Crofton / Scroftune / Scrotone

There is an entry for this Crofton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SE3718/crofton/] [accessed 25 October 2018] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Glynne's 9 March 1854 visit to this church (in Butler, 2007) reports: "The font has an octagonal bowl panelled with flower containing shields, the stem has several octagonal bands." Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Perpendicular period. Morris (1932) notes: "Good Perp[endicular] octagonal font. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SE3778818126] notes: "Church. Crossing tower c1300 otherwise c1430 Perpendicular for Richard Fleming, Bishop of Lincoln (a native of Crofton), restored c1875 by Leake and Denison (Normanton). [...] Remains of 2 Saxon crosses. [...] C15 octagonal font has shields set in quatrefoils to each face." Noted and illustrated in the Parish site [www.crofton.org.uk/church/baptism.html] [accessed 25 October 2018]: "On entering the church, you will see on your left a stone font in which, traditionally, baptisms are carried out. This font is in the traditional position, by the door. In it new members are baptised into the family of the Church. There is also a portable font in the church. This is a recent addition. Its use allows everyone to see what happens in baptisms more clearly than with the older font." Harman & Pevsner (2017) mention the Saxon crosses but not a font in this church.