Richmond nr. Scoth Corner No. 1 / Hindrelag / Hindrelaghe / Indrelag / Indrelage

There are two entries for this Richmond [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/NZ1701/richmond/] [accessed 22 December 2015], one of which, in the lordship of Enisan (Musard) mentions a priest and a church in it. Glynne's 20 April 1842 visit to this church (in Butler, 2007) reports: "The font is Third Pointed, the bowl octagonal with shields, the monogram, &c., not very good." Lewis' Dictionary of 1848 reports "a beautiful font" in this church. Described in Whellan (1859): ''There is a handsome octagonal font of Tees marble, of sufficient size to receive children when baptism was practised by total immersion. It has eight shields on its sides, on two of which are a few letters, forming, it is supposed, a perfect legend, which would be unpalatable to the Reformers. The six other shields are now plain. The basement of the font is formed of old sepulchral slabs, and it has an ancient wooden pyramidal cover.'' Described in Bulmer's Directory... (1890): "Baptismal font of Tees marble, with capacious bowl resting on a plain octagonal shaft. On the faces of the bowl are eight shields, all now plain except two, on which are, in raised old English letters, [IHI et IBE], the latter with a mark of abbreviation over it. They are the contracted forms of 'Jhesi' and 'Johannes Baptistæ', part of an inscription of which the rest has probably been effaced." Described in Cox & Harvey (1907) as one of three similar black marble fonts, all heraldic [Cattarick and South Kilvington are the other two]. The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (York North Riding, vol. 1, 1914) notes: "The building has been so much altered and renovated during the last fifty years that there is not a great deal of the old work left, but enough remains to show that a church of the same length as at present stood here in the 12th century. [...] The 15th-century font is octagonal with concave sides on which are shields, the west is carved with i.h.c. and the east with a merchant's mark between i.y.; the stem is modern. In the north aisle is the dilapidated bowl of a 13th-century font which was recently found in the churchyard; it is octagonal and has fluted ornament on the sides." Morris (1931) has this font as one of several of the Perpendcular period [the group includes Catterick, Cowton, Richmond and South Kilvington] "that have probably been produced at the same workshop." The notice posted inside the church by the side of the font reads that the font "was made of Teesdale marble in 1399", and also dates the cover to the 15th century. Noted in Morris (1931): "15th cent., black marble, octagonal font-bowl, like those at South] Kilvington and Catterick, with 17th-cent. tower." The material is identified in Betjeman (1958) as "Fosterley marble", and the font cover is described as "Jacobean". Noted in Pevsner (1985): "Font. Perp[endicular], black marble, octagonal, with concave sides and shields as sole decoration." Pevsner (ibid.) notes the font cover as well: An octagonal Jacobean spire or pyramid." [cf. Index entry for Richmond No. 2 for a damaged medieval basin kept in this church]