Little Cornard

Results: 4 records

B01: coat of arms - De Cornard family

B02: coat of arms - Ufford family

B03: coat of arms - De Burgh family

B04: coat of arms - De Vere family

INFORMATION

FontID: 01158COR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Church Location: Sudbury CO10 0PE, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1787 227615
Country Name: England
Location: Suffolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: Located 4 km SSE of Sudbury
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Decorated? / Perpendicular?
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Parker (1855) reports an octagnal font "with panelled bowl" in this church. Listed in Cox-Harvey (1907) as a heraldic font of the Perpendicular period; later in tha same source (ibid.: 220) it is listed with the Decorated period. The WEB site for Suffolkscan describes it as "font bearing the arms of the families of De Cornard, Ufford, De Burgh and De Vere." [NB: Cautley (1982) lists a heraldic font in Great Cornard, but the font at Gt. Cornard St. Andrew's appears not to have such badges -- to be resolved]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.01786, 0.7701
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 1′ 4.3″ N, 0° 46′ 12.36″ E
UTM: 31U 346986 5765372

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Cautley, Henry Munro, Suffolk churches and their treasures, Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 1982
Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907
Parker, John Henry, The Ecclesiastical and architectural topography of England [...] Suffolk, 1855