East Hagbourne / Haccaburn / Hacceburn / Hacheborne / Hackeburne / Hagborne / Hagbourne / Hagburne

There are two entries for [East and West] Hagbourne [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/XX0000/east-and-west-hagbourne/] [accessed 30 April 2015], neither of which mentions cleric or church in it. A font here is listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Perpendicular period. The Victoria County History (Berkshire, vol. 3, 1923) notes: "The charter of Henry I [1100-1135], granting to Cirencester Abbey the manor of East Hagbourne, included 'the church of the said vill with the chapel and the tithes of the other Hagbourne.' [...] The church of St. Andrew [...] appears to have originally consisted of a chancel and aisleless nave, built probably in the 12th century. [...] The font dates from the 15th century, and is very probably contemporary with the south aisle, at the west end of which it is placed. The bowl, stem and base are octagonal. The sides of the bowl have quatrefoiled panels containing alternately shields and foliated bosses." Octagonal basin with vertical sides decorated with shields [charged with newly-painted emblems, one of the St. George's] and rosettes inscribed in quatrefoil-in-a-circle-in-a-square, the inner basin well lead-lined; moulded underbowl; the octagonal stem of the base is plain and made of multiple blocks, [perhaps a replacement of the original?]; the lower base is octagonal and moulded. The wooden cover is octagonal and flat, with metal decoration and handle; appears old. The VCH (ibid.) notes that the Church of St. Peter at North Hagbourne is modern, late-19thC, but "The lower portion of the bowl of the font was brought from Woodstock, and is traditionally said to be that in which King John was baptized."