Colmworth / Colmeworde / Colmorde / Colmorthe / Colnworth / Comond

There is an entry for Colmworth [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/TL1058/colmworth/] [accessed 15 September 2015], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Cox & Harvey (1907) list a baptismal font of the Perpendicular period in this church. The Victoria County History (Bedford, vol. 3, 1912) notes: "From 1276, in which year Isabella de Longueville quitclaimed it to Gerard Braybrooke, the advowson of Colmworth follows the descent of the Braybrooke moiety of Colmworth Manor [...] In 1290 the church was valued at £8 13s. 4d. [...] The date [of the present church] is c. 1430, and, though small, it is of a scale and dignity rarely to be seen in a country church. [...] The octagonal font is 15th-century work of simple design, with plain shields and flowers alternately under the bowl". Pevsner (1968) notes: "Font. Perp; on the underside small motifs." [NB: we have no information on the font of the original church here].