Husborne Crawley / Crauelai / Crawelai / Crawley Husborne / Husseburne Crawel

There are two entries for [Husborne] Crawley [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP9536/husborne-crawley/] [accessed 22 September 2015], neither of which mentions cleric or church in it. Cox & Harvey (1907) list a baptismal font of the Norman period here. [NB: Domesday, C&H, etc. give just "Crawley" for present Husborne Crawley]. The Victoria County History (Bedfordshire, vol. 3, 1912) notes: "No tenant is mentioned at Crawley in Domesday. Philip de Saunvill granted the church, which was attached to the manor, to Dunstable Priory circa 1170", though the fabric of the present church goes back only to the 13th century at the earliest; "the font is a plain cylinder of stone set against one of the pillars of the south arcade; it is ancient, but there is nothing to fix its date." The A Church Near You site of the Church of England [www.achurchnearyou.com/husborne-crawley-st-mary-magdalene-or-st-james/about-our-church.html] notes: "The font is a plain cylinder of stone set against one of the pillars of the south arcade; it is ancient, but there is nothing to fix its date."