Fakenham / Fachenham / Fakenham-Lancaster
Image copyright © Evelyn Simak, 2010
CC-BY-SA-2.5
Results: 20 records
B01: symbol - shield - emblem - Christ - the instruments of the Passion
Scene Description: On the left side of the basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © George Plunkett, 2015
Image Source: detail of a B&W photograph taken 28 July 1950 by George Plunkett [www.georgeplunkett.co.uk/Norfolk/F/Fakenham Ss Peter and Paul church font S [3954] 1950-07-28.jpg] [accessed 17 October 2015]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission by Jonathan Plunkett
B02: coat of arms - John of Gaunt
Scene Description: in the centre panel here
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © George Plunkett, 2015
Image Source: detail of a B&W photograph taken 28 July 1950 by George Plunkett [www.georgeplunkett.co.uk/Norfolk/F/Fakenham Ss Peter and Paul church font S [3954] 1950-07-28.jpg] [accessed 17 October 2015]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission by Jonathan Plunkett
B03: Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. Matthew - symbol - angel
Scene Description: in the right panel here
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © George Plunkett, 2015
Image Source: detail of a B&W photograph taken 28 July 1950 by George Plunkett [www.georgeplunkett.co.uk/Norfolk/F/Fakenham Ss Peter and Paul church font S [3954] 1950-07-28.jpg] [accessed 17 October 2015]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission by Jonathan Plunkett
B04: Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. Luke - symbol - winged bull
Scene Description: in the left panel here
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of an engraving in Paley (1844: unpaged]
Copyright Instructions: PD
B05: Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. Mark - symbol - winged lion
Scene Description: in the centre panel here
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of an engraving in Paley (1844: unpaged]
Copyright Instructions: PD
B06: Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. John - symbol - eagle
Scene Description: in the left panel here
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Evelyn Simak, 2010
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 24 August 2010 by Evelyn Simak [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2031827] [accessed 25 July 2013]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.5
B07: symbol - shield - emblem - Trinity
Scene Description: seen here in the centre panel
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Evelyn Simak, 2010
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 24 August 2010 by Evelyn Simak [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2031827] [accessed 25 July 2013]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.5
B08: blank
Scene Description: seen here in the right panel [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Evelyn Simak, 2010
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 24 August 2010 by Evelyn Simak [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2031827] [accessed 25 July 2013]
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design element - architectural - arcade - trefoiled arches - 8
Scene Description: Each containing either a crowned cipher
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © George Plunkett, 2015
Image Source: detail of a B&W photograph taken 28 July 1950 by George Plunkett [www.georgeplunkett.co.uk/Norfolk/F/Fakenham Ss Peter and Paul church font S [3954] 1950-07-28.jpg] [accessed 17 October 2015]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission by Jonathan Plunkett
design element - architectural - column - columns with capitals and bases - 8
Scene Description: at the angles
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © George Plunkett, 2015
Image Source: detail of a B&W photograph taken 28 July 1950 by George Plunkett [www.georgeplunkett.co.uk/Norfolk/F/Fakenham Ss Peter and Paul church font S [3954] 1950-07-28.jpg] [accessed 17 October 2015]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission by Jonathan Plunkett
design element - motifs - moulding - graded
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © George Plunkett, 2015
Image Source: detail of a B&W photograph taken 28 July 1950 by George Plunkett [www.georgeplunkett.co.uk/Norfolk/F/Fakenham Ss Peter and Paul church font S [3954] 1950-07-28.jpg] [accessed 17 October 2015]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission by Jonathan Plunkett
human figure - grotesque or fantastic - head - 8
Scene Description: mask-like, at the angles of bottom of the underbowl
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © George Plunkett, 2015
Image Source: detail of a B&W photograph taken 28 July 1950 by George Plunkett [www.georgeplunkett.co.uk/Norfolk/F/Fakenham Ss Peter and Paul church font S [3954] 1950-07-28.jpg] [accessed 17 October 2015]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission by Jonathan Plunkett
symbol - letter
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © George Plunkett, 2015
Image Source: detail of a B&W photograph taken 28 July 1950 by George Plunkett [www.georgeplunkett.co.uk/Norfolk/F/Fakenham Ss Peter and Paul church font S [3954] 1950-07-28.jpg] [accessed 17 October 2015]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission by Jonathan Plunkett
view of church exterior - north view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Evelyn Simak, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 August 2010 by Evelyn Simak [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2031804] [accessed 25 July 2013]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.5
view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Evelyn Simak, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 August 2010 by Evelyn Simak [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2031806] [accessed 25 July 2013]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.5
view of church interior - nave - looking west
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Evelyn Simak, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 August 2010 by Evelyn Simak [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2031826] [accessed 25 July 2013]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.5
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of an engraving in Paley (1844: unpaged]
Copyright Instructions: PD
view of font - south side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph in Bond (1908)
Copyright Instructions: PD
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Evelyn Simak, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 August 2010 by Evelyn Simak [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2031827] [accessed 25 July 2013]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.5
view of font in context - south side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © George Plunkett, 2015
Image Source: B&W photograph taken 28 July 1950 by George Plunkett [www.georgeplunkett.co.uk/Norfolk/F/Fakenham Ss Peter and Paul church font S [3954] 1950-07-28.jpg] [accessed 17 October 2015]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission by Jonathan Plunkett
INFORMATION
FontID: 00362FAK
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter & St. Paul
Church Location: Church Ln, Fakenham, Norfolk NR21 9DX, United Kingdom
Country Name: England
Location: Norfolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: Located about 35 km ENE of King's Lynn, about 40 km WNW of Norwich
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Norwich
Historical Region: Hundreds of Gallow and Brothercross
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are also grateful to Jonathan Plunkett for the photograph of this font, taken by his father, George Plunkett, in July 1950
Font Notes:
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There are two entries for this Fakenham [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/TF9129/fakenham/] [accessed 17 October 2015]; it mentions a church and "0.06 church lands" in it. Baptismal font noted in Gough (1792), ornamented "with the emblems of the Trinity, Passion, and Evangelists, and in the lower compartments an N ducally crowned." Blomefield (1805-1810) writes: "The Church is a regular large pile, having a nave, a north and south isle, covered with lead, and a chancel covered with tiles; at the west a tower with 6 bells, and is dedicated to St. Peter [...] Round the cover of the font is; 'Orate pro aia. Ade Plowryte, et Alicie uxoris ejus, et omnium benefactor. suor. qui istud opus fieri fecerunt in honore Dei omnipotentis. Amen.' On the 8 sides of the stone bason or font are several religious emblems, viz. of an angel, ox, lion, and eagle, to represent the 4 Evangelists; also that of the Trinity, a cross, crown of thorns, the King's arms; also on the pillar of it, the letter H, or L, in an old character, and a crown over it, to represent it as being in the dutchy of Lancaster, or built in King Henry the VIth's reign." The font is described and illustrated in Paley (1844) as an octagonal mounted font of the late 14th or 15th century in the Perpendicular style; four of the sides of the octagonal basin have the symbols of the four Evangelists; the other four have the Instruments of the Passion as well as heraldic shields with the arms of John of Gaunt, who died in 1399; the stem of the base has "arched panels on the sides, which are filled with shields of arms and ciphers, surmounted with crowns." Noted in Bloxham (1859). Farrer (1887 [1885?]) notes: "Carved Shield on the Font. XVII. Quarterly: — 1 and 4, France (modem); 2 and 3, England." [NB: other identifications a/p Bond (1908) and Cox & Harvey (1907)]. Described in Pevsner & Wiilson (1997), who note the crowned letters on the stem; also shields with the symbol of the Trinity, Instruments of the Passion, etc. on the basin sides. NB: oneof the basin panels appears to be totally blank.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.829743, 0.847066
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 49′ 47.08″ N, 0° 50′ 49.44″ E
UTM: 31U 354957 5855503
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Notes on Measurements: [No measurements in Paley]
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: initials
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: on the stem sides
Inscription Text: [crowned H? / L? / P?]
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Blomefield, Francis, An essay towards a topographical history of Norfolk, 1805-1810
Bloxam, Matthew Holbeche, The Principles of Gothic ecclesiastical architecture, with an explanation of technical terms […], London: W. Kent, 1859
Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908
Clarke, B., The British Gazetteer, poltical, commercial, ecclesiastical, and historical; showing [...], London: Published (for the proprietors) by H.G. Collins, 1852
Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907
Farrer, Edmund, The Church Heraldry of Norfolk, a description of all coats of arms […] now to be found in the county […], Norwich: A.H. Goose and Co., 1885-1893
Gough, Richard, "Description of the old font in the Church of East Meon, Hampshire, 1789: with some observations on fonts", X, Archaeologia, 1792, pp. 183-209; p. 193
Index of Medieval Art, The Index of Medieval Art, Index of Christian Art, Princeton, [s.d.]. URL: https://theindex.princeton.edu/.
Paley, Frederick Apthorp, Illustrations of Baptismal Fonts, London, UK: John van Voorst, 1844
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East [2nd ed.], Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1997