Ketteringham / Keterincham / Keteringham / Ketrincham / Kitrincham

Blomefield (1805-1810) writes: "K[eteringham] Church is dedicated to St. Peter the Apostle; it hath a low square steeple and five bells, is 17 yards long and eight broad, and is tiled, as is the chancel also: it was re-dedicated and newly hallowed in 1535", and gives the text of the Domesday entry for 'Kitrincham' (fol. 622), in which a church with forty acres of land [="i. ecclesia xl. acr."] is reported. Blomefield (ibid.) cites two other Domesday entries that relate to this place (fol. 137, 'Ketrincham'; fol. 261, 'Keterincham'). The present font is listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a heraldic baptismal font of the Perpendicular period. Described in Pevsner & Wilson (1999): "C15. Octagonal, with fleurons in panels on the stem and a vine trail, and on the bowl the signs of the Evangelists, a seated figure and two flowers." Knott (2006) writes: "The font is fascinating; four of the panels feature evangelistic symbols, and two others flowers; but the final two panels are very unusual. They are the only two that appear to have suffered iconoclasm; one is clearly a crucifixion scene, something like that which you find often on fonts in the seven sacraments series. The eighth panel is harder to decode. It shows a seated figure holding a staff - could it be Christ in judgement? Or the Mother of God enthroned? It is hard to say." The font stands on a tall cruciform plinth that has a recognised coat of arms on one of its sides: the arms of Redisham and Grey [according to [www.genealogy.com/users/s/t/l/Rosemary-St-legermay-Surrey/PHOTO/0033photo.html] [accessed 6 August 2009]. [NB: we have no information on the font of the original Domesday church here].