Darsham

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 01211DAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1410?
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century (early), Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Church Address: Wash Ln, Darsham, Saxmundham IP17 3PX, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1728 668712
Site Location: Suffolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located about 40 kms ENE of Suffolk up the A12
Font Notes:
Noted in Suckling (1846-1848) with a description of the font: "octangular font, the panels of which bear -- 1, the symbols of the Trinity; 3, the arms of Edward the Confessor; 5, a shield with three crowns, probably the arms of East Anglia; 7, the symbols of the Crucifixion; the intermediate sides being sculpted with lions. Round the base is the following legend, still legible, though considerably mutilated: ORATE P. AIA DNI. GALFRI. SYMOND, RECTORIS DE BRASWELL, Q. ISTA FONTEM FIERI FECIT IN HONORE DEI [NB: abbreviation signs are present in the original transcription]. This legend satisfactorily fixes the date of this font, within the short period of six years; as Galfridus Symonds was instituted to Bradwell in 1404, and was succeeded by Thomas Boof, in 1410. He was called Galfridus Symonds, alias Geoffry de Dersham, having been born in this village, to which he presented this lasting memorial of his piety. He was rector of Lopham. in Norfolk, which he resigned in 1404, for Bradwell, and is frequently mentioned as Sir Geoffry Symond of Dersham." Noted in Parker (1855) as a fine font. Described in Cox & Harvey (1907) in much the terms used in Suckling above. In Bond (1908, who quotes Cox & Harvey.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 400877 5792512
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.27404, 1.5472
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 16′ 26.54″ N, 1° 32′ 49.92″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Location: Circular step/plinth on which the font stands
Inscription Text: 1. "ORATE P. AIA DNI. GALFRI. SYMOND, RECTORIS DE BRASWELL, Q. ISTA FONTEM FIERI FECIT IN HONORE DEI" 2. "Orate pro anima Domini Galfri Symond, rectoris de Bradwell, qui istum fontem fieri fecit in honore Dei"
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: Version 1 is Sucklin's (18486-1848). Version 2 is from Cox & Harvey (1907: 180) who quoted from Suckling's History of Suffolk of 1848; Bond (1985 c1908: 257) after Cox & Harvey

REFERENCES

  • Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908, p. 257
  • Cautley, Henry Munro, Suffolk churches and their treasures, Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 1982, p. 68
  • Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 180, 219
  • Parker, John Henry, The Ecclesiastical and architectural topography of England [...] Suffolk, 1855, [unpaged]
  • Suckling, Alfred, The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk, with genealogical and architectural notices of its several towns and villages, London: John Weale [...], 1846-1848, vol. 2: 225