Preston Capes / Little Preston / Prestetone

There are four entries for this Preston [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SP5754/preston-capes/] [accessed 18 July 2014], but neither mentions a church or cleric in it. Whellan (1849) mentions the Church of St. Peter here noting the it is "principally in the Perpendicular style of architecture", restored in 1853. A font here is listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a noteworthy example of 15th century font. Described in Pevsner & Cherry (1973): "Font. With panels illustrating window tracery as if taken from a pattern book." The Knightley Parishes web site [www.theknightleyparishes.co.uk/] [accessed 10 January 2007] notes: "The fifteenth century stone font is built into a pillar in the south aisle and has traceried panels." There are varied floral motifs on the underbowl chamfer; the stem of the base has trefpoiled window tracery with a roll moulding below; the wooden cover is pyramidal and appears old. [NB: we have no information on the possible font from the priory of Cluniac monks founded here ca.1090 by Hugh of Leicester].