
 
 'i'r^#!?fe-'"^£ -^'"t ''^' "'"*' 
 
 PLYMSTOCK. 
 
 DEVONSHIRE 
 
PLYMSTOCK. 
 
 The material of this Font is red sandstone, and was 
 covered with many coats of wash which were cleared off 
 some years ago, at the removal of the Font from the west 
 side of the westernmost pillar, on the south side of the 
 nave opposite the south door, to its present situation at 
 the west end of the south aisle, at the north-west angle ; 
 the ornamental parts, which sustained considerable injury 
 at that time, are now restored with cement. The bowl 
 is cup-shaped, having a broad ornamented band of Gre- 
 cian character, and is supported on a circular shaft. 
 
 The lower part of the cover, as far as the cornice, is of 
 much later date than the upper, probably of the seven- 
 teenth century ; it is octangular, each alternate side 
 being occupied by the figure of a Saint, which is painted 
 in colours, its height is 3ft. 4in. The ornament on the 
 cornice is of very frequent occurrence in Devonshire, 
 The part above the cornice, which measures 15in. in 
 height, is better designed and executed than the lower 
 portion. The angles are ornamented with buttresses, 
 having pinnacles, and a great part of them is gilded ; the 
 sides are either panelled or canopied : a text of scripture 
 runs on six sides of it. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 Height 3ft. S^in. 
 
 Diameter across the top . , .2ft 5in. 
 
 Diameter of the interior , . 1ft. 9in, 
 
 Depth of ditto .... 1ft. O^in. 
 
NORMAN. 
 
 r^^S^g^ryfSrfijMi .'''' 
 
 LANREATH. 
 
 CORNWAt-L. 
 
LANREATH. 
 
 The form and ornaments of this Norman Font are 
 very characteristic of the style. The ornament on the 
 bowl has a good deal of Grecian character about it, as 
 is frequently observable in the sculpture of this period, 
 and the zigzag on the shaft is singular, its upright position 
 giving it greatly the appearance of the tooth ornament. 
 The richly carved cover is given as a good specimen of 
 the taste of the seventeenth century, not as a model to 
 follow. It stands near the south door, at the west end 
 of the aisle. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 
 
 Height .... 
 
 3ft. 
 
 3|m 
 
 Diameter across the top . 
 
 . 2ft. 
 
 3|m 
 
 . of the bowl . 
 
 
 21in 
 
 Depth of bowl 
 
 . 
 
 lOin 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of St. Marnarch. 
 
NORMAN. 
 
 I, A U NOES TON. 
 
 CORNWALL 
 
LAUNCESTON. 
 
 This very singular Font is apparently late Norman. 
 The upper part of the bowl is square, the lower part has 
 its sides carved in circles, each containing a six-leaved 
 flower, between which, at the angles, are four human 
 heads. The shaft is octagonal with a spirally-fluted cir- 
 cular base, having foot ornaments at the angles of the 
 plinth. It is carved in a very hard material, called Exmill 
 grey stone, which is procured in the neighbourhood. 
 The principal entrance to the Church is the south door, 
 but the Font stands in the north aisle under the western- 
 most pillar of the nave. It has a water drain, but no 
 lining. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 Height, exclusive of the step, . 3ft. 5in. 
 
 Diameter across the top . . 2ft. Sin. 
 
 Depth of bowl .... 1ft. 8in. 
 
 Diameter of the interior . . 2ft. 
 
 Depth of ditto .... 1ft. lin. 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of St. Thomas the 
 Apostle. 
 
NORMAN. 
 
 EYDON. 
 
 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. 
 
EYDON. 
 
 A circular Norman Font, with an ornamental band of 
 foliage on the upper part of the bowl ; the centre is sur- 
 rounded with shallow, hollowed arches, resting on a 
 double cable moulding, which compresses the centre of 
 the Font. The lower division is octangular, having 
 foliage on the scalloped sides; the base also is octan- 
 gular, but evidently of later date. The stone being of 
 svich a soft, chalky nature, the Font is much decayed. 
 The position is under the second pillar from the west, on 
 the south side of the nave. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 Height 3ft. 
 
 Diameter across the top . . 2ft. Sin. 
 
 Depth of interior . . . 1ft. 
 
 Diameter of the interior . . Ift. 6in. 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of St. Nicholas. 
 
NORMAN. 
 
 SAINT PHILIP, 
 
 BRISTOL. 
 
SAINT PHILIP, BRISTOL. 
 
 This is a good example of a plain Norman Font. It is 
 surmounted by a cumbrous cover, omitted in the engrav- 
 ing, apparently about James' time, too large to be easily 
 removed, so that a small door in one of the panels admits 
 the hand to touch the water for sprinkling. The Font, 
 with great want of taste, has been painted to imitate 
 marble. It stands at the south-west corner of the west 
 end, and measures, in height, 3ft.; the bowl is llin. 
 deep and 1ft. Sin. across the top. 
 
 This Font offers a good model for imitation when a 
 Norman Font is required at a moderate cost, as the form 
 is good and the work easily executed. 
 
NORMAN. 
 
 Miiiiiiiii^ 
 
 THORNBURY. 
 
 O L0DCESTER3HIRE 
 
THORNBURY. 
 
 The Font at Thornbury is a most interesting specimen 
 of transition from the Norman to the Early Enghsh style. 
 In form it resembles very much the plain Norman Font 
 of St. Philip's, Bristol, and were it not for the circular 
 foliage and the cross on the bowl, which both partake of 
 Early Enghsh character, it might be assigned to the same 
 period. It has been painted white ; we hope the time is 
 arriving when paint and white-wash will cease to disfigure 
 the ornamental parts of Church furniture. It stands at 
 the end of the nave near the west entrance of the 
 Church, which is dedicated in honour of St. Mary. 
 Its dimensions are: — height, 2ft. lOin. ; diameter, across 
 the top, 2ft. 4m. ; depth of bowl, 9in. 
 
NORMAN. 
 
 .n',^r X, ^^;- ^ .J..),- 
 
 ROTHLEY. 
 
 LEICESTERSHIRE. 
 
ROTHLEY. 
 
 This is a cylindrical Norman Font, and its simplicity 
 and singular character make it very interesting ; its orna- 
 ment is such as is frequently used on sculptured piers of 
 the Norman era. It has been raised on a modern base, 
 and now stands at the west end of the nave ; it has nei- 
 ther a lead linina, nor water drain. 
 
 The measurement is as follows : — 
 Height, exclusive of the base, 
 Diameter across the top 
 Diameter of the ulterior at top 
 Diameter of interior at bottom 
 Depth of ditto 
 
 The Church is dedicated m honour of St. John, the 
 Baptist. 
 
 1ft. 
 
 8m. 
 
 2ft. 
 
 lim 
 
 1ft. 
 
 7^in 
 
 1ft. 
 
 5|in 
 
 
 llfm 
 
NORMAN. 
 
 NEWENDEN. 
 
 KENT. 
 
NEWENDEN. 
 
 A Font of such large dimensions, in so small a Parish 
 Cluirch as Newenden, which measures only thirty-seven 
 feet long, and twenty-seven wide, is of rare occurrence. 
 It is remarkable too from its sculptures, particularly that 
 on the north side, representing a dragon and a hon, 
 w^hich no doubt have a symbolic meaning, though diffi- 
 cult at present to decipher. On the west, are grotesque 
 animals within circles ; and on the south, a lozenge 
 ornament filled with fohage ; the east side is plain. The 
 bowl is square exteriorly and circular within, supported 
 on a massive circular pillar with attached shafts at the 
 angles, which rest on a square plinth; the two steps 
 are irregular in their dimensions. Its material is appa- 
 rently Caen stone, and formed of a single block, the 
 shafts have been patched in places with chalk, a material 
 not found in the neighbourhood. It stands against a 
 pillar near the north door ; there is a hning of lead and 
 a drain, the staple also belonging to the cover is still 
 remaining. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 
 
 Height, including the steps. 
 
 4ft. 
 
 6iin. 
 
 Height of Font 
 
 . 2ft. 
 
 llin. 
 
 Diameter across the top 
 
 3ft. 
 
 lin. 
 
 Depth of bowl 
 
 . 
 
 lOlm. 
 
 Diameter of the interior 
 
 1ft. 
 
 llin. 
 
 Depth of ditto 
 
 
 lOin. 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of St. Peter. 
 
NORMAN. 
 
 NEW SHOREHAM. 
 
 SUSSEX. 
 
NEW SHOREHAM 
 
 Is a square Norman Font, supported on a massive central 
 pillar, and four shafts at the angles, all with capitals and 
 bases ; the sides of the bowl are sculptured in arcades, 
 with twisted shafts, crosses within circles, zigzags, fo- 
 liage, &c., in very low relief, and rudely executed, as is 
 also the foliage of the capitals. The interior of the 
 bowl is circular, and the spaces between this and the 
 exterior angles are filled with ornamental foliage. It has 
 been very lately restored under the direction of Mr. 
 Ferrey, and placed on a square plinth at the west end 
 of the chancel; formerly it stood in the north transept 
 on a circular step, as in our drawing. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 
 Height .... 
 
 . 2ft. 6iin 
 
 Diameter across the top 
 
 2ft. lOin. 
 
 Depth of interior 
 
 10 in 
 
 Diameter of interior 
 
 . 2ft. Siin 
 
NORMAN. 
 
 LOCKING. 
 
 SOMERSETSHIRE, 
 
LOCKING. 
 
 
 This Font consists of 
 
 an oblong 
 
 bowl, supported on a 
 
 plain, cylindrical shaft. 
 
 At each 
 
 angle is a figure in 
 
 armour, with the cylindrical helmet 
 
 worn about the time 
 
 of Richard I. These fi 
 
 gures extend their arms back- 
 
 ward on the sides of the 
 
 bowl, so 
 
 as completely to sur- 
 
 round it. Above and 
 
 below the 
 
 arms, the sides are 
 
 ornamented in a varied 
 
 manner. 
 
 The interlaced work 
 
 shewn in the engraving 
 
 is formed 
 
 of intertwining ser- 
 
 pents. The Font is alto 
 
 gether one 
 
 of the most curious 
 
 we have met with. 
 
 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 
 
 Height 
 
 
 . 3ft. 
 
 Depth of bowl . 
 
 
 1ft. 6in. 
 
 Diameter across the 
 
 top, N. & S. . 2ft. 4in. 
 
 Diameter across the 
 
 top, E. & W, 2ft. 5|in. 
 
 Depth of interior . 
 
 
 . 1ft. 
 
 Diameter of interior 
 
 N. & S. 
 
 1ft. 7|in. 
 
 Diameter of interior 
 
 E. & W. 
 
 . 1ft. 4m. 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honoi 
 
 IT of St. Augustine. 
 
NORMAN. 
 
 ST. ANNE, LEWES. 
 
 8DSSEX. 
 
ST. ANNE, LEWES. 
 
 This is a good specimen of a cylindrical Norman 
 Font, ornamented with the interlaced work so frequent 
 in that style. Its date seems to be towards the end of 
 the twelfth century. The pillar against which it stands, 
 the south-westernmost of the nave, is of decidedly transi- 
 tion character, the form being Norman, but the foliage 
 Early English. The Font is of Eastbourne sand-stone, 
 partly broken, but about being restored. It has evident- 
 ly had iron work for a cover ; the present one is of deal. 
 It is lined with lead, and has a water drain. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 Height 2ft. 2in. 
 
 Diameter across the top . . . 2ft. 7in, 
 
 Depth of bowl ..... 15Mn. 
 
NORMAN. 
 
 "^'-'^'uz 
 
 PEERANZABULOE. 
 
 CORNWALL. 
 
PERRANZABULOE. 
 
 This is an octagonal Norman Font, having a central 
 shaft of the same form, and four round corner shafts 
 reaching half way up the bowl, without capitals, but with 
 round mouldings at the base. Four alternate sides of 
 the bowl are panelled, bearing figures very boldly but 
 rudely executed, all in a sitting posture, and clothed in 
 long robes. 
 
 Those on the north, west, and south sides are evidently 
 intended to represent the persons of the ever blessed 
 Trinity. That on the east side is occupied by the figure 
 of the Virgin and the infant Saviour. 
 
 This Font was most probably made for an early Nor- 
 man church, which was built when the original Oratory 
 of St. Piran [lately found] was overwhelmed in the sand 
 and lost. About A.D. 1420, this second church, like 
 many others in Cornwall, was rebuilt in the Perpendicu- 
 lar style ; thus it continued till A.D. 1803, when the old 
 enemy, the sand, so encroached as to threaten it with the 
 fate of its predecessors. It was, in consequence, con- 
 sidered necessary to remove it from such a perilous posi- 
 tion. A solitary Gramb cross, and a few heaps of stones 
 mark the place where it stood. It was taken down A.D. 
 1804, and rebuilt in another part of the parish, three 
 miles distant from its original site. Hither the Font also 
 was brought, and here it remains. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 
 
 Height .... 
 
 3ft. 
 
 3|in 
 
 Depth of bowl 
 
 . 1ft. 
 
 4in. 
 
 Diameter across the top 
 
 2ft. 
 
 3lin 
 
 Depth of interior 
 
 
 9im 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of St. Piran. 
 
NORMAN. 
 
 LENTON. 
 
 NOTTINGHAMSHIRE . 
 
LENTON. 
 
 Tradition says this Font originally belonged to Lenton 
 Priory, which appears to have been founded in the time 
 of Henry I. [1100], by William, son of Wilham Peveril, 
 the natural son of William the Conqueror. It was most 
 probably transferred to the Church at the dissolution of 
 religious houses, and was afterwards, at a time when 
 little respect was shewn to Church furniture, presented 
 by the then Churchwardens, to Lieut. Col. Stretton, 
 who lived in the neighbourhood, as an ornament for 
 his garden, where it remained till 1842, when, at the 
 request of the present Vicar, it was again, in the kind- 
 est manner, restored to the Parish Church, by the 
 present Mr. Stretton. 
 
 It is placed in front of the pulpit, raised on four 
 modern pedestals, which are omitted in the engraving. 
 The style is clearly Norman ; the sculptures are curious 
 and interesting, and appear formerly to have been paint- 
 ed. On one side is the crucifixion, the figure of our 
 Saviour occupying the centre on a large cross, the ends 
 of which are fohated ; on the right, is the soldier pierc- 
 ing his side ; on either side are the two malefactors ; 
 and in the upper angles are the angels, waving censors 
 or thuribles. The front is divided into arches occupied 
 by angels and cherubim. The subject of the lower 
 centre arch appears to be the taking down from the 
 cross. One of the other two sides is filled with a large 
 cross of ornamental foliage, and the other is divided 
 into four compartments, each containing a subject from 
 Scripture. 
 
 It measures 2ft. lOin. by 2ft. em. ; and 2ft. 6m. 
 high. The bowl is 2ft. 6in. by 2ft. 2in. ; and lift. 
 deep ; it is in form a kind of quatrefoil, without lining, 
 but with a water drain. The top is ornamented with 
 fohage, and there are the remains of hinges. 
 
 The Church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity. 
 
NORMAN. 
 
 BAST liADDON. 
 
 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. 
 
EAST HADDON. 
 
 A curious example of Norman work, not very early, but 
 of rude design ; the sculpture, which is in low relief, and 
 much defaced, appears to represent the conquest over sin 
 at Baptism ; the other side is occupied by ill-executed 
 foliage, and the lower part of the bowl is surrounded 
 with an intersecting arcade. One staple is remaining, and 
 probably in removing the other the rim of the Font was 
 damaged, as shown in the engraving. The position is on 
 the south side of the nave under the westernmost arch. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 Depth of bowl outside . . , 1ft, 6in. 
 
 Diameter across the top . . 2ft. Sin. 
 
 Depth of interior . . . . 11 in. 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of the Virgin Mary. 
 
NORMAN. 
 
 ipisi 
 
 HART LAND. 
 
 DEVONSHIRE. 
 
HARTLAND. 
 
 We have little to remark of this Font. It is a fine 
 specimen of Norman work, of late or transition charac- 
 ter ; both the bowl and shaft are covered with a variet}- 
 of rich ornaments common to the style. 
 
NORMAN. 
 
 SAND RIDGE. 
 
 HERTFORDSHIRE. 
 
SANDRIDGE 
 
 Is a cylindrical Norman Font, surrounded with an arcade 
 of intersecting arches, rising from a plain plinth. The 
 arches, eighteen in number, do not, as is usually the 
 case, lie over each other in crossing, but are quite fiat. 
 Above the arches is the hatchet or saw-tooth ornament. 
 The capitals and bases are characteristick, and altogether 
 it is a very good specimen of the latter part of the 
 twelfth century. The interior is conical, and necessa- 
 rily lined with lead, the material being a soft lime-stone. 
 It is adjacent the westernmost pier in the north aisle, 
 nearl}^ opposite the door. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 Height, exclusive of the steps . 2ft, Sin. 
 Depth of interior . . . 1ft. 3|in. 
 
 Diameter of the interior . . 2ft. 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of St. Lawrence. 
 
NORMAN. 
 
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 A V E E U R Y , 
 
 WILTSHIRE. 
 
AVEBURY. 
 
 This Font has generally been considered to be of lead, 
 it is, however, of stone, and the reason of the mistake 
 may be thus accounted for: — its first appearance gives you 
 the idea of a leaden one, on account of the ornaments 
 having square edges, and when the yellow-wash which 
 covers it is removed, its colour and hardness quite con- 
 firm this opinion; but the fact is, the stone, being of a 
 very crumbly nature, appears to have been covered with 
 a sort of dark-coloured composition to preserve it ; and it 
 has been effectual. On the east side of the bowl is the 
 figure of a bishop with mitre and crosier, holding a closed 
 book in his left hand ; on each side of him is a dragon, 
 whose tail flows off into the foliage, which surrounds the 
 upper part, a Norman intersecting arcade running round 
 the lower part. It is in one large stone, and stands on a 
 base with chamfered edges near a pier in the north aisle, 
 to the east of the south door. It is lined with lead and 
 has a drain, but a pewter basin is placed inside and used. 
 There are marks where staples formerlj^ were. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 Height ..... 3ft. 5in. 
 
 Diameter across the top . . 2ft. 6in. 
 
 Depth of bowl .... 2ft. 4in. 
 
 Depth of the interior . . . 1ft. Sin. 
 
 Diameter of the interior . . 2ft. 4in. 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of St. James. 
 
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NORMAN. 
 
 ALPHINGTON. 
 
 DEVONSHIRE 
 
ALPHINGTON. 
 
 This Font has acquired additional interest of late from 
 being the model of the new Font erected in the Temple 
 Church, London, which, with the exception of the part 
 above the arches rising perpendicularly, and not in a line 
 with the lower part, as at Alphington, and a few other 
 slight variations, might be called a copy of it. The base 
 of the Font in the Temple Church rests on the floor, the 
 one at Alphington on two circular steps, though they are 
 now both covered by a boarded floor, made up even with 
 the base. 
 
 The upper part is ornamented with rich and character- 
 istic scroll-work, amongst which, in the compartments, 
 are intertwined various monstrous animals and birds, a 
 figure with a spear, another with a bow and arrow, a 
 third carrying a hare on an axe. Various interpreta- 
 tions of the sculpture have been attempted, but it 
 seems difficult to make out any intelligible meaning ; it 
 appears rather to have been designed according to the 
 caprice or fancy of the sculptor. Subjects from field- 
 sports occur on other Fonts, as on Lostwithiel, Corn- 
 wall, and we not unfrequently find them sculptured on 
 the cornices of Churches. 
 
 The date is towards the end of the twelfth century. 
 It is of Beer oolite, a stone much used in Devonshire ; 
 and, like too many other Fonts, has been painted. It is 
 lined with lead, has a water-drain, and the staples are 
 remaining. The Church is dedicated in honour of St. 
 Michael, and is of the fifteenth century; there are no 
 Norman remains about it, except the Font, which stands 
 at the west end of the north aisle, near the door. 
 
 The dimensions are: — height from the step, 2ft. 9in.; 
 diameter across the top, 2ft. 9in. ; diameter of the bowl, 
 2ft. l|in.; depth of the bowl, llin. 
 
NORMAN. 
 
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 WEST HADDON. 
 
 NORTHAMPTONSHTRE. 
 
WEST HADDON. 
 
 This is a Norman Font of very simple character, con- 
 sisting merely of an upright square block of stone, with 
 a spherical-shaped cavity for a bowl. The upper part of 
 the stone is sculptured, having heads at the angles with 
 foliage proceeding from the mouth, an ornament not un- 
 frequent in Norman work, and an ornamented band of 
 beads or pellets as an upper moulding. Its material is a 
 white sandstone, painted. It has a lead lining, but no 
 drain, and formerly stood in the south aisle, west of the 
 south door ; but it has been removed to the south side of 
 the western arch. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 Height 3ft. 
 
 Width of each side . . . 2ft. 4in. 
 
 Depth of bowl outside . . 1ft. 
 
 Diameter across the top . . 2ft. 4in. 
 
 Diameter of the interior . . 1ft. llin. 
 
 Depth of the interior . . . lOin. 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of All Saints. 
 
NORMAN. 
 
 <.. 
 
 HUNSTANTON. 
 
 NORFOLK. 
 
HUNSTANTON. 
 
 This is an interesting specimen of a Norman Font, the 
 ornaments, though rude, are characteristic. The bowl 
 is square, with shafts at the angles, having that form of 
 capital usually denominated the " cushion capital." The 
 front is ornamented with a rude incised zigzag. It is 
 supported on a massive circular central pillar with an 
 octagon shaft at each angle. It is 3ft. 4in. high ; 1ft. 
 llin. across the top; the bowl is 14in. deep, hned with 
 lead, and has a water drain. It stands at the west end 
 of the nave under the Avindow. 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of St. Mary the 
 Virs5,in. 
 
NORMAN. 
 
 ^A^^-' - 
 
 HECKINGHAM. 
 
 ^"ORPOLK. 
 
HECKINGHAM. 
 
 The bowl of this massive and almost unornamented 
 Font is square, and perfectly plain. It is supported on 
 a central octagonal pillar, with a square base, and four 
 circular shafts at the angles, the capitals of which are 
 ornamented with volutes ; the bases have much of Early 
 English character. Its date is late Norman, 
 
 It has a cumbrous and tasteless cover of the seven- 
 teenth century, which is now decayed and unfit for use. 
 
 The dimensions of the Font are ; — 
 
 Height 3ft. 
 
 Diameter across the top . . 1ft. llin. 
 Depth of the interior . . . 8|in. 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of St. Gregory. 
 
NURMAN. 
 
 S U T H O V E R. 
 
 StrSSFX. 
 
SOUTHOVER. ■ 
 
 A massive square Norman bowl, of Caen stone, sup- 
 ported on a central circular shaft, and four smaller 
 octagonal ones at the angles, with foliated capitals and 
 bases, resting on square plinths. Its present position is 
 in the centre of the nave at the east end ; about twenty- 
 years ago it was removed from the west. There are re- 
 mains of staples. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 
 
 Height .... 
 
 . 3ft. 
 
 Sin. 
 
 Depth of bowl outside 
 
 1ft. 
 
 5in. 
 
 Diameter across the top 
 
 . 2ft. 
 
 5iin 
 
 Depth of interior 
 
 
 11 im 
 
 Diameter of the interior 
 
 . 1ft. 
 
 lOiin 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of St. John the 
 Baptist. 
 
NORMAN. 
 
 ST. CUTHBERT. 
 
 CORNWALL. 
 
ST. CUTHBERT or CUBERT. 
 
 The style of this singular Font is apparently Norman, 
 yet there is something about it different to what we ge- 
 nerally see of that period, so that there is some difficulty 
 in assigning to it a positive date. It has a deep cylindri- 
 cal bowl, supported by four banded shafts, with capitals 
 and bases, and a central pillar. The bowl is ornamented 
 on the upper and lower part with a band of the Norman 
 star-moulding, and in the centre between the shafts, by 
 circles filled with similar ornaments. 
 
 The cover is so original in design that we have been 
 induced to give a sketch of it. 
 
NORM AN. 
 
 SHEFFORD, WEST. 
 
 BERKSHIRE. 
 
SHEPPORD, WEST. 
 
 The date of this richly-sculptured and rather singular 
 Font we consider to be about the twelfth century, when 
 the transition from the Norman to the Early English 
 style was taking place ; the foliage and base mouldings 
 have much of Early English character about them. The 
 whole is in good preservation, though of soft, friable 
 stone, and remains unpainted. It was removed by the 
 permission of the late Bishop Fisher and the Archdeacon 
 of Berks to its present site within the altar-rails, where 
 the sacrament of baptism is now administered. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 Height 2ft. 4in. 
 
 Diameter across the top . . Ift. Sin. 
 
 Diameter of the interior . . 1ft. 4in. 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of St. Mary. 
 
NORMAN. 
 
 A„:o, -iSm, §' 
 
 STANTON FITZ WARREN. 
 
 WILTsniRK. 
 
STANTON FITZ WARREN. 
 
 This is a rare and most interesting specimen of an em- 
 blematical and inscribed Font. The small Church in 
 which it stands is of the fifteenth century, but contains 
 some wrought stonework of a much earlier date, made 
 available at its erection, and in character with the Font. 
 
 The bowl is circular, divided by shafts and trefoil 
 arches into ten compartments filled with figures, eight 
 of which iUustrate the triumph of virtues over opposing 
 vices. The kneeling step is most appropriately placed 
 opposite the compartment which is occupied by the re- 
 presentation of the Church ; it is a crowned figure cloth- 
 ed in long robes, holding in the right hand a cross, and 
 in the left a cup, and tramphng under foot the serpent; 
 beside the figure is inscribed " Serpens occiditur," and 
 over it, "Ecclesia." In the next niche is the represent- 
 ative of Heaven, a Cherubim with drawn sword and en- 
 
 Dlded wings, and over it. 
 
 " Cherubym." 
 
 The other 
 
 gures are thus inscribed : — 
 
 
 
 Largitas. . Avaritia. 
 
 Modestia . 
 
 Ebrietas. 
 
 Humilitas . Superbia. 
 
 Temperancia 
 
 Luxuria. 
 
 Pietas . . Discordia. 
 
 Paciencia . 
 
 Ira. 
 
 Misericordia Invidia. 
 
 Pudicia. 
 
 Libido. 
 
 The figures are executed with much skill, and the up- 
 per part is elaborately worked with scroll bands entwin- 
 ing, fihed with ornaments pecuhar to the Norman period. 
 
 The form of the arches and general style -of the sculp- 
 ture show it to be late Norman or Transition work, pro- 
 bably about the end of the twelfth century ; the shaft is 
 later, apparently of the fourteenth century. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 
 
 Height .... 
 
 3ft. 
 
 7m. 
 
 Diameter across the top 
 
 . 2ft. 
 
 8iin. 
 
 Depth of bowl . 
 
 2ft. 
 
 Oim. 
 
 Diameter of the interior 
 
 . 1ft. 
 
 lOAin. 
 
 Depth of the interior . 
 
 1ft. 
 
 O^in. 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of St. Leonard. 
 
NORMAN 
 
 PALGRAVP;. 
 
 SDFFOT.K. 
 
PALGRAVE. 
 
 A very fine and perfect late Norman Font [c. 1180]. 
 The corners contain heads in hollow semi-cylindrical 
 niches, and the sides are decorated with crosses patonce, 
 with a fluted or grooved border of singular design. The 
 under sides are cut after the fashion of Norman cushion 
 capitals. The bowl is square, standing on four shafts 
 and an octagonal stem, the basis of which consist of 
 three quarter rolls of Early Enghsh or Decorated charac- 
 ter. The Font is painted a grey stone colour, and placed 
 in its original position near the south entrance. It is 
 lined with lead, and has a drain. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 
 
 Height .... 
 
 . 3ft. 
 
 Urn 
 
 Diameter across the top 
 
 2ft. 
 
 7in. 
 
 Depth of bowl 
 
 . 1ft. 
 
 Gin. 
 
 Diameter of interior . 
 
 2ft. 
 
 lin. 
 
 Depth of interior . 
 
 . 1ft. 
 
 Sin. 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of St. Peter. 
 
NORMAN. 
 
 -Ji-^ 
 
 GILLINGHAM. 
 
 KENT 
 
GILLINGHAM 
 
 Is a circular Norman Font, with a chamfered base ; it 
 is surrounded by a plain Norman arcade but little raised, 
 and has a band of the chevron moulding underneath. 
 The step or plinth is modern, and very inappropriate in 
 form. It stands at the west end of the nave. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 Height 2ft. 7iin. 
 
 Diameter across the top . . 2ft. lO^in. 
 
 Depth of the interior , . . 1ft. Sin, 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of St. Mary 
 Magdalene. 
 
NORMAN. 
 
 LIDDIARD MILICENT. 
 
 WILTSHIRE. 
 
LIDDIARD MILISANT. 
 
 This circular Norman Font may be dated about the 
 latter half of the twelfth century. It is surrounded with 
 an intersecting arcade, the arches of which are orna- 
 mented with the pellet moulding. The workmanship is 
 rude and shallow, and now a good deal choked up with 
 whitewash. It is supported on a plain cylindrical shaft, 
 and stands on two octagonal steps adjacent one of the 
 piers on the south side of the nave, nearly opposite the 
 south door. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 Height 2ft. 7|in. 
 
 Diameter across the top . . 2ft. 6in. 
 
 Diameter of the interior . . 2ft. 
 
NORMAN. [TRANSITION.] 
 
 BODMIN. 
 
 CORN W ALU 
 
BODMIN. 
 
 The Rev. J. Wallis, the present Vicar, removed this 
 Font from the north to the south aisle, and placed it in 
 the centre of the west end, near the south entrance; at 
 the same time raising it on two steps of granite, and 
 clearing it of many coats of limewash. 
 
 It is a fine large Font of late Norman or Transition 
 character, having a cup-shaped bowl, sculptured with 
 animals and foliage, some of the latter is in high relief, 
 resting on a central pillar with a shaft at each angle, the 
 capitals of which are formed of angels' heads with wings. 
 The bases have the ornament at the angles, which is of 
 frequent occurrence in this style. 
 
 The measurement is as follows : — ■ 
 
 Height, exclusive of the steps, . . 3ft. 7in. 
 
 Diameter across the top . . 3ft. Sin. 
 
 Diameter of the interior . . , 2ft. 4-|in. 
 
 Depth of ditto .... 1ft. 4in. 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of St. Petrock. 
 
NORMAN. (i"r,AN8TTiON.) 
 
 STIBBINGTON. 
 
 HUNTINGDONSHIRE. 
 
STIBBIIIGTON. 
 
 The bowl of this massive Font is of Transition Nor- 
 man character ; it is octangular, having each side orna- 
 mented with a semi-circular arch formed by a hollow 
 moulding, with slender shafts at the angles. The round 
 pillars which support the bowl are of later date, and very 
 irregular in their workmanship, some of the angular bases 
 having seven, and some eight, sides. There is no lining, 
 nor has it a drain. It stands in the centre of the nave, 
 at the west end. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 Height 3ft. Sin. 
 
 Diameter across the top . . 2ft. Sin. 
 
 Depth of bowl .... 2ft. Uin. 
 
NORMAN. [TKANSITION,] 
 
 SAPCOTE. 
 t.,eicf;3T'F.rshire, 
 
SAPCOTE. 
 
 About forty-five years ago this singular Font was 
 turned into the Churchyard, where it did duty as a 
 water-butt for more than thirty years ; it was afterwards 
 removed into the Rectory garden, but the present In- 
 cumbent has had it carefully repaired, raised on a shaft, 
 and once more appropriated to its former holy use. We 
 have great pleasure in giving it, and hope the example 
 set by the Rector of Sapcote may induce others to re- 
 store manj' beautiful subjects now lying neglected and 
 desecrated. 
 
 The bowl, which is the only original portion, is circu- 
 lar, and cut into sixteen concave faces, enriched with a 
 very peculiar kind of foliage, and the angles both above 
 and below are chamfered and ornamented. Its date ap- 
 pears to be late Norman or Transition. It stands in the 
 centre of the nave, at the west end, in a line with the 
 north and south doors. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 
 
 Height .... 
 
 3ft. 
 
 5im 
 
 Diameter across the top 
 
 . 2ft. 
 
 7in. 
 
 Diameter of the interior 
 
 1ft. 
 
 lliin 
 
 Depth of bowl 
 
 . 1ft. 
 
 7^111 
 
 Depth of interior . 
 
 1ft. 
 
 Sin. 
 
NORMAN [TRANSITION]. 
 
 !,ii,iii^iiiiiii|;Mli|iii: 
 
 BET.AUGH. 
 
 NORFOLK. 
 
BELAUGH. 
 
 This appears to be a Transition Norman Font. It is 
 circular, with the bowl cup-shaped on the lower part, 
 and supported on a massive central pillar, and having on 
 the upper part four plain semicircular arches, springing 
 from detached shafts, with moulded capitals and bases. 
 
 The Font at Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, is of the 
 same character, but mthout the arches, and more decid- 
 edly of Early English date ; indeed this form of a cup- 
 shaped bowl, with central pillar and detached shafts, 
 does not appear to be uncommon in the Transition 
 and Early English periods. 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of St. Peter. 
 
NORMAN. (TRANSITION,) 
 
 ■^rnf-ifT~:'~-r3J::S'—-^^^' 
 
 ■ STONESBY. 
 
 LEICESTERSHIRE. 
 
STONESBY. 
 
 This subject exhibits plain indications, in some of its 
 ornaments, of the change in progress, at the time of its 
 construction, from the Norman to the Early Enghsh 
 style. An arcade of Norman intersecting arches, orna- 
 mented with the square billet moulding, surrounds the 
 octagonal bowl, the spaces between the shafts being filled 
 with trefoil ornaments of Early Enghsh character. The 
 shaft also is octagonal, having small circular ones cut in 
 the angles, and on the sides a kind of quatrefoil. Its 
 position is the centre of the nave, opposite the south 
 door. 
 
 The dimensions are ; — 
 
 Height 2ft. 8im. 
 
 Depth of bowl outside . . 1ft. 4|in. 
 
 Diameter across the top . . 2ft. 6in. 
 
 Depth of interior . . . Ift, 0|in. 
 
 Diameter of interior . . . Ift. lOm. 
 
NORMAN [TRANRITTOK], 
 
 --igilii 
 
 TIC KEN COTE. 
 
 HOTLAND3HIRE. 
 
- TICKENCOTE. 
 
 Presents a mixture of Norman and Early English de- 
 tails ; each angle has the tooth moulding in a hollow, 
 with a head on the upper part, and the sides are sculp- 
 tured with an intersecting Norman arcade, above which 
 is Early Enghsh trefoil foliage. It is of Barnack stone, 
 cubical in form, and without any lining; nor is any 
 drain apparent. It stands now against the northern pier 
 of the chancel (one of the finest Norman examples 
 in England) to which position it was moved in 1792. 
 The bowl alone is ancient. The former shaft now lies 
 in the village street. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 Height 2ft. lllm. 
 
 Depth of bowl .... 1ft. 4|in. 
 
 Diameter across the top . . 2ft. Sin. 
 
 Depth of interior ... 1ft. lin. 
 
 Diameter of interior . . . 1ft. Gin. 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of St. John the 
 Evangelist. 
 
EARLY ENGLISH. 
 
 WARBOROUGH. 
 
 OXFORDSHIRE. 
 
WARBOROUGH. 
 
 The bowl of this Font is of lead and placed upon a 
 stone pedestal of good design and workmanship, of the 
 fifteenth century. 
 
 Leaden Fonts are not numerous and may be generally 
 referred to the Norman period ; but our present subject 
 we consider of later date, from the form of the arches 
 and the style of the ornaments, which approximate the 
 Early English character. 
 
 The design consists of three tall and irregular pointed 
 arches, connected by an arcade, under each arch of 
 which is the figure of a bishop, with a low mitre, the 
 right hand elevated in the act of benediction, and the 
 left holding a crozier ; the same figure is repeated 
 throughout, so also are the two circular ornaments. 
 The substance of the lead scarcely exceeds half an inch. 
 
 The Church of Warborough is without aisles, and the 
 Font stands in the centre of the nave at the west end, 
 nearly in a line with the north and south doors. When 
 the Church was new pewed some years ago, the Font 
 was removed a few feet, and underneath it a cistern 
 was discovered. 
 
 The dimensions are as follow : — 
 
 Whole Height . 
 
 3ft. 
 
 lOm 
 
 Depth of bowl 
 
 . 1ft. 
 
 3m 
 
 Depth of the interior . 
 
 1ft. 
 
 2in 
 
 Diameter across the top 
 
 . 2ft. 
 
 2in 
 
 Diameter of the interior 
 
 2ft. 
 
 
 Height of pedestal 
 
 . 2ft. 
 
 7in 
 
EARLY ENGLISH. 
 
 LANTEGLOS. 
 
 CORNWALL. 
 
LANTEGLOS. 
 
 This is an early and very interesting example of the 
 Early English style, retaining something of the Norman 
 character. The bowl is square, and the interior octan- 
 gular ; it is supported on a massive circular shaft, with 
 four smaller ones at the angles, having moulded bases. 
 The rim, or upper part of the bowl, is ornamented with 
 the nail-head moulding, and the sides with trefoil foliage 
 in a connected pattern. It is in good preservation, and 
 has never been whitewashed : there are remains of sta- 
 ples. It has a drain but no lining, and stands in the 
 north aisle, under the westernmost pillar, near the north 
 door. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 Height 3ft. 
 
 Depth of bowl .... 1ft. Sin. 
 
 Diameter across the top . . 2ft. 6^'m. 
 
 Depth of interior .... 9in. 
 
 Diameter of the interior . . 1ft. lOin. 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of St.Lanty. 
 
EARLY ENGLISH. 
 
 ROTH ERFI ELD GREY? 
 
 OXFOEDSBIRF. 
 
ROTHERPIELD GREYS 
 
 Is a good and remarkably perfect Early English exam- 
 ple. It is square, the sides diminishing in breadth 
 downwards, the angles being hollowed to receive shafts 
 with foliated capitals, which support the round moulding 
 of the upper part. The base is ornamented with the 
 characteristic round and deep hollow mouldings of the 
 period. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 Height 2ft. lOin. 
 
 Diameter across the top . . 2ft. Gin. 
 
 Depth of bowl .... 1ft. lOin. 
 
 Diameter of interior , . . 2ft. 
 
EARLY ENGLISH. 
 
 BRADBOURNE. 
 
 DERBYSHIRE. 
 
BRADBORNE. 
 
 Plainness and simplicity characterise this Font. It 
 consists of a nearly cubical block of stone, with two of 
 the angles chamfered, and the sides ornamented with 
 circles enclosing quatrefoils formed of round and hollow 
 mouldings, but the sculpture is neither bold nor deep. 
 Its style is Early English. 
 
EARLY ENGLISH. 
 
 THURLBY. 
 
 LINCOLNSniRB. 
 
THURLBY. 
 
 This is a very curious Early English Font, and, per- 
 haps, unique in design. It is circular, divided into eight 
 compartments by bold round mouldings, terminating in 
 the upper moulding or rim with a kind of mask, similar 
 to those used for the termination of labels. It is sup- 
 ported on a central octangular shaft and four smaller 
 ones. It is carved in Barnack stone, and now stands in 
 the centre of the nave, at the west end. Formerly it 
 was against the westernmost pillar of the south aisle, and 
 opposite the south door. Its date is probably late in 
 the thirteenth century. 
 
 The Church is chiefly Early English and Decorated, 
 with some portions of Norman work. Between the nave 
 and chancel is some fine screen-work, the remains of the 
 roodloft, the staircases to which still exist. 
 
 The dimensions are : — ■ 
 
 Height 3ft. 
 
 Diameter across the top . . 2ft. 6iii. 
 
 Depth of bowl .... 1ft. 7m. 
 
 Diameter of interior . . . Ift. llin. 
 
 Depth of interior .... llgin. 
 
EARLY ENGLISH. 
 
 ALDENHAM. 
 
 HERTPORDSH I RE . 
 
ALDENHAM. 
 
 This Font has a square bowl, supported on a central 
 pillar, with shafts at the angles. It is very plain, but 
 there are good mouldings on the capitals and bases of 
 the shafts, which partake greatly of the Early English 
 character. This Font most probably belongs to the 
 Transition period, from Norman to Early English. It 
 is of Purbeck marble, much injured by time, but we 
 learn from the Vicar's Churchwarden, I. Mason, Esq., 
 of Aldenham Lodge, that it is about to be repaired. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 Height, exclusive of the steps, . 2ft. 2^in. 
 
 Diameter across the top . .1ft. 9in. 
 
 Diameter of the interior . . ift. Sin. 
 
 Depth of the interior . . . ift. 3in, 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of St. John the 
 Baptist. 
 


EARLY ENGLISH. 
 
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 ^miMi^' 
 
 ■fk^ z^^ 
 
 '.I' 
 
 TICKENHAM. 
 
 SOUEHSF.T, 
 
TICKENHAM 
 
 Is a plain, but rather unusual, Early English Font. It 
 consists of a square bowl, the angles of which are 
 chamfered, and each side ornamented with a pointed 
 trefoil arch, under which the surface is sunk, and the 
 lower edge chamfered. It is supported by a plain cylin- 
 drical central pillar, and a shaft with capital and base at 
 each angle. Except being cracked across, it is in good 
 preservation, and stands in the south aisle, against the 
 second pillar from the west end, and near the only en- 
 trance, the south door. 
 
 The dimensions are :— 
 
 Height 2ft. lOin. 
 
 Depth of bowl . . . . 1ft. Sin. 
 
 Diameter across the top, E. & W. 2ft. 6in. 
 
 Diameter across the top, N, & S. 2ft. 4in. 
 
 Depth of interior .... 1ft. 
 
 Diameter of mterior, E. &W. . 1ft. lOin. 
 
 Diameter of interior, N. & S. . 1ft. Sin. 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of St. Quericus 
 and St. Julietta. 
 
EARLY ENGLISH. 
 
 KING'S CLIFF. 
 
 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. 
 
KING'S CLIFF 
 
 Is a strong and massive Early English Font. The bowl 
 is cupshaped, and supported on an octagonal shaft of 
 nearly equal dimensions. It is ornamented with eight 
 circles, slightly raised, four of which are plain and four 
 contain quatrefoils ; under each of the plain ones is a 
 very short shaft with moulded capitals, connecting the 
 bowl with its support. The design and execution of the 
 whole are very plain and simple, but characteristic of the 
 period. It stands between the second and third pillar, 
 on the south side the nave, nearly opposite the south 
 door. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 Height 3ft. Sin. 
 
 Diameter across the top . . 2ft. 6in. 
 
 Depth of bowl .... 1ft. 4|in. 
 
 Diameter of the interior . . Ift. lOin. 
 
 Depth of interior .... 11 gin. 
 
EARLY ENGLISH. 
 
 ITCHENOR. 
 
 SUSSEX. 
 
ITCHENOR. 
 
 The Early English character of this Font certainly pre- 
 dominates, yet it is not far removed from the Norman 
 period. The central circular pillar, and the shafts at the 
 angles, are all of them very massive, and the junction of 
 the bowl with the capitals of the shafts and pillar is re- 
 markable. Its situation is opposite the south door. A 
 new octagonal pyramidal cover, surmounted with a Mal- 
 tese cross, gilded, has recently been added. 
 
 le dimensions are : — 
 
 
 
 Height .... 
 
 . 2ft. 
 
 lOin. 
 
 Depth of bowl outside 
 
 1ft. 
 
 Olin 
 
 Diameter across the top 
 
 . 1ft. 
 
 11 in. 
 
 Depth of interior 
 
 
 lliin 
 
 Diameter of interior 
 
 . 1ft. 
 
 5 gin 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of St. Nicholas. 
 
KARLY ENGT,1.'!T1. 
 
 WESTON, NEAR SPALDING. 
 
 LINCOLNSHIRE. 
 
V/ESTON. NEAR SPALDING. 
 
 This beautiful specimen of the Early English style is 
 raised on two steps, with a broader one for the minister. 
 It is circular, and divided into eight compartments by 
 plain round shafts, having small bell capitals without 
 bases. Each compartment is ornamented with trefoiled 
 foliage, of good design, and in very bold relief. It stands 
 at the west end of the nave. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 Height 3ft. 3m. 
 
 Diameter across the top . . 2ft. Sin. 
 Depth of bowl 15in. 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of St. Mary. 
 
ASHBORNE. 
 
 It is seldom that the date of an ancient Church can 
 be ascertained with accuracy. This, however, is the 
 case with Ashborne ; for, by a brass plate discovered 
 in the Church, it appears that the Church and altar 
 were dedicated in honour of St. Oswald, King and 
 Martyr, on the 8th of the Kalends of May, 1241, by 
 Hugh de Pateshul, Bishop of Coventrye. The Font, 
 which is of the same style as the Church, may be 
 fairly considered of the same date. It is situated at 
 the west end of the nave, and rests on the floor 
 without any steps; it is 3ft. 4in. high, and 2ft. llin. 
 across the top. The Church, as well as the Font, has 
 been lately restored. 
 
EARLY ENGLISH. 
 
 ASIIBORNE. 
 
 DEEBrSHIRE. 
 
EARLY ENGLISH. 
 
 NORBURY. 
 
 DEEBTSHIRE. 
 
NORBURY. 
 
 The design of this Font is that of a short Early Eng- 
 hsh ckistered pillar, the bell capital forming the bowl. 
 The shafts of which the pillar is composed make a 
 square, those at the angles being filleted. It is a plain 
 but very good specimen of its style, and is most pro- 
 bably about the same date as the Font at Ashborne. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 Height 3ft. Sin. 
 
 Diameter across -the top . . . 2ft. Sin. 
 
 Depth of bowl llin. 
 
 It is lined with lead, and has a drain. 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of St. Mary the 
 Virgin. 
 
EARLY ENGLISH. 
 
 
 BRADLEY. 
 
 DERBTSHIRE. 
 
BRADLEY. 
 
 The stem or shaft of this Font has all the appearance 
 of the upper part of a clustered pier, the bowl resting on 
 the abaci. The bowl is divided into eight compartments 
 by round-headed trefoil arches, formed by a plain round 
 moulding, having between them a small trefoiled orna- 
 ment. Its date is about the middle of the thirteenth cen- 
 tury, and it much resembles the one at Ashborne in the 
 same county. The rim has received considerable injury, 
 evidently by forcing off the staple and hinge, otherwise 
 the Font is in fair preservation. It stands ni the north- 
 west angle of the nave. 
 
 The dimensions are ; — 
 Height from the floor 
 Diameter across the top 
 Diameter of the interior 
 Depth of bowl . . . . 
 
 Depth of the interior . 
 Depth of capital, including neck 
 
 moulding .... 
 Length of shaft from ditto 
 Depth of base .... 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of All Saints. 
 
 2ft. 
 
 lOfin 
 
 2ft. 
 
 glin 
 
 2ft. 
 
 2lin 
 
 1ft. 
 
 Im. 
 
 
 ll|in 
 
 
 9in. 
 
 
 lOm. 
 
 
 2 fin 
 
EARLY ENGLISH. 
 
 IRCHESTER. 
 
 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. 
 
mCHESTER. 
 
 This ancient Font is of the Early Enghsh period, and 
 carved in a hard dark stone. The bowl is octagonal, 
 having a trefoil arch in each compartment. Of the 
 compartments not seen in the print, three have the 
 trefoil arch alone, a fourth has some rude flowers, and 
 the fifth the head of an animal. The central and smaller 
 shafts are octagonal, as is the step on which they stand. 
 
 This Font is placed to the east of the westernmost 
 pier, on the south side of the nave, and is much blocked 
 up by unsightly deal pews. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 Height, exclusive of the step, . 3ft. lin. 
 
 Diameter across the top. . . 2ft. 4in. 
 
 Diameter of the interior . . 1ft. lOin. 
 
 Depth of bowl .... 1ft. 4m. 
 
 Depth of the interior . . , 1ft. 
 
 The general character of the Church is Early Deco- 
 rated, and it is dedicated in honour of St. Catherine. 
 
EARLY ENGLISH. 
 
 ACTON BURNELL. 
 
 SHROPSHIRE. 
 
ACTON BURNELL. 
 
 This Font, which is remarkable for the beauty and 
 simpUcity of its design, is of pure Early English charac- 
 ter. It is octagonal, having a trefoil-headed recess on 
 each side, and shafts at the angles. The mouldings of 
 the arches, the capitals and bases, are exceedingly good 
 and characteristic. The Font is altogether well worthy 
 of being used as a model. It is of sand-stone, has 
 been cleared of the whitewash with which it was 
 covered, and is in good preservation. It stands on 
 one step, at the south-west end of the nave. 
 
 We learn from a communication of the Rector, the 
 Rev. E. H. Wainwright, to whom we are indebted for 
 much valuable information about this church, that a 
 curious and pleasing custom still prevails of decorating 
 the Font with flowers at the Sacrament of Baptism. 
 This is an Early English cross church, of uniform style 
 throughout. 
 
 The dimensions are : — • 
 
 Height 3ft. 4in. 
 
 Diameter across the top . . 1ft. Sin. 
 
 Depth of bowl .... 12in. 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of the Virgin Mary. 
 
EARLY ENGLISH. 
 
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 AIL SAINTS. 
 r.F.ICKSTER. 
 
ALL SAINTS, LEICESTER. 
 
 This Font is decidedly of Early English character, and 
 the fohage is very deeply and elaborately sculptured. 
 Until lately the bowl appeared to rest on a massive 
 octagonal shaft, which, examination proved to be com- 
 posed of a quantity of rubbish built up round the present 
 central circular one. On removing the pavement, the 
 original basement stone was discovered, from which it 
 was evident that the central pillar was formerly sur- 
 rounded by four smaller ones ; consequently it has 
 been in this manner restored, and the bowl cleaned 
 and repaired with great care and judgment. It has a 
 water drain, some remains of staples, and stands upon a 
 single step in the centre of the north aisle, two yards 
 east of the north door. 
 
 The duiiensions are : — 
 
 Height, exclusive of the step, . 3ft, 6|in, 
 
 Circumference of the bowl at top . 8ft, 5in, 
 Diameter across the top . . 2ft, 8^in. 
 
 Diameter of the interior . . 2ft. 
 
 Depth of ditto . . , . 1ft. 2in. 
 
 In the Church, the parts most deserving notice, are 
 the fine roofs of the north and south aisles, particularly 
 the former ; a good Norman doorway at the west end, 
 and some encaustic tiles around the Font, chiefly col- 
 lected from the chancel. 
 
EARLY ENGLISH, 
 
 
 NORTON. 
 
 DERBYSHIRE. 
 
NORTON. 
 
 The church of Norton, which contains some Norman 
 and some Early Enghsh portions, is said to have 
 been founded by Robert Fitz Ranulph about 1176, by 
 whom it was given to the Abbey of Beauchief. The 
 Font is later, and belongs to the Early Enghsh style, 
 corresponding with those portions of the Church. It 
 is octagonal, the shaft clustered and enriched with the 
 tooth ornament. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 Height 3ft. 7in. 
 
 Diameter across the top . . 2ft. 4in. 
 
 Depth of the interior . . . 9in. 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of St. James. 
 
EARLY ENGLISH. 
 
 
 KEYSOE. 
 
 BEDFORDSHIRE. 
 
KEYSOE. 
 
 This is an Early English Font of rather a massive 
 character. It is interesting from the unusual circum- 
 stance of bearing an inscription coeval with the Font 
 itself, which is probably of about the year 1200. The 
 inscription reads thus upon the several faces of the 
 pediment ; 
 
 -l-TReSTVI iKePARpIC IP^SSeRVI 
 
 pvuLGAL onewT^ReL PRieviKe 
 DevPTVRss GRAceve RReYMe.RCiLiFAce im. 
 
 which forms a distich running thus in modern French : 
 Restez ; qui par ici passerez 
 Pour I'ame de Warel priez : 
 Que Dieu par sa grace 
 or Voir^ \ ™6rci lui fasse. Amen. 
 
 The bowl and phnth are of Barnack stone, the shaft 
 of clunch. Within these four years it was wedged into 
 the end of a narrow pew, abutting on the first pillar from 
 the west end of the nave on the south side, whence it 
 was removed to the north side of the nave at the west 
 end, and on being thoroughly freed from white-wash and 
 mortar, with which it was thickly covered, the inscription 
 was discovered. It is lined, but without a drain, and 
 there are the remains of staples. 
 
 The dimensions are thus : — 
 Height, exclusive of the step. 
 Diameter across the top. 
 Diameter of the interior, at top . 
 Depth of bowl 
 Depth of the interior . . . llin. 
 
 The Rev. W. Airy, the Vicar of Keysoe, has kindly 
 furnished us with the substance of this information, but 
 we refer our readers to a very interesting Paper on the 
 subject of the inscription, read before the Cambridge 
 Camden Society in 1842, which may be found in the 
 first volume of the Ecclesiologist, p. 124. 
 
 3ft. 
 
 2iin. 
 
 2ft. 
 
 6in. 
 
 1ft. 
 
 9lin. 
 
 1ft. 
 
 Im. 
 
EARLY ENGLISH. 
 
 HARDWICKE. 
 
 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. 
 
HARDWICKE. 
 
 This is a curious and rather rudely-worked example of 
 the Early English period. It is hexagonal in form, hav- 
 ing the sides ornamented, with arches rising from circular 
 shafts at the angles, within which are small lancet-shaped 
 panels. The angles above the capitals are chamfered 
 upwards, so that the top presents a figure of twelve sides. 
 It stands at the west end of the nave against the south 
 pier of the tower arch, which is filled up. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 Height 3ft. 6m. 
 
 Diameter across the top . . 1ft. 9|m. 
 
 Depth of bowl .... 8|in. 
 
 This Church has been the scene of one of those dis- 
 graceful acts of economy which marked the eighteenth 
 century. In 1795, by faculty from the Bishop of Peter- 
 borough, the south aisle was pulled down, and also 
 about eight feet of the east end of the chancel, and the 
 materials used to repair the rest of the edifice. 
 
 The Church is dedicated m honour of St. Leonard. 
 
EARLY ENGLISH. 
 
 THORPE. 
 
 LINCOLNSHIRE. 
 
THORPE. 
 
 This chaste and beautifully designed Font of the Early 
 English period, is placed at the west end of the nave. 
 The bowl is cylindrical, and is ornamented with an ar- 
 cade of elegantly formed trefoil arches, with foliage in the 
 spandrels. It is supported at present on a plain octa- 
 gonal pillar, but has originally had four detached shafts, 
 the capitals of which remain, and between them are four 
 small arches, enclosing three well executed heads, of a 
 King, a Bishop, and a Knight ; the fourth is filled with a 
 knot of foliage. 
 
 It is much to be regretted, that this Font is not care- 
 fully restored according to the original design, as few 
 would then exceed it in beauty. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 Height 3ft. llin. 
 
 Diameter across the top . . 2ft. lOin. 
 
 Depth of the interior . . . 1ft. 6in. 
 
 Diameter of interior . . . 1ft. lOin. 
 
EARLY ENGLISH. 
 
 LOSTWITHIEL. 
 
 CORNWALL. 
 
LOSTWITHIEL. 
 
 This is a very singular Font, to which it appears dif- 
 ficult to assign a proper date. It has an octagonal bowl, 
 with square panels, filled with sculpture of a very incon- 
 gruous character, consisting of a representation of the 
 Crucifixion, a head of a Bishop, a grotesque head, Hons 
 passant, a figure on horseback, with his hawk and hunt- 
 ing horn, &c. The whole appears as if copied from 
 other examples, and put together without meaning. It 
 is supported on a central pillar, and four shafts, the 
 whole of which are clustered, and have good bases. 
 
 Its material is a free-stone, from the quarries of 
 Pentewan, near St. Austell, and it has lately been freed 
 from the whitewash with which it was thickly covered. 
 It stands at the west end of the nave, between the north 
 and south entrances. 
 
V7EST0N subter WITHERLEY. 
 
 This Font stands on one irregular octagonal step at 
 the west end of the nave, is singular in form and 
 almost without ornament. Both the bowl and shaft are 
 eight sided, but not truly octangular, four of the sides 
 being wide and curving inwards, and the other four nar- 
 row and flat. The lower part of the bowl is moulded, 
 and the narrow sides supported by projecting heads. 
 Its date appears to be early in the fourteenth century. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 Height 3ft. Sin. 
 
 Diameter across the top . . . 2ft. 5in. 
 
 Diameter of bowl ..... 23in. 
 Depth of bowl ..... 16in. 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of St. Michael, 
 
DECORATED. 
 
 WESTON. 
 
 WAHWICKSHIEE. 
 
DECORATED. 
 
 ""BBniiiiini 
 
 STRUBBY. 
 
 LINCOLNSHIRE. 
 
STRUBBY. 
 
 The design of the bowl of this Font was not unfre- 
 quent in the fourteenth century ; it is octagonal, and 
 every side is enriched with Decorated tracery, differing 
 in design. The shaft is one block of stone, cut into 
 eight plain shafts, divided by deep hollows. From the 
 form of the tracery, its date seems to be early in the 
 fourteenth centur}-. It stands on a single step of stones 
 rudely put together, on the south side of the nave, under 
 a pillar opposite the south door. The material is a hard 
 limestone, and the tracery is in tolerable preservation. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 Height, exclusive of the step, . . 3ft. 7in. 
 
 Diameter across the top . . 2ft. lin. 
 
 Depth of bowl 1ft. 6m. 
 
 Diameter of the interior . . Ift. 7in. 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of St. Oswald. 
 
UECORATED. 
 
 GOADBY MARWOOD. 
 
 LEICESTERSHIRE. 
 
GOADBY MARWOOD. 
 
 This Font affords a fine and perfect example of the 
 Early Decorated work of the fourteenth century; the de- 
 sign IS not uncommon for that period, but eminently 
 beautiful. It is octangular without shaft ; each side pre- 
 sents the form and tracery of a Decorated window, a little 
 varynig from the other. The arches and tracery are 
 formed by the simple round moulding which is so cha- 
 racteristic of the period, and too often overlooked in 
 modern copies. It has been restored after much muti- 
 lation, as well as the seventeenth century oak cover. 
 On the north and south side were the staple and hmge, 
 while, on the east and west, are two large grooves, cut 
 two inches deep, but for what purpose it is impossible 
 to tell. It stands in the centre of the nave, nearly 
 opposite the north and south doors. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 
 
 Height . . . . 
 
 . 3ft. 
 
 0|in 
 
 Diameter across the top 
 
 2ft. 
 
 5in. 
 
 Depth of interior 
 
 . 1ft. 
 
 2 in. 
 
 Diameter of interior 
 
 1ft. 
 
 lOim 
 
 Width of each side 
 
 
 lUin 
 
 The Church is dedicated m honour of St. Denis. 
 
DECORATED. 
 
 STOKE GOLDING 
 
 LFICF.STEKSHIRE. 
 
STOKE GOLDING. 
 
 The bowl is octagonal ; the east side, which abuts 
 against the westernmost pillar of the nave, is plain, the 
 others are enriched either with crocketed and foliated 
 arches, springing from buttresses, with pinnacles at the 
 angles, and filled with figures, or with shields, or tracery. 
 The sides shewn in the engraving severally represent St. 
 Catherine, with the wheel and sword ; St. Margaret, 
 with a book in her right, and a pastoral staff in her left 
 hand, trampling on a dragon, and on her left side a 
 kneeling figure of a child ; the next is occupied by the 
 figure of a Bishop under a canopy. It is singular that 
 this canopy should have features of a much earlier style 
 than the rest, partaking greatly of the Early English 
 character. On the west, under an ogee canopy, is a 
 shield charged with a chevron between three quatrefoils, 
 and with plain shields in the spandrils. The north panel 
 is similar, except that the shield is charged with etoiles 
 instead of quatrefoils. The remaining two are fiUed with 
 tracery formed by a single round moukUng, and repre- 
 senting decorated windows. 
 
 The Church is a noble specimen of Decorated work, 
 and the Font seems coeval with it. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 Height ,3ft. 4in. 
 
 Diameter across the top . . 2ft. 9in. 
 
 Depth Qf interior . . . 1ft. 
 
 Diameter of interior . . .2ft. 
 
 The Church is dedicated m honour of St. Margaret. 
 
DECORATED. 
 
 WHITWICK. 
 
 LEICESTEEaHIRE. 
 
V/HITWICK. 
 
 This appears to be a rudely executed specimen of 
 late Decorated work, but of poor design and not de- 
 cided in character, so that it is difficult to give it an 
 absolute date. It is octagonal ; the bowl has its sides 
 panelled, that on the west is plain, three are occupied 
 with shields of arms, and the remaining four by orna- 
 ments in low rehef. The position is the centre of the 
 nave, at the west end. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 Height 4ft. Sin. 
 
 Diameter across the top . . 2ft. 5in. 
 
 Depth of the interior . . . lOin. 
 
 Diameter of the interior . . 1ft. lOin. 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of St. John the 
 Baptist. 
 
DECORATED. 
 
 ABBOT'S LANGLEY. 
 
 HERTFORDSHIRE. 
 
ABBOT'S LANGLEY. 
 
 This Church is interesting from the late Norman work 
 of the nave, and several good Decorated windows, parti- 
 cularly in a large aisle on the south side, which is now 
 used for the chancel: there are a few brasses, one as 
 late as 1604. 
 
 The Font stands in the nave, equidistant from the 
 west and south doors ; it is a late specimen of the 
 fourteenth century. The sides are panelled with quatre- 
 foils, four of them are occupied b}' the emblems of the 
 Evangelists ; the alternate ones bear a plain shield. It 
 is in good preservation, and beautifully carved in very 
 hard stone. Within these few years it has been covered 
 with a stone slab, in which is inserted a questionable 
 looking basin of rather large dimensions, having a water- 
 plug ; the cover is of similar character. 
 
 It measures 2ft. 6in. across the top ; and stood, before 
 the floor was raised, 3ft. 8in. high. 
 
 The Sister Church of King's Langley, three miles 
 distant, is graced by a modern marble vase-like Font, 
 which stands close to the altar rails. 
 
DECORATED. 
 
 PATRINGTON. 
 
 YORKSHIRE. 
 
PATRINGTON. 
 
 This beautiful specimen of Decorated work is in the 
 Parish Church of Patrington, in the East Riding of 
 Yorkshire, dedicated in honour of St. Patrick. It is 
 carved in Caen Stone, and remains in fair preservation, 
 with the exception of the upper part of the bowl ; it is 
 now, we are sorry to say, painted. It stands near the 
 north-east pier of the tower, is 2ft. llin. from the 
 step to the top of the bowl; 25;|^in. across the top; and 
 the bowl, which is lined with lead, and has a water 
 drain, is 14in, deep. 
 
DECORATED. 
 
 WORTHAM. 
 
 SUFFOLK. 
 
WORTH AM. 
 
 A very beautiful Font of the Decorated period, each 
 side containing a triangular crocketted canopy, the heads 
 of which, and the spandrils, are enriched with foliated 
 circles. The top is doubly battlemented, and the angles 
 have buttresses supported by heads, which are mu- 
 tilated, otherwise the whole is in good preservation. 
 The interior has a hning of lead, and is furnished with 
 a drain. There is one very similar in character at Red- 
 grave, a few miles distant. Pubhc baptism has always 
 been administered at Wortham before the whole congre- 
 gation, and with a full Font. The position is at the 
 west end of the nave on the south side. 
 
 The dimensions are :■ — 
 
 Height 3ft. 6in. 
 
 Depth of bowl outside . . . 2ft. 
 
 Diameter across the top . . 2ft. 9in. 
 
 Depth of the interior . . . 1ft. Sin. 
 
 Diameter of interior . . . 1ft. Ogin. 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of St. Thomas and 
 St. Mary. 
 
DECORATED. 
 
 MARKET BOS WORTH. 
 
 LEICESTERSHIRE. 
 
MARKET BOSV/ORTH. 
 
 This Font stands at the west end of the nave, and 
 is raised on two steps, with a third and a kneehng-stone 
 attached. Its form is hexagonal, having each side of 
 the bowl ornamented with an ogee crocketed arch, rising 
 from clustered shafts at the angles, which rest on corbels 
 of foliage. Under each arch is a shield supported by 
 a moulded corbel : the shields were most likely originally 
 painted with bearings of the families to whom they be- 
 longed, but at present only the ordinaries remain ; on the 
 1st, two bars ; 2nd, a frette ; 3rd, plain; 4th, two bars ; 
 5th, three chevronels ; 6th, a chevron. The cornice 
 is ornamented with the four-leaved flower and the rose. 
 The shaft is clustered and filleted, and has . capitals and 
 bases of very good details. 
 
 It is a beautiful specimen of the fourteenth century, or 
 Decorated work. The height from the steps is 4ft. 
 4in.; the diameter of the bowl from angle to angle, 2ft. 
 9in., of the basin, 2ft. 5in.; depth 1ft. 5in. A small 
 basin let into the board which covers the bowl is now 
 used, as in too many Churches, instead of the Font 
 itself. 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of Saint Peter. 
 
DECORATED. 
 
 HEDON. 
 
 YORKSHIRE 
 
HEDON. 
 
 This is a fine example of a Decorated Font ; the boT^'l 
 is round, di\dded by pinnacles into eight compartments, 
 with cinquefoiled arches under rich crocketed ogee 
 canopies ; the spandrels are filled with fohage and 
 ornaments. It has an octangular shaft, slightly hollowed 
 on the sides, and probably had a small shaft on each 
 face, as the capitals appear to be remaining. It stands 
 in the centre of the nave, near the west door. 
 
DECORATED. 
 
 ^^''^ 
 
 \ 
 
 EXTON. 
 
 RDTLAKDSHIRF. 
 
EXTON. 
 
 This is a very elegant example of a Decorated Font, 
 and beautiful even in a style remarkable for beauty. The 
 form is not uncommon in Decorated work, viz. an octa- 
 gon without a shaft. The angles are ornamented with 
 slender round shafts, having moulded capitals and bases, 
 from which spring trefoiled ogee arches without crockets, 
 but terminatmg in rich finials. Between these are heads, 
 alternately male and female, supporting the angles of the 
 octagon. The sides within the arches are relieved with 
 lancet-shaped trefoiled panels. The whole rises from an 
 octagon pUnth and stands on a single step. 
 
DECORATED. 
 
 RATBY. 
 
 LEICESTERSHIRE. 
 
RATBY 
 
 Is a very singular Decorated Font. The upper part of 
 the bowl is octagonal, the alternate angles of which are 
 supported on shafts, from which rise four ogee crocketted 
 arches, between which are pinnacles, so that the angles 
 present alternately a finial and a pinnacle. The lower 
 part under the arches is rounded off into a somewhat 
 bowl-shape, and is supported on a central octagonal 
 pillar. The four shafts are very irregular in shape. The 
 crockets, instead of being cut into fohage, as usual, are 
 worked quite flat, thus presenting only the outline of 
 leaves ; and the execution of the whole Font is coarse 
 and rude. 
 
 It stands angularly on an octagonal plinth, in the 
 centre of the west end of the south aisle, a little west 
 of the south door. 
 
 It is whitewashed, has a water-dram, is hned with 
 lead, and has a plain flat cover. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 Height, exclusive of the phnth . 3ft. 6in. 
 
 Diameter across the top . . 2ft. 8m. 
 
 Diameter of interior . , . 2ft. 
 
 Depth of interior . . . ift. 4in. 
 
DECORATED. 
 
 '"• 'l.Z} 
 
 WOLSTON. 
 
 WARWICK3HIRE. 
 
WOLSTON. 
 
 This Font is of the Decorated period. The bowl 
 is octagonal, with slender shafts at the angles, support- 
 ed on heads. On each face of the octagon is an ogee 
 crocketed and trefoiled arch. The shaft is clustered. 
 Remains of painting and gilding may be seen on the 
 ornamental parts by removing the brown wash which 
 now covers it : it is much mutilated. It stands at the 
 west end of the nave, is lined with lead, and the 
 water drain has been lately repaired. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 Height 2ft. lliin. 
 
 Diameter across the top . , 2ft. Sin. 
 
 Depth of bowl .... 9in. 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of St. Margaret. 
 
DECORATED. 
 
 ROLVE NDEN. 
 
 KENT, 
 
ROLVENDEN. 
 
 This hexagonal Font, though rather plain, is curious 
 and interesting. The sides of the bowl are ornamented 
 with panels or shields. The arms on the shields are 
 those of Culpeper and Guldeford, who were connected 
 by marriage; and it is not improbable that the Font was 
 the joint gift of those famihes. On either side of the 
 chancel is a small chapel, that on the south, we learn 
 from the brass plate affixed to the wall, was built by a 
 Guldeford. The inscription is : — " Fundata fuit hsec 
 capella in die Sanctorum Tiburtii et Valeriani Martjnrum 
 per Edwardum Guldeford, Armigerum, in honore Sanctae 
 Annse et Sanctae Catherinae Virginis, A.D. 1444." 
 
 The shaft is hexagonal, with a square base, but the 
 junction of the two is singularly irregular. The form of 
 the tracery on the panels, and the shape of the shields, 
 which are two-centred, shew the date of the Font to be 
 of the Decorated period. 
 
 It formerly stood under the westernmost pillar, on the 
 north side of the nave, but was removed when the 
 Church was new pewed, and disused for many years, till 
 the present Vicar, the Rev. John Hooper, had it placed 
 opposite the priest's door in the chancel. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 
 
 Height, including the step, 
 
 3ft. 
 
 7im 
 
 Depth of bowl 
 
 . 1ft, 
 
 S^in 
 
 Diameter across the top 
 
 2ft. 
 
 S^in 
 
 Depth of the interior 
 
 
 lOiin 
 
 Diameter of the interior 
 
 1ft. 
 
 9^in 
 
DECORATED. 
 
 ry\ p-y--^=^ 
 
 SHELFANGER. 
 
 NORFOIJK. 
 

 SHELFANGER. 
 
 A very beautiful Decorated Font, but with its mould- 
 ings and ornaments so completely covered with white- 
 wash that the coatings had to be removed before the de- 
 sign could be copied. It is octagonal, the sides of the 
 bowl panelled with ogee headed arches and spandrels ; 
 they contain shields, with other sculptures : on one, are 
 the arms of Adam Bosville, (a shield charged with a fesse 
 between six fleurs-de-lis,) who was patron of the living 
 in 1362, and probably the donor of the Font; on either 
 side are his initials, A. B. 
 
 The shaft is also octagonal and plain, having each side 
 slightly curved or hollowed inward. The interior is lined 
 with lead, which bears the date of 1639, Dec. 12. It 
 stands in the centre of the nave at the west end. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 Height 
 
 Depth of bowl outside 
 Diameter across the top 
 Depth of the interior . 
 Diameter of interior 
 Length of shaft 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of All Saints. 
 
 3ft. 
 
 7in. 
 
 2ft. 
 
 
 2ft. 
 
 6iin 
 
 1ft. 
 
 
 1ft. 
 
 llin. 
 
 1ft. 
 
 7in. 
 
DECORATET>. 
 
 * 
 
 FINCHINGFIELD. 
 
 ESSEX 
 
PINCHINGPIELD. 
 
 The design and execution of this Decorated Font are 
 good, but its effect is much lessened by not being raised 
 on a base or steps. The bowl is octagonal, the sides 
 panelled with quatrefoiled circles, enclosing shields of 
 arms, and supported underneath by angels with expanded 
 wings. The shaft is short and plain without base mould- 
 ings. It appears to be late in the fourteenth century, 
 and stands in the centre of the nave at the west end, 
 opposite the west door. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 Height 
 
 Diameter across the top 
 Depth of the interior . 
 
 3ft. 
 . 1ft. gim. 
 1ft. 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of St. John the 
 Baptist. 
 
DECORATbD. 
 
 MALTBY LE MARSH. 
 
 LrNCOLNSHIRK. 
 
MALTBY LE MARSH. 
 
 The singularity of design in this Font is very re- 
 markable ; the bowl is almost covered by four angels 
 with expanded wings, having books in their hands, the 
 spaces between the wings being filled with trefoils. The 
 shaft is square at the base, and octagonal above, with a 
 figure of an apostle at each angle ; those of St. Paul and 
 St. Andrew are plainly marked. The remaining sides 
 are ornamented by narrow diapered panels. Its date 
 appears to be of the fourteenth century. It is 33in. 
 high ; the bowl being 17in. ; the shaft 16in. : the bowl is 
 16in. diameter, and 12in. deep, and 26in. across the top. 
 It stands near the south door. 
 
DECORATED. 
 
 KING'S WORTHY. 
 
 HAMPSHIRE. 
 
KING'S WORTHY. 
 
 This IS a beautiful Font of the Decorated period. The 
 bowl is octagonal, having each panel richly and variously- 
 filled with ornamental tracery. The sides of the shaft 
 are doubly panelled with cinquefoil headed arches. It 
 stands on the base of an old Norman Font, in the centre 
 of the nave, at the east end. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 Height 3ft. sin. 
 
 Depth of bowl .... ift. 5in. 
 
 Diameter across the top . . 2ft. 2in. 
 
 Depth of the interior . . . ift. 
 
 Diameter of the interior . . ift. 9in. 
 
DECORATED. 
 
 
 PITSFORD. 
 
 NORTHA MPTONSHIRE. 
 
PITSPORD. 
 
 This handsome Font is of rather soft stone, which 
 may in some measure account for its mutilated condition. 
 The projection on the west side of the bowl is a great 
 singularity ; a desk for the book may possibly have been 
 inserted in the four small holes, or, as it has been sug- 
 gested, a crucifix or a figure. But projections on the 
 sides of Fonts, though very rare in this country, are not 
 so on the Continent, particularly in Bretagne and Nor- 
 mandy. Its date is of the fourteenth century. 
 
 It stands in a chantry chapel, on the north side of 
 the Church. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 Height 2ft. 6in. 
 
 Diameter across the top . . . Ift. 8^in. 
 
 Depth of the interior . . gin. 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of St. Mary. 
 
DECORATED. 
 
 '^■P^. 
 
 BRADLEY. 
 
 LINCOLNSHIRE. 
 
BRADLEY 
 
 Is a good Decorated Font, and is singular and interest- 
 ing from having an English inscription, which yet re- 
 mains quite perfect. Both bowl and shaft are octagonal, 
 with bold mouldings ; the former is surrounded with a 
 band of flowing quatrefoils, and immediately beneath 
 is the foUowmg legend in black letter. 
 
 3Pattr noittv ^bt J^aria antr CrtetJe Hcren j)e c^iXHt 
 pt t£( mtit:. 
 
 The Font has neither pUnth or step. 
 
DECORATED. 
 
 DITCHINGHAM. 
 
 NORFOLK. 
 
DITCHINGHAM. 
 
 Removing the lower step from this Font very much 
 injured its general effect. It is a late specimen of Deco- 
 rated work, and remains in good preservation, except 
 the heads at the angles. Its situation is at the west end 
 of the nave. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 Height, exclusive of the steps, . . 3ft. 4in. 
 
 Diameter of the interior . . Ift. Sin. 
 
 Depth of ditto .... 1ft. Im. 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of St. Mary the 
 Virgin. 
 
DECORATED. 
 
 
 POSTWICK. 
 
 NORFOLK. 
 
POSTWICK. 
 
 The general design of the present subject is not un- 
 common in the county of Norfolk, it is in good preser- 
 vation, well executed, and appears to be of the four- 
 teenth century. It is octagonal, the sides of the bowl 
 are panelled, and it is supported underneath by heads 
 alternating with the four-leaved flower ; the shaft also 
 is panelled, having slender round shafts at the angles. 
 This Font stands on a smgle octagonal step at the west 
 end of the nave. The cover is of late and poor design. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 Height, exclusive of the step, . 3ft. Sin. 
 Diameter across the top . .1ft, lOin. 
 
 Depth of the interior . . 1ft. 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of All Saints. 
 
DECORATED. 
 
 ST. GREGORY. 
 
 NORWICH. 
 
ST. GREGORY, NORWICH. 
 
 This is a well proportioned Font of considerable 
 beauty. The bowl is octangular, and ornamented with 
 rich panels enclosing shields, supported underneath by 
 angels' heads with wings. The shaft also is octangular, 
 having an ogee arch on each side, and slender circular 
 shafts at the angles. The base is singularly orna- 
 mented with grotesque heads and foliage placed alter- 
 nately. Its date seems to be late Decorated. It had 
 a large and lofty cover, which has been removed some 
 years. It stands in the centre of the nave, at the west 
 end. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 Height, exclusive of the step, . 4ft. 
 
 Diameter across the top . . 2ft. Sin. 
 
 Depth of bowl .... 1ft. 2in. 
 
 Diameter of the interior . . 1ft. 7in. 
 
 Depth of ditto .... 1ft. lin. 
 
 Height of the step . . . 1ft. Sin. 
 
DECORATED. 
 
 ' L ,^ 
 
 AI,L SAINTS, NORWICH. 
 
 NORFCT.K. 
 
ALL SAINTS, NORWICH. 
 
 This fine octagonal Font is of Decorated character. 
 Each panel of the bowl contains two figures in high rehef, 
 and well executed. They represent the Twelve Apostles, 
 St. Paul, St. John the Baptist, St. Michael the Arch- 
 angel, and St. George. The shaft is hkewise panelled, 
 each panel containing a figure of a Saint, in a canopied 
 recess, the work above which consists of crumpled foli- 
 age with interlacing stalks. With the exception of St. 
 Lawrence, the figures on the shaft are not so readily 
 identified ; they are all in the same attitude and dress, 
 and only differ in what they carry in the left hand. The 
 shaft has plain mouldings in the Decorated style. The 
 Font is raised upon a lofty octagonal step, with a kneel- 
 ing-stone towards the west. It has an inelegant wooden 
 cover of late character, and stands at the west end of the 
 nave, opposite the south door. 
 
 There is a Font, similar m design and apparently by 
 the same hand, but much mutilated, in the Church of St. 
 James, Norwich. Notwithstanding this, it is reasonable 
 to suppose that the crowding of this Font with saintly 
 figures may have been regarded as an appropriate refer- 
 ence to the dedication of the Church. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 Height 3ft_ gjn_ 
 
 Diameter across the top . . 1ft. 7 i in. 
 
 Depth of bowl . . . _ ;^Oin 
 
DECORATED. 
 
 
 EWERBY. 
 LINCOLNSHIRE. 
 
EV/ERBY. 
 
 This is a rich Decorated Font of rather uncommon de- 
 sign. It stands on a circular phnth, which appears to 
 have been the lower part of a Norman Font, and is 
 ornamented with a band of reversed intersecting arches. 
 
 The Font itself is hexagonal, and prism-shaped, with- 
 out any distinction of bowl and shaft. Each side pre- 
 sents the tracery of a window filled with diaper work, 
 and surrounded with a border of quatrefoils or foliage. 
 The tracery on one of the sides here represented is of 
 the kind called geometrical, while the other has an 
 evident tendency to the perpendicular, the mullions be- 
 ing carried through to the arch. From this circum- 
 stance, and the character of the foliage, it is probable 
 that its date is towards the end of the fourteenth 
 century. 
 
DECORATED. 
 
 COLLEGIATE CHURCH. 
 
 GAL.WAY. 
 
GALWAY. 
 
 This Font stands in the nave at the west end of the 
 Collegiate Church of Galway, in the County of Galway, 
 Ireland, It has suffered much mutilation, for at each 
 angle there was once a supporting shaft, as may be seen 
 in the engraving. It is difficult to say what is the date 
 of this Font ; the form is Norman, but the tracery in the 
 arches has very much of Flamboyant character, and this, 
 together with the foliage of the shaft, renders it proba- 
 ble that the date is of the latter end of the fourteenth, 
 or the beginning of the fifteenth century. 
 
DECORATED, (teansition ) 
 
 PENTON. 
 
 HAMPSHIRE. 
 
PENTON. 
 
 A good and pleasing example of late Decorated work, 
 which has sustained very little injury from time or ill- 
 usage. The eight compartments of the bowl are doubly 
 panelled, with fohated arches in the head; the substantive 
 shaft is reheved by mouldings, and the whole, though 
 large, is well proportioned, and a good model for imita- 
 tion. It stands on a step, nine inches high, a little 
 west of the south door in the centre of the nave. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 Height 
 
 Depth of bowl outside 
 Diameter across the top 
 Diameter of step 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of the Holy 
 Trinity. 
 
 3ft. 
 
 4in. 
 
 1ft. 
 
 4im 
 
 2ft. 
 
 6in. 
 
 3ft. 
 
 8in. 
 
DECORATED, (transition.) 
 
 CRICKLADE. 
 
 WILTSHIRE. 
 
CRICKLADE. 
 
 It is octagonal in all parts ; each face of the bowl is 
 ornamented with two trefoil-headed panels. The shaft 
 is plain, except on the lower part, where it has a band of 
 trefoils alternately plain and contorted. Its date appears 
 to be of the fifteenth century. This Font stands in the 
 north transept of the church, wdiich is dedicated in ho- 
 nour of St. Sampson. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 Height 3ft. Sin. 
 
 Diameter across the top . . 2ft. 9in. 
 
 Depth of interior .... Ift. 
 
 Diameter of the interior . . 1ft. llin. 
 
DECORATED [transition]. 
 
 P O Y N I N G S. 
 
 SUSSEX. 
 
POYNINGS. 
 
 Although in general appearance this Font has much 
 of Decorated character about it, yet we consider it from 
 the mouldings, a specimen of Transition from that style 
 to Perpendicular. Through information supphed by the 
 present Rector, the Rev. S. Holland, M.D., who has 
 lately made some great improvements in this fine parish 
 church, it appears that Michael Lord Poynings, [who 
 died Sept. 1369,] and Joan his wife, who did not long 
 survive him, left each the sum of two hundred marks 
 for building a new church. The Font therefore was 
 most probably erected at the same time, as its details 
 perfectly accord with this date, being the period when 
 the Perpendicular style was first coming into use, though 
 still retaining something of Decorated character. It 
 stands at the west end of the nave, equidistant between 
 the north and south doors, is in fair preservation, and 
 has lately been freed from whitewash by the present 
 Rector, who has also removed the pues and gallery 
 which encroached on it, and by this means has opened 
 the view from the west door. 
 
 The dimensions are :— Height 3ft. 4in. ; diameter of the 
 bowl, 2ft. 5in.; depth of bowl, IQiin. 
 
 The Church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity. 
 
ORCHARDLEIGH, 
 
 This cup-shaped Font is very uncommon in form and 
 design ; the bowl is surrounded by raised bands, orna- 
 mented with foliage and heads. The middle band is in- 
 terrupted by four sunk foliated panels. It stands on the 
 north side of the chancel, and the figure looking south 
 represents our Saviour holding m his left hand the globe, 
 as an emblem of sovereignty, and his right elevated m 
 the act of benediction ; the panel to the north is vacant, 
 and in those looking east and west are the Virgin and 
 Child differently represented. It appears to be of the 
 fourteenth century. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 
 
 Height .... 
 
 3ft. 
 
 l^m 
 
 Diameter across the top 
 
 . 2ft. 
 
 3lni 
 
 Depth of the interior . 
 
 1ft. 
 
 
 Diameter of the interior 
 
 . 1ft. 
 
 lOin. 
 
 Length of shaft 
 
 1ft. 
 
 2in. 
 
ST. GORAN. 
 
 It is very difficult to assign a date to this Font; for 
 although the general style is Norman, the quatrefoil, and 
 the shield which bears the arms of Bodrigan, prevent 
 our attributing it to so early a period. It seems scarcely 
 possible to account for the anomaly, except by suppos- 
 ing that it was copied from an older Font, and given by 
 one of the Bodrigan family, who were lords of the manor 
 of Goran, Sir Henry Bodrigan, the last possessor of 
 the lordship, was attainted of high treason against Henry 
 the Seventh for sa3'-ing that Richard the Third was slain 
 by the Earl of Richmond's soldiers ; his whole estates 
 were forfeited, and seized, and settled upon Sir Richard 
 Edgcumb, and his heirs, for ever ; whose posterity are 
 still in possession of them. 
 
 It formerly stood beside a pillar, on the south side 
 of the nave, opposite the south door, but was removed 
 about twenty years ago to its present site, at the west 
 end of the south aisle. It has a drain but no hning. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 Height, exclusive of the step, . 2ft. 7|in. 
 Diameter across the top . . 1ft. 9in. 
 
 Depth of the interior . . . Sgin. 
 
 The Church is dedicated to St. Goran or Goran. 
 
PERPENDICULAR. 
 
 NORTH SOMERCOTES. 
 
 LINCOLNSHIRE. 
 
NORTH SOMERCOTES. 
 
 This large and handsome Perpendicular Font is formed 
 of a close hard limestone, the smaller shafts being of an 
 inferior Purbeck marble. Its shape is octagonal ; on five 
 of the sides are shields, bearing arms ; on the other three 
 are represented the Resurrection and the emblems of the 
 Crucifixion. It was, till lately, painted, and in parts much 
 mutilated, but it has been cleaned and restored, and the 
 drain opened, under the direction of the present Curate, 
 the Rev. S. Shepherd. It stands in the centre of the 
 nave, at the west end, in a line with the north and 
 
 south entrances. 
 
 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 
 
 Height, including the step, 
 
 4ft. 
 
 6in. 
 
 Depth of bowl 
 
 . 1ft. 
 
 5iin. 
 
 Diameter across the top 
 
 2ft. 
 
 7in. 
 
 Depth of the interior 
 
 . 1ft. 
 
 Sin. 
 
 Diameter of the interior 
 
 1ft. 
 
 11 in. 
 
PERPENDICULAR. 
 
 COVENHAM ST. MARY. 
 
 LINCOLNSHIRK. 
 
COVENHAM ST. MARY. 
 
 The material of this beautiful octagonal Perpendicular 
 Font is a very hard and close grained limestone. The 
 sculptures and mouldings are in good preservation, but 
 we regret that the effect of the Font is entirely destroyed 
 by a recent painting of lead colour, marbled over ! A mo- 
 dern cover of very doubtful taste has also been added. 
 
 The sides of the bowl are ornamented with shields 
 suspended from hooks, five of which bear emblems 
 of the crucifixion, as the four nails, the hammers, 
 the scourges, the crown of thorns, the spear, reed, and 
 sponge, and the other three have crosses. Below the 
 shields is the ornament generally known as the Tudor 
 flower, the large leaves of which cover the angles. The 
 cornice is surmounted by a flower very similar in cha- 
 racter to the four leaved Decorated flower. The shaft is 
 octagonal in the upper part, but square at the base, and 
 the sides are chamfered and hollowed out to meet it. It 
 has no step, and stands within two yards of the north 
 door. 
 
 The dimensions are :• — 
 
 Height of the Font . . . 3ft. 7in. 
 
 Depth of bowl outside . . . 1ft. Sin. 
 
 Diameter across the top . . 2ft. 3in. 
 
 Diameter of the interior . . . 1ft. 7in. 
 
 Depth of ditto .... 1ft. lin. 
 
 It is lined with lead, and has a water dram, but, as is 
 too frequently the case, it is fiUed up with dirt. 
 
PERPENDICULAR. 
 
 BOURN. 
 
 LINCOLNSHIRE 
 
BOURN. 
 
 A curious and interesting Perpendicular Font. The 
 eight sides of the bowl are cut in plain square panels, and 
 ornamented on the upper part with the Tudor flower ; 
 one of the sides is blank, the others are occupied with 
 the following inscription in black letter. 
 
 SliSuiS est nomeit quoti tit Sit^tv omnt nomin. 
 
 It has lately been patched up with Roman cement, and 
 sanded, to look like stone ; the ancient details appear, 
 however, to have been preserved. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 Height 3ft. 6in. 
 
 Depth of bowl .... 1ft. 7in. 
 
 Diameter across the top . . 2ft, 4in. 
 
 Depth of interior . . .. 1ft. lin. 
 
 Diameter of interior . . . Ift. Sin. 
 
PERPENDICULAR. 
 
 YATE. 
 
 GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 
 
YATE. 
 
 This Font IS a good example of the fifteenth century, 
 or Perpendicular work ; the mouldings and details being 
 very characteristic. It is octagonal, having the sides 
 panelled with quatrefoils, the centres of which are oc- 
 cupied by roses, or by the feathered cusps of the quatre- 
 foils ; the upper part is ornamented with patera in the 
 usual hollow moulding. The shaft also is octagonal, 
 having at the angles the common Perpendicular mullion 
 moulding. It has a large and cumbrous cover, appa- 
 rently of the seventeenth century, but which is here 
 omitted. 
 
 It stands at the west end of the north aisle, upon a 
 single step, which is of a rounded shape, but not truly 
 circular. Height, 3ft. lin.; diameter of bowl, 1ft. 9|in.; 
 depth of bowl, 1ft. O^in.; it measures across the top, 
 2ft. 4in. 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of St. John. 
 
FERPENDICULAK. 
 
 SAFFRON WAT.DRN. 
 
 ESSEX. 
 
SAFFRON WALDEN. 
 
 This Font stands at the east end of the north aisle of 
 the chancel, and is carved m Ketton stone. It is octa- 
 gonal. On every compartment of the bowl is a quatre- 
 foiled panel, and each side of the shaft is panelled and 
 ornamented with a trefoil, which, from its frequent use 
 in the last period of the Perpendicular style, is generally 
 known as the Tudor flower. It seems to have been in- 
 troduced about the middle of the fifteenth century, and 
 will, therefore, sufficiently mark the date of the Font. 
 
 In 1793, long before any interest was taken in church 
 furniture, the then Vicar, the E-ev. W. Gretton, had this 
 Font restored, as we learn from the following inscription, 
 to make room for which he cut away one of the orna- 
 ments on the upper part of the shaft : " Hoc lavacrum 
 antiquum restitui curavit W. Gretton, Vicarius, A.D. 
 1793." Also on the rim of the bowl he carved " Maneat 
 usus mei, toUatur abusus." 
 
 It has a cumbrous and inelegant cover of the seven- 
 teenth century. 
 
 The dmiensions are :— 
 
 Height 4ft. 
 
 Diameter across the top . . 2ft. Igin. 
 
 Depth of interior . . . 1ft. Sin. 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of St. Mary, the 
 Virgin. 
 
PERPENDICULAR. 
 
 OLD SODBURY. 
 
 GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 
 
OLD SODBURY. 
 
 This is a Perpendicular Font, of a very plain unpretend- 
 ing character, being ornamented merely with small qua- 
 trefoiled panels on the sides of the octagon ; the plinth 
 on which it stands is the only remarkable feature. It is 
 thickly covered with stone-wash, which of course takes 
 off from the sharpness of the mouldings, and stands at 
 the west end of the nave, opposite the south door, raised 
 on one step. It is lined with lead, and has a drain. 
 
 The dimensions are : — • 
 
 
 
 Height, exclusive of the step, 
 
 3ft. 
 
 4in. 
 
 Length of shaft, including base. 
 
 . 1ft. 
 
 Hm. 
 
 Depth of bowl outside 
 
 1ft. 
 
 lOfin. 
 
 Diameter across the top 
 
 . 2ft. 
 
 3 fin. 
 
 Diameter of the interior 
 
 1ft. 
 
 6fin, 
 
 Depth of ditto 
 
 . 
 
 9in. 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of St. John. 
 
PERPENDICULAR, 
 
 FAKENHAM. 
 
 NORFOLK. 
 
PAKENHAM. 
 
 A Perpendicular Font of very frequent design. It is 
 octagonal ; the bowl has shafts at the angles, with square 
 panels, enriched with the Evangelistic emblems and 
 other sculptures. The shaft has arched panels on the 
 sides, the lower part of which are filled with shields of 
 arms and ciphers, surmounted with crowns. 
 
PERPENDICULAR. 
 
 STOKE BY NAYLAND 
 
 SUFFOLK. 
 
STOKE BY NAYLAND. 
 
 This handsome Font is not in a good state, it has 
 been painted, and several of the figures are mutilated ; 
 they represent the emblems of the Evangelists, with 
 an angel in the alternate panel ; the shaft is elegant 
 in design, and the execution of the whole good. It 
 is elevated on three unusually high steps ; the two 
 lower ones are octagonal, and the upper one in the 
 form of a cross. 
 
 The date is 15th century, [Perpendicular,] which is 
 further confirmed by the shield on the front step being 
 charged with the Rose en Soleil, the Yorkist badge, 
 assumed by Edward the Fourth after the battle of 
 Mortimer's Cross, [A.D. 1461,] and afterwards con- 
 tinued by the Tudors. 
 
 The dimensions are : — - 
 
 Height 
 
 Height of steps .... 
 Diameter across the top of the bowl 
 Depth of bowl .... 
 Diameter of bowl 
 
 The Church is dedicated ui honour of St. Mary the 
 Virgin. 
 
 3ft. 
 
 3iin. 
 
 2 ft. 
 
 4iin. 
 
 2ft. 
 
 Sin. 
 
 
 12in. 
 
 1ft. 
 
 lOin. 
 
rERrBNDICUT.,AR. 
 
 ST. JOHN, SEPULCHRE. 
 
 NORWICH. 
 
ST. JOHN, SEPULCHRE, NORWICH. 
 
 The design of this Font seems to be a favourite one m 
 Norfolk, as there are several of the same style and cha- 
 racter, with so little variation in the form and decora- 
 tions as to leave scarcely any doubt that they were 
 either copied from each other, or were the work of one 
 artist. We can name Saxhngham, Hales, Blicking, All 
 Saints and St. Mary, Shotesham, and Leveringham. 
 
 The panels are filled alternately with the emblems of 
 the four Evangehsts and angels bearing shields. The 
 lower part of the bowl is ornamented by angels with ex- 
 panded wings, and is supported by an octagonal shaft, 
 having buttresses at four of the angles and hens sejant 
 at the alternate ones. The date is fifteenth century. It 
 stands in the centre of the nave at the west end, equi- 
 distant between the north and south doors. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 Height, exclusive of the step, . 3ft. 5in. 
 
 Height of the step . . , 1ft. llin. 
 
 Diameter across the top . . 2ft. 3iin. 
 
 Diameter of interior . . . ift, lin. 
 
PERPENDTCTTLAH. 
 
 , K 1 , 
 
 EWELME. 
 
 OXFORDSHIRE. 
 
EWELME. 
 
 On entering the Church of Ewehne, at either door, 
 the first object which meets the eye is the magnificent 
 cover of the Font, raising its spiral form with its nume- 
 rous arches, buttresses, and pinnacles high towards the 
 roof. It consists of four tiers of arches, ending in a 
 spire richly crocketed, and surmounted by a figure of 
 St. Michael. The plan is that of a small octagon in the 
 centre, from which sixteen perforated buttresses radiate 
 to the angles and sides of the outer frame, and these 
 are connected by foliated arches with pierced canopies, 
 the base being ornamented with the Tudor flower. 
 
 The original cover fell down about sixteen years ago, 
 and was very much mutilated; sufficient, however, re- 
 mained uninjured to enable J. Plowman, Esq., Architect, 
 Oxford, to make a perfect and faithful restoration of 
 every part, which was done under the direction and at 
 the sole cost of the late Edward Burton, D.D., Rector 
 of the Parish. 
 
 The form of the Font is octagonal ; the design is good, 
 but the appearance of the bowl is impaired in eff"ect by 
 having the panels on the sides oblong instead of square. 
 
 The Church was built about the middle of the fifteenth 
 centur}^, by the Duke and Duchess of Suffolk ; the latter 
 Avas the grand-daughter of the Poet Chaucer, and hes 
 buried in the beautiful Chapel in the south aisle, where 
 there is a splendid monument to her memory, and another 
 to that of her father Thomas Chaucer. 
 
 The Font appears to be of the same age as the Church. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 
 
 Height, exclusive of the steps, . 
 
 3ft. 
 
 5in. 
 
 Diameter across the top 
 
 2ft. 
 
 Sin. 
 
 Depth of bowl .... 
 
 1ft. 
 
 Uin. 
 
 Diameter of interior 
 
 1ft. 
 
 lOm. 
 
 Depth of ditto .... 
 
 1ft. 
 
 lin. 
 
 Height of the cover from top of the 
 
 
 
 Font 
 
 10ft. 
 
 Gin. 
 
PERPENDICULAR. 
 
 ^■^1-^, 
 
 "-5- K 
 
 LEVERINGTON. 
 
 CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 
 
LEVERING-TON. 
 
 This magnificent Perpendicular Font, is singularly 
 rich and beautiful. It is octagonal, with panelled and 
 pinnacled buttresses at the angles, the sides being occu- 
 pied with figures of saints sitting in niches under rich 
 ogee crocketed canopies, supported by brackets foliated 
 beneath. The shaft is ornamented by erect figures in 
 niches, the rich projecting canopies of which support the 
 bowl. The sloping part of the base is ornamented with 
 paterae of foliage, heads &c. It is not in good preserva- 
 tion ; and, moreover, has been painted ; it is lined with 
 lead, and has a drain. 
 
 The dimensions are : — ■ 
 
 Height 3ft. 10m. 
 
 Diameter across the top . . 3ft. 
 
 . . . of basin .... 1ft. 10m. 
 Depth of basin ..... 13in. 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of St. Leonard. 
 
PERPENDICULAR. 
 
 NETTLECOMBE. 
 
 SOMERSET. 
 
NETTLECOMBE. 
 
 A rich Perpendicular octagonal Font. The sides of 
 the shaft are scallopped and panelled with trefoiled 
 arches. The bowl is supported underneath by angels 
 with expanded wings, holding books ; and the sides have 
 plain square panels, one of which is filled with symbols 
 of the Blessed Trinity, and the others with figures repre- 
 senting the seven sacraments of the Romish Church, 
 viz : Baptism, Confirmation, Penance, Eucharist, Orders, 
 Matrimony, and Extreme Unction. The costume of the 
 figures is that which prevailed in the reigns of Henry VI. 
 and Edward IV., which clearly points out its date to be a 
 little after the middle of the fifteenth century. 
 
 It is of Ham Hill stone, and in good condition, but 
 painted ; it stands in the south aisle. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 Height 3ft. lin. 
 
 Diameter across the top . . 2ft. 4in. 
 
 Depth of bowl .... llin. 
 
PERPENDICULAR. 
 
 AXBRIDGE. 
 
 SOMERSETSniRE. 
 
AXBRIDGE. 
 
 Though wanting in the usual elegance of fifteenth 
 century work, this Font is very characteristic of that 
 period. The bowl is octagonal, supported by eight angels 
 of rather large proportions, and carved in bold relief; the 
 shaft is of the same form, panelled at the sides, and 
 having slender circular shafts at the angles, which rest 
 on large splayed bases. Its position is at the west end 
 of the nave. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 Height 3ft. 7in. 
 
 Diameter across the top . . 2ft, 6in. 
 
 Depth of the bowl , . . Ift. 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of St. Mary the 
 Virgin. 
 
PERPENDICULAR. 
 
 UFFORD. 
 
 NORTHAMPTONSHI RE , 
 
UFPORD. 
 
 This is a Perpendicular Font, octagonal in shape, and 
 still remains in good preservation. The sides of the 
 bowl are panelled, and filled alternately with plain shields 
 and window tracery. It is supported underneath by 
 heads and roses : the shaft and bases also are panelled. 
 The principal pecuharity of the Font is the kneeling 
 stone, of which it presents a very good, though uncom- 
 mon example. The ancient cover is still remaining, 
 having the ribs crocketted, and its place of a finial is 
 surmounted by the figure of an ecclesiastic. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 Height 4ft. 6in. 
 
 Diameter of interior . . . 1ft. Sin, 
 
 Depth of the interior . . . Ift. 
 
 Height of cover including the figure 4ft. 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of St. Mary the 
 Virgin. 
 
PERPENDICULAR. 
 
 NORTH BRADLEY. 
 
 WILTS. 
 
NORTH BRADLEY 
 
 Is a Perpendicular Font of rather late date, but of good 
 design ; both the bowl and shaft are octagonal and 
 panelled ; the former has doubly feathered quatrefoils 
 enclosing shields, four of which are filled with the evan- 
 gelistic emblems, and the remaining ones with those of 
 the crucifixion ; the latter is also panelled, with round 
 shafts at the angles resting on moulded bases, and which 
 are continued under the bowl to the extreme edge, and 
 support the buttresses at the angles of the bowl. It 
 stands in the centre of the nave, at the west end, hid 
 from general view by an unsightly modern screen. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 Height 3ft. S^in. 
 
 Depth of bowl .... 1ft. 4in. 
 
 Diameter across the top . . 2ft. Sin. 
 
 Depth of the interior . . . 1ft. Sin. 
 
 Diameter of interior . . . 1ft. lOin. 
 
PERPENDICULAR. 
 
 ITOT,Y TRINITY. 
 
 COVENTRY. 
 
CHURCH OP THE HOLY TRINITY, COVENTRY. 
 
 This large and beautiful- Perpendicular Font is in good 
 preservation, and by scraping off the wash with which it 
 has been covered, the remains of paint and gilding are 
 discovered. It is octagonal, the prevailing form of fif- 
 teenth century Fonts. The area of the steps is of un- 
 usual dimensions, and suited to the size of the Font, 
 which they raise to the height of 15 inches, the minis- 
 ter's step not included. It stands in the proper place, 
 near the west door of the Church, which is dedicated to 
 the Holy and Undivided Trinity. Total height, 4ft. llin. ; 
 height from base, 3ft. 5in.,- diameter, from. outside to 
 outside, 3ft.; depth of the bowl, 9in. ; diameter of the 
 steps, 9ft. 7in. It is lined with lead, and has a water 
 drain; the two staples are remaining. 
 
PERPENDICULAR, 
 
 
 STANTON HARCOURT. 
 
 OXFORDSHIRE. 
 
STANTON HARCOURT, 
 
 The Church of Stanton Harcourt is amongst the more 
 interesting in Oxfordshire, and its illustration forms one of 
 the pubhcations of the Oxford Architectural Society. It 
 is a cross-church with a remarkably pure Early English 
 chancel. The Font stands m the middle at the west end 
 of the nave, west of the north door. We are indebted to 
 the Vicar, the P^ev. Thomas Simonds, for its present 
 correct appearance, at whose request it was freed from 
 the numerous coats of whitewash which nearly oblite- 
 rated its ornaments till 1833. The following description 
 was supphed by the same gentleman. 
 
 " The Font is octangular; each of the compartments 
 is quatrefoiled, except the front, which bears a cross with 
 the letters K and U on either side of it in Gothic charac- 
 ters. Within two of the large quatrefoils are two smaller 
 and more enriched ; within the two other a rose ; and 
 the remaining three contain shields with the following 
 arms. Byron — Francis impaling Harcourt — Harcourt. 
 By a strange error to have been committed in an age 
 when the science of heraldry was held in high estimation, 
 the arms of Francis are placed on the dexter instead of 
 the sinister side. Sir Thomas Harcourt, who died in 
 1460, married Joan, daughter of Sir Robert Francis ; — 
 but no female of the former family married into the latter. 
 It is probable, from the style of the ornaments carved 
 upon the Font, and from the arms of Byron being placed 
 upon it, that it was erected by Sir Robert Harcourt, who 
 married Margaret Byron, and was son of Sir Thomas." 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 Height 4ft. 9|m. 
 
 Diameter across the top . . . 2ft. 3|in. 
 
 Depth of interior . . . llin. 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of St. Martin. 
 
PERPENDICULAR. 
 
 BRADFORD ABBAS. 
 
 DORSETSHIHE. 
 
BRADFORD ABBAS. 
 
 The Font of Bradford Abbas is a rich example of 
 Perpendicular work, and in form very unusual, although 
 another similar in design occurs at Winterborne Whit- 
 church in the same count}'-. It is octagonal, and round 
 the bowl, which is panelled with quatrefoils, runs a 
 richly sculptured wreath of foliage under the cornice ; it 
 is supported by a central shaft panelled, and by a 
 square buttress at each corner. The buttresses also 
 are panelled in the lower part, and in the upper, three 
 have the figure of a Bishop, and in the fourth is the 
 Lamb upon a book, under canopies with pinnacles. The 
 date of the Font appears to be about the time of Henry 
 the Seventh. 
 
 It is of Ham Hill stone, and we are glad to say, neither 
 painted nor white-washed ; there are the remains of 
 staples, but no cover. It is lined with lead, and has a 
 drain. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 Height 4ft. 
 
 Diameter across the top .... 3ft. 
 Diameter of the bowl .... 23|in. 
 Depth of the bowl . . • . . llin. 
 
 The Church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity. 
 
PERPENDICULAR. 
 
 H U R L E Y. 
 
 BERKS. 
 
HURLEY. 
 
 The Parish Church of Hurley is dedicated ui honour 
 of St. Mary the Virgin. At the west-end of the nave, 
 near the south door, stands its plain Perpendicular Font, 
 of rather uncommon design, and, as is too frequently 
 the case, painted. The dimensions are :— 2ft. 9m. m 
 height ; 2ft, Sin. across the top ; and the bowl is 9in. 
 deep, lined with lead, and has a water drain. 
 
PERPENDICULA.R. 
 
 WESTON. 
 
 SUFFOLK. 
 
WISTON. 
 
 The sculpture and general design of this beautiful Per- 
 pendicular Font are deservedly admired. The bowl is 
 octangular, battlemented on the upper edge and support- 
 ed underneath by angels with expanded wings ; the sides 
 are panelled, each containing a demi-angel, five of them 
 sustain shields, the sixth holds a crown, and the others a 
 lute and dulcimer on which they are plajdng; one of the 
 shields is charged with a cross ; the second with a well 
 known emblem of the Trinity ; the third with the royal 
 arms ; the fourth with the arms of Vere ; and the fifth 
 bears semee of cross-crosslets, three boars' heads 
 couped (Swinbourne). It is remarkable that the arms 
 of Vere and Swinbourne are merely traced ■ndth a point 
 and the charges are reversed, the Mullet of the Veres 
 being in the second instead of the first quarter, and 
 the boars' heads, as shewn in the engraving, looking 
 to the sinister side of the shield. In the first (but which 
 should be the second) quarter of Vere a harp is traced, 
 probably allusive to the creation of Robert Vere, Duke 
 of Ireland, by Richard the Second, but it was out of 
 character at the period of the erection of this Font. 
 
 The shaft is panelled with tracery, divided by battle- 
 mented transoms, and the base is surrounded by eight 
 lions, two alternately couchant and dormant. It stands 
 on two octagonal steps, in the centre of the nave, at 
 the west end. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 Height 4ft. Sin. 
 
 Diameter across the top . . 2ft. 4in. 
 
 Depth of interior . . . 10|in. 
 
 Diameter of interior . . . Ift. Sin. 
 
 The Church, a well preserved Norman structure, is 
 dedicated in honour of St. Mary the Virgin. 
 
TERPEN Die ULAR. 
 
 MINSTER LOVEL. 
 OSFORDSHTRF,. 
 
MINSTER LOVEL. 
 
 The Church of Minster Lovel is a perfect example of 
 the Perpendicular style, without any additions, and nearly 
 free from mutilation. The Font is coeval with the build- 
 ing, and a good specimen of the period, though not very 
 elegant. It has an hexagonal bowl, alternately panelled 
 with a plain and ornamented quatrefoil, and a shaft of 
 the same form with two tiers of panels. The Church is 
 cruciform, and the Font stands m the centre of the nave, 
 west of the tower. 
 
PERrENDICULAH. 
 
 PINCHBECK. 
 
 LINCOLNSHIRK. 
 
PINCHBECK. 
 
 This Perpendicular Font, though of good proportions 
 and mouldings, bears evident marks of being of late date. 
 It is so thickly studded with small ornaments as mate- 
 rially to injure its general effect ; and they are introduced 
 in situations Avhere they would not have been when a 
 more pure style prevailed. The Font in the village of 
 Purfleet, about three miles distant, is precisely like, in 
 size and ornaments, and most probably by the same 
 artist. It is gaily painted; the small ornaments are a 
 bright green ; the mouldings, under the bowl, sky-blue ; 
 the bowl and pedestal a bright yellow, and the base a 
 sooty-black : it is lamentable to see such disfigurement. 
 It has a modern cover, and stands at the west end of the 
 nave ; it measures, in height, 4ft. l^in. ; diameter, across 
 the top, 2ft. 7in. ; the bowl is 14in. deep, hned with 
 lead, and has lately had a new tap fixed to let oflF the 
 water outside instead of by a drain. 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of St. Mary. 
 
PERPENDICULAR. 
 
 BOCCONNOC. 
 
 CORNWALL 
 
BOCONNOC. 
 
 This is one of those singular mixtures of style which 
 seem not to be uncommon in Cornwall. We see in it 
 the ancient Norman, or Early English form, preserved, 
 though all the details are of a much later period. 
 
 It exhibits an octagonal bowl, supported on a shaft of 
 the same form, each richly panelled. On four sides of 
 the bowl are semi-octagonal projections, which serve as 
 capitals to the angle-shafts, ornamented with arches and 
 loopholes ; the bases, too, of these shafts do not agree in 
 character with the other parts of the Font, and the whole 
 appears to have been executed in the fifteenth century, 
 or perhaps in the sixteenth. 
 
PETROCKSTOW. 
 
 CORNWALL. 
 
PETROCKSTOW. 
 
 The general form of this Font — the bowl supported by 
 a central pillar with shafts at the angles, seems to have 
 been very prevalent in this county at all periods from 
 the Norman to the Perpendicular. The date of the pre- 
 sent Font is about the end of the fourteenth or beginning 
 of the fifteenth century; but it is no easy matter to as- 
 sign dates to many of the Cornish Fonts. The cover 
 appears to be later, it measures three feet high, and 
 two feet five inches on each side at the base. The 
 ■ Font stands in the centre of the nave at the west end ; 
 there is a drain but no lining. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 Height, exclusive of the steps, . 2ft. 6in, 
 
 Diameter across the top . . 2ft. Sin, 
 
 Diameter of the interior . . 1ft. 9in. 
 
 Depth of the bowl . . . lOin. 
 
 Depth of the interior .... 7in. 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of St. Petrock. 
 
PERPENDICULAR. 
 
 ■ <»WIII!n!!!MlBliHB^ 
 
 ST. N F, O T. 
 
 CORNWAt,L. 
 
ST. NEOT. 
 
 This curious and singular Font is much later in date 
 than might be supposed from its general composition. If 
 the shape alone was to be considered, it would be taken 
 for Norman, but the panelling on the sides clearly indi- 
 cates a later period ; it is, probably, fifteenth century 
 workmanship. 
 
 The bowl is square externally, but circular within; it is 
 supported by a central pillar and a shaft at each angle, 
 all very plain. It is in fair preservation, and lined with 
 lead, and has a dram. 
 
 The dimensions are : — 
 
 Height of Font . . . 2ft. 2in. 
 
 Diameter across the top . . . 2ft. 4in. 
 
 Depth of the interior . . . llin. 
 
 The Church is dedicated in honour of St. Neot. 
 
PERPENDICULAR. 
 
 WALSOKEN. 
 
 NORFOLK. 
 
WALSOKEN. 
 
 This is a late, but very rich Perpendicular Font, and 
 belongs to that period when minute ornament was car- 
 ried to excess. It is also remarkable for having the 
 names of the donors, and the date of the gift, 1544. 
 
 Both bowl and shaft are octangular; the former has 
 buttresses and pinnacles at the angles, and crocketted 
 ogee arches on the sides, which are occupied with the 
 Crucifixion and the Seven Sacraments of the Church of 
 Rome. These are supported by brackets, formed of foli- 
 age and angels. The buttresses too are supported by 
 angels. The shaft is ornamented in the same manner 
 as the bowl, but the niches contain figures of saints; 
 those on the sides shewn in the engraving, are St. John, 
 St. Margaret, and St. Paul, and under these is the fol- 
 lowing legend, in black letter, encircling the shaft : — 
 
 Ecmcbci- I yc ^ouX of | ^. ?^oni)tcv | ^ IKargarct | 
 iji^ luifc 1 anH Sop | Utlovtl) Cj^apli | 
 
 At the angles of the base are shields, containing the 
 emblems of the Crucifixion, and in the spaces between 
 the inscription is completed as follows : 
 
 ^nuo I tJiti I mill ] qtug | inte | tjna | tfi'sc I qrto | 
 
 The design and execution of the whole are rich and 
 good ; much artistick skill is displayed in the grouping of 
 the figures on the bowl, but it is defaced. It stands at 
 the west end of the nave on a flight of five steps. 
 
 le dimensions are : — 
 
 
 Height .... 
 
 . 4ft. 
 
 Diameter across the top 
 
 1ft. lliin 
 
 Diameter of interior 
 
 . 1ft. l^in 
 

 CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX. 
 
 
 NORMAN. 
 
 
 Little Billing . 
 
 Northamptonshire. 
 
 New Shoreham . 
 
 Sussex. 
 
 Stratton . . . 
 
 Cornwall, 
 
 Locking . . . 
 
 Somersetshire. 
 
 Chalk . . . . 
 
 Kent. 
 
 Lewes, St. Anne 
 
 Sussex. 
 
 Aston-le- Walls . 
 
 Northamptonshire. 
 
 Perranzabuloe . 
 
 Cornwall. 
 
 Fincham . . . 
 
 Norfolk. 
 
 Lenton . , . 
 
 Nottinghamshire. 
 
 Stoke Cannon . 
 
 Devonshire. 
 
 East Haddon . . 
 
 Northamptonshire. 
 
 St. Germans . 
 
 Cornwall. 
 
 Hartland . . . 
 
 Devonshire. 
 
 Westerleigh . . 
 
 Gloucestershire. 
 
 Sandridge . . . 
 
 Hertfordshire. 
 
 Holt . . . . 
 
 Worcestershire. 
 
 Avebury . . . 
 
 W^iltshire. 
 
 Mevagissey . . 
 
 Cornwall. 
 
 Alphington . . 
 
 Devonshire. 
 
 Dodford . . . 
 
 Northamptonshire. 
 
 West Haddon . 
 
 Northampton sh ire . 
 
 West Chelborou^ 
 
 h Dorsetshire. 
 
 Hunstanton . . 
 
 Norfolk. 
 
 Pl\TQStock 
 
 Devonshire. 
 
 Heckingham . . 
 
 Norfolk. 
 
 Lanreath . . . 
 
 Cornwall. 
 
 Southover 
 
 Sussex, 
 
 Launceston . . 
 
 Cornwall. 
 
 St. Cuthbert . 
 
 Cornwall. 
 
 Eydon . . . 
 
 Northamptonshire. 
 
 West Shefford 
 
 Berkshire. 
 
 St. Philip . . 
 
 Bristol. 
 
 StantonFitz Warren Wiltshire. | 
 
 Thombury , 
 
 Gloucestershire. 
 
 Palgrave . . 
 
 Suffolk. 
 
 Rothley . . 
 
 Leicestershire. 
 
 GiUingham . 
 
 Kent. 
 
 Newenden . 
 
 Kent. 
 
 Liddiard Milicent Wiltshire. 
 
 
 NORMAN. 
 
 TRANSITION.) 
 
 
 Bodmin . , 
 
 Cornwall. 
 
 Belaugh . . 
 
 Norfolk. 
 
 Stibbington . 
 
 Huntingdonshire. 
 
 Stonesby . . 
 
 Leicestershire. 
 
 Sapcote . . 
 
 Leicestershire. 
 
 Tickencote . 
 
 Rutlandshire. 
 
 
 EARLY E 
 
 NGLISH. 
 
 
 Warborough . 
 
 Oxfordshire. 
 
 Norburj' . . 
 
 Derbyshire. 
 
 Lanteglos 
 
 Cornwall. 
 
 Bradley . . 
 
 Derbyshire. 
 
 Rotherfield Grey 
 
 8 Oxfordshire. 
 
 Irchester . . 
 
 Northamptonshire. 
 
 Bradboume . 
 
 Derbyshire. 
 
 Acton Bumell 
 
 Shropshire. 
 
 Thurlby . . 
 
 Lincolnshire. 
 
 Leicester 
 
 All Saints. 
 
 Aldenham 
 
 Hertfordshire. 
 
 'Norton . . 
 
 Derbyshire. 
 
 Tickenham . 
 
 Somersetshire. 
 
 Keysoe . . 
 
 Bedfordshire. 
 
 King's Cliff . 
 
 Northamptonshire. 
 
 Hardwicke . 
 
 Northamptonshire. 
 
 Itchenor , 
 
 Sussex. 
 
 Thorpe . . 
 
 Lincolnshire. 
 
 Weston . . 
 
 Lincolnshire. 
 
 Lostwithiel . 
 
 Cornwall. 
 
 Ashbome 
 
 Derbyshire. 
 
 
 
DECORATED. 
 
 Weston . . . 
 Strubby . . . 
 Goadby Marwood 
 Stoke Gelding . 
 Whitwick . , 
 Abbot's Langley 
 Patrington . . 
 Wortham . . 
 Market Bosworth 
 Hedon .... 
 Exton .... 
 Ratl)y .... 
 Wolston . . . 
 
 Warwickshire. 
 
 Lincolnshire. 
 
 Leicestershire. 
 
 Leicestershire. 
 
 Leicestershire. 
 
 Hertfordshire. 
 
 Yorkshire. 
 
 Suffolk. 
 
 Leicestershire. 
 
 Yorkshire. 
 
 Rutlandshire. 
 
 Leicestershire. 
 
 Warwickshire. 
 
 Rolvenden 
 Shelfanger 
 Finchingfield 
 ^laltby-le-Marsh 
 King's Worthy 
 Pitsford . 
 Bradley . 
 Ditchingham 
 Postwick . 
 Norwich . 
 Norwich . 
 Ewerby . 
 Galwav . 
 
 Kent. 
 
 Norfolk. 
 
 Essex. 
 
 Lincolnshire. 
 
 Hampshire. 
 
 Northamptonshire. 
 
 Lincolnshire. 
 
 Norfolk. 
 
 Norfolk. 
 
 St. Gregory. 
 
 All Saints. 
 
 liincoln shire. 
 
 Ireland. 
 
 DECORATED, (transition.) 
 
 Pen ton . . . 
 
 Hampshire. 
 
 Poynings . . 
 
 Sussex. 
 
 Cricklade . . . 
 
 Wiltshire. 
 
 PERPEND 
 
 Orchardleigh 
 ICULAR. 
 
 Somersetshire. 
 
 St. Goran . . 
 
 ComwalL 
 
 Ufford . . 
 
 Northamptonshire 
 
 North Somercotes 
 
 Lincolnshire. 
 
 North Bradley 
 
 Wiltshire. 
 
 Covenham St. Mary Lincolnshire. 
 
 Coventry 
 
 Holy Trinity. 
 
 Bourn .... 
 
 Lincolnshire. 
 
 Stanton Harcour 
 
 t Oxfordshire. 
 
 Yate .... 
 
 Gloucestershire. 
 
 Bradford Abbas 
 
 Dorsetshire. 
 
 Saffron Walden . 
 
 Essex. 
 
 Hurley . . 
 
 Berkshire. 
 
 Old Sodburj- . . 
 
 Gloucestershire. 
 
 Wiston . . 
 
 Suffolk. 
 
 Fakenham . . 
 
 Norfolk. 
 
 Minster Level 
 
 Oxfordshire. 
 
 Stoke by Nayland 
 
 Suffolk. 
 
 Pinchbeck 
 
 Lincolnshire. 
 
 Norwich . . . 
 
 St. John, Sepulchre 
 
 Boconnoe . . 
 
 Cornwall. 
 
 Ewelme . . . 
 
 Oxfordshire. 
 
 Petrockstow . 
 
 Devonshire. 
 
 Leverington . . 
 
 Cambridgeshire. 
 
 St. Neot . . 
 
 Cornwall. 
 
 Nettlecombe . . 
 
 Somersetshire. 
 
 Walsoken 
 
 Norfolk. 
 
 Axbridge . . . 
 
 Somersetshire. 
 
 
 
ALPHxiBETICAL INDEX. 
 
 Abbot's Langley 
 
 Hertfordshire 
 
 Decorated. 
 
 Acton Burnell . 
 
 Shropshire . . 
 
 . Early English. 
 
 Aldenham . . 
 
 Herts . . . , 
 
 Early English. 
 
 Alphington , , 
 
 Devon . . . 
 
 Norman. 
 
 Asliborne 
 
 Derbyshire . . 
 
 Early English. 
 
 Aston-le- Walls . 
 
 Northaniptonshir 
 
 e . Norman. 
 
 Avebiiry . . . 
 
 Wilts . . . . 
 
 Norman. 
 
 Axbridge . . . 
 
 Somerset . . . 
 
 Perpendicular. 
 
 Belaugh .... 
 
 Norfolk . . . 
 
 Norman. Trans. 
 
 Boconnoc . . 
 
 Cornwall . . , 
 
 Perpendicular. 
 
 Bodmin .... 
 
 Cornwall . . . 
 
 Noi-man. Trans. 
 
 Bourn .... 
 
 Lincolnshire . . 
 
 Peqiendicular. 
 
 Bradley, North 
 
 Wilts . . . 
 
 Perpendicular. 
 
 Bradboiime . . 
 
 Derbyshire . , 
 
 Early English. 
 
 Bradford Abbas 
 
 Dorsetshire . . 
 
 Perpendicular. 
 
 Bradley . . . 
 
 Lincolnshire . . 
 
 Decorated. 
 
 Bradley . . . 
 
 Derbyshire . . 
 
 Early English. 
 
 Bristol . . . 
 
 St. Philip . . 
 
 Norman. 
 
 Chalk .... 
 
 Kent . . . . 
 
 Norman. 
 
 Chelborough, West 
 
 , Dorsetshire . . 
 
 Norman. 
 
 Covenham, St. Mar 
 
 S', Lincolnshire . . 
 
 Perpendicular. 
 
 Cricklade . . 
 
 Wiltshire . . 
 
 Decorated. Trans. 
 
 Ditchingham 
 
 Norfolk . . . 
 
 Decorated. 
 
 Dodford . . . 
 
 Northamptonshir 
 
 e . Norman. 
 
 Ewelme . . . 
 
 Oxfordshire . . 
 
 Perpendicular. 
 
 Ewerby . . . 
 
 Lincolnshire . . 
 
 Decorated. 
 
 Exton .... 
 
 Rutlandshire 
 
 Decorated. 
 
 Eydon . . . 
 
 Northamptonshir 
 
 e . Norman. 
 
Fakenham . . 
 
 . Norfolk . . . 
 
 Perpendicular. 
 
 Fincliam . . 
 
 Norfolk . . . 
 
 Nom:an. 
 
 Fiiichin^eld 
 
 . Essex .... 
 
 Decorated. 
 
 Gahvay . . 
 
 Ireland . . . 
 
 Decorated. 
 
 Gillingham . . 
 
 . Kent .... 
 
 Norman. 
 
 Goadby Alarwood 
 
 Leicestershire . 
 
 Decorated, 
 
 Haddon, East . 
 
 Northamptonshire 
 
 Norman. 
 
 Haddon, West . 
 
 Northamptonshire 
 
 Norman. 
 
 Hardwicke . 
 
 Northamptonshire 
 
 Early English. 
 
 Hartland . . . 
 
 Devon .... 
 
 Norman. 
 
 Heckingham 
 
 Norfolk ... 
 
 Norman. 
 
 Hedon . . . 
 
 Yorkshire . . 
 
 Decorated. 
 
 Holt .... 
 
 Worcestershire . 
 
 Norman. 
 
 Holy Trinity 
 
 Coventry . . 
 
 Perpendicular. 
 
 Hunstanton . . 
 
 Norfolk . . . 
 
 Norman. 
 
 Hurley . . . 
 
 . Berks .... 
 
 Perpendicular. 
 
 Ircliestcr . . . 
 
 . Northamptonshire 
 
 Early English. 
 
 Itchenor . . . 
 
 Sussex . . . 
 
 Early English. 
 
 Keysoe . . . 
 
 Bedfordshire . . 
 
 Early English. 
 
 King's U'orthy . 
 
 Hampshire . . 
 
 Decorated. 
 
 King's Cliff . . 
 
 Northamptonshire 
 
 Early English. 
 
 Lanreath . . . 
 
 Cornwall . . . 
 
 Norman. 
 
 Lanteglos . . . 
 
 Cornwall . . . 
 
 Early English. 
 
 Launceston . . 
 
 Cornwall . . . 
 
 Norman. 
 
 Leicester . . . 
 
 . All Saints . . 
 
 Early English. 
 
 Lenton . . . 
 
 Nottinghamshire 
 
 Norman. 
 
 Leverington . . 
 
 Cambridgeshire , 
 
 Perpendicular. 
 
 Lewes, St. Anne 
 
 Sussex . . . 
 
 Norman. 
 
 Liddiard Milicent 
 
 , Wiltshire . . 
 
 Norman. 
 
 Little Billing . 
 
 Northamptonshire 
 
 Norman. 
 
 Locking . . . 
 
 Somerset . . . 
 
 Norman. 
 
 Lostwitliiel . , 
 
 Cornwall . . . 
 
 Early English. 
 
Maltby-le-Marsh . 
 
 Lincolnshire . . . 
 
 Decorated. 
 
 Market Bosworth 
 
 Leicestershire . . 
 
 Decorated. 
 
 Mevagissey . . 
 
 Cornwall .... 
 
 Norman. 
 
 Minster Lovel . 
 
 Oxfordshire . . . 
 
 Perpendicular. 
 
 Nettlecombe . . 
 
 Somerset .... 
 
 Perpendicular. 
 
 Newenden . . 
 
 Kent 
 
 Norman. 
 
 New Shoreham , 
 
 Sussex 
 
 Norman. 
 
 Norbury . . . 
 
 Derbyshire . . . 
 
 Early English. 
 
 North Somercotes 
 
 Lincolnshire . . . 
 
 Perpendicular. 
 
 Norton ... 
 
 Derbyshire . . . 
 
 Early English. 
 
 Norwich . . . 
 
 St. Gregory . . . 
 
 Decorated. 
 
 Norwich . . . 
 
 St. John, Sepulchre, 
 
 Perpendicular. 
 
 Norwich . . . 
 
 , All Saints . . . 
 
 Decorated. 
 
 Orchardleigh 
 
 . Somersetshire . . 
 
 Decorated. Trans. 
 
 Palgrave . . . 
 
 . Suffolk . . . . 
 
 Norman. 
 
 Patrington . . 
 
 Yorkshire . . . 
 
 Decorated. 
 
 Penton . . . 
 
 . Hampshire . . . 
 
 Decorated. Trans. 
 
 Perranzabuloe . 
 
 Cornwall .... 
 
 Norman. 
 
 Petrockstow , . 
 
 Devonshire . . . 
 
 Perpendicular. 
 
 Pinchbeck . . 
 
 Lincolnshire . . . 
 
 Perpendicular. 
 
 Pitsford . . . 
 
 Northamptonshire . 
 
 Decorated. 
 
 Plymstock . . 
 
 Devon 
 
 Norman. 
 
 Postwick . . . 
 
 Norfolk .... 
 
 Decorated, 
 
 Poynings . . . 
 
 Sussex .... 
 
 Decorated. Trans. 
 
 Ratby .... 
 
 Leicestershire . . 
 
 Decorated. 
 
 Rolvenden . . 
 
 Kent 
 
 Decorated. 
 
 Rotherfield Greys 
 
 Oxfordshire . . . 
 
 Early English. 
 
 Rothley . . 
 
 Leicestershire . . 
 
 Norman. 
 
 Saffron Walden . 
 
 . Essex 
 
 Perpendicular. 
 
 Sandridge . . 
 
 Hertfordshire . . 
 
 Norman. 
 
 Sapcote . . . 
 
 Leicestershire . . 
 
 Norman. Trans. 
 
 Shefford, West . 
 
 . Berks 
 
 Norman. 
 
 Shelfanger . . 
 
 . Norfolk . . . . 
 
 Decorated. 
 
Sodbury, Old . 
 
 . Gloucestershire 
 
 . . Perpendicular. 
 
 Southover . . 
 
 Sussex . . 
 
 . Norman. 
 
 Stanton Fitz Warre 
 
 n, Wilts . . . 
 
 , . Norman. 
 
 Stanton Harcourt 
 
 Oxfordshire . 
 
 Perpendicular. 
 
 Stibbington . . 
 
 Huntingdonshire 
 
 Norman. Trans. 
 
 Stoke Golding . 
 
 Leicestershire 
 
 Decorated. 
 
 Stoke by Nayland 
 
 Suffolk . . 
 
 Perpendicular. 
 
 Stoke Cannon . 
 
 Devon . . , 
 
 . Norman. 
 
 Stonesby ... 
 
 . Leicestershire 
 
 . . Norman. Trans. 
 
 Stratton , . . 
 
 Cornwall . . 
 
 . Norman. 
 
 Strubby . . . 
 
 Lincolnshire , 
 
 Decorated. 
 
 St. Cuthbert . . 
 
 Cornwall . . 
 
 Norman. 
 
 St. Germans . . . 
 
 Cornwall . . 
 
 Norman. 
 
 St. Goran . . 
 
 Cornwall . . 
 
 Perpendicular. 
 
 St. Neot . . . 
 
 Cornwall , . 
 
 Perpendicular. 
 
 Thornbury . . 
 
 Gloucestershire 
 
 Norman. 
 
 Thorpe . . . 
 
 Lincolnshire . 
 
 Early English. 
 
 Tickencote . . 
 
 Rutland . . 
 
 Norman. Trans. 
 
 Tickenham . . . 
 
 Somerset • . 
 
 Early English. 
 
 Thurlby . , . 
 
 Lincolnshire . 
 
 Early English. 
 
 Ufford. . . . 
 
 Northamptonshi] 
 
 'C . Perpendicular. 
 
 Walsoken . . 
 
 Norfolk . . 
 
 Perpendicular. 
 
 Warborough . . 
 
 Oxfordshire . 
 
 . Early English. 
 
 Westerleigli . . , 
 
 Gloucestershire 
 
 Norman. 
 
 Weston . . . 
 
 Warwickshire 
 
 Decorated. 
 
 Weston . . . 
 
 Lincolnshire . 
 
 . Early English. 
 
 Whitwick . . 
 
 Leicestershire 
 
 Decorated. 
 
 Wiston . . . 
 
 Suffolk . . 
 
 Perpendicular. 
 
 Wolston . . . 
 
 Warwickshire 
 
 Decorated. 
 
 Wortham . . 
 
 Suffolk . . 
 
 . Decorated. 
 
 Yate .... 
 
 Gloucestershire 
 
 . Perpendicular. 
 
 
 KRRATA. 
 
 
 Westc 
 
 n. Suffolk, read Wiston, 
 
 Suffolk. 
 
 Petroc 
 
 kstow, Cornwall, read De 
 
 vonshire. 
 
The Binder is requested to arrange the plates, and the descrip- 
 tions to face them, according to the Chronological Index. And 
 to cancel the description of Weston, Suffolk, given in Part VII, 
 and substitute Wiston, in Part VIII. Also that of Ufford, given 
 in Part VI. 
 
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