Astwood / Eastwood / Estwode / Estwood

There is an entry for this Astwood in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP9547/astwood/] [accessed 2 February 2016], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Lewis' Dictionary of 1848 reports "a rather handsome Norman font" here. Parker (1850) notes: "Font D[ecorated], the bowl square and quite plain, supported on four circular shafts with moulded caps and bases." In Sheahan (1862), after Parker. Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907), however, as a baptismal font of the Decorated period, a noteworthy example. The Victoria Couny History (Buckingham, vol. 4, 1927) notes: "The earliest mention that has been found of Astwood Church concerns the grant by Fulk Paynel, lord of Newport Pagnell, who flourished in the reign of Henry I [i.e., 1100-1135], of Astwood Church and chapel to Tickford Priory. [...] The font, which dates from the late 14th century, has an octagonal bowl and a square panelled stem with angle shafts; three sides of the stem are carved and on the south is a representation of the Stafford knot." [NB: the font descriptions in the three earlier sources, Lewis, Parker and Shahan, conflict with those in Cox & Harvey and the VCH. Lewis' dating problem can be explained given the plainness of the font, but, did Parker and Sheahan see the same font? Was it re-cut from square to octagonal?]. English Heritage [Listing NGR: SP9505247374] (1966) reports: "C13 font, plain octagonal bowl on base with 4 slender shafts and remains of carving between." [TO BE RESOLVED] -- [NB: a sale listing for this building by Smithsgore' Oxford Office [https://media.onthemarket.com/properties/466231/doc_0_4.pdf] [accessed 2 February 2016] shows a stone font and its cover at the west end of the nave, by the north pillar of the tower arch].