Brundall / Brundala / Brundale

There are six entries for Brundall [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/TG3208/brundall/] [accessed 22 January 2023], none of which mentions cleric or church in it. Blomefield (1805-1810) writes: "The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Laurence; the ancient valor was 5 marks; paid Peter-pence 6d. carvage 2d. and in the reign of Edward I. paid to the hundred 58s. per ann. the present valor is 4l. 10s. and is discharged [...] William occurs rector in the 52d of Henry III.[i.e., 1268] and John de Blomevile in the 22d [i.e., 1294] of Edward I." The present font, probably the one from the original church here, is listed in Paley (1844) and Cox (1875) as a "leaden font", and in Andre (1882) and Lethaby (1893) as Norman. Andre (1899) writes: "There is a very interesting leaden font at Brundal, where the bowl has several crucifixes upon it, the date is very late Norman, or more probably Early English, the figure of our Lord has the feet uncrossed." In Cox & Harvey (1907) as a lead baptismal font of the 13th century. In Bond (1908) as a lead font of the 13th century. Illustrated in Cautley (1949). In Pevsner & Wilson (1997). Knott (2011) writes: "there are plenty of medieval survivals here, including East Anglia's only lead font. it is contemporary with the church building, its design depicting a repeated motif of the crucifixion and fleur-de-lys. It seems curiously primitive compared with lead fonts found elsewhere in the country, for example Low Halstow and Brookland in Kent." On-site notes: cylindrical 13th-century lead font mounted on a modern stone support; the sides of the basin repeat the scene of Christ on the cross framed by vertical panels which contain acanthus motif ornamentation; at the lower rim of the basin there is a band of the same motif as the vertical panels, repeated all around. Curiously enough, the lead basin actually has a lead lining.