Mutford / Mutforda

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angel - cherub - 8

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animal - mammal - lion - sejant - 4

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design element - architectural - buttress - 4

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design element - architectural - buttress - 8

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design element - motifs - quatrefoil - 32

Scene Description: four on each of the sides of the upper step of the plinth

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human figure - head - 8

Scene Description: male and female; indivdualised [cf. FontNotes]

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inscription

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

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view of basin

Scene Description: the carved-off panels [cf. FontNotes]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

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view of font and cover

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INFORMATION

FontID: 03237MUT

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Andrew

Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew

Church Location: Church Road, Mutford, Mutford, Suffolk, United Kingdom

Country Name: England

Location: Suffolk, East Anglia

Directions to Site: Located S of the A146, between Lowestoft and Beccles

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Norwich

Historical Region: Hundred of Lothing [in Domesday] -- Hundred of Mutford

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, towards the W end of the nave, S side

Date: 1380

Century and Period: 14th century (late), Perpendicular

Workshop/Group/Artisan: East Anglia font?

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Simon Knott, of www.suffolkchurches.co.uk, for his photographs of this church and font

Church Notes: round-tower church

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

There is an entry for this Mutford [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/TM4888/mutford/] [accessed 25 November 2024]; it reports "2 churches. 0.35 church lands" in it. Noted in Suckling (1846-1848): "The octagonal font, which is now despoiled of its ancient sculptures, was the gift of Dame Elizabeth, the wife of Sir Thomas de Hengrave, who lived in the reign of Richard II [i.e., 1377-1399], and his sucessor." Suckling (ibid.) also reports that, at the time of the Domesday Survey, in 1086, "Two churches were then standing in the parish"; the present church remaining, adds Suckling, "which is dedicated to St. Andrew, [...] was originally raised in Norman times". In Parker (1855) with similar information. Knott (2009) notes that the date of the donation, 1380, appears together with the name of the donor on "a surviving inscription on the font" [NB: it is actually on the upper step of the plinth]. Betjeman (1958) gives: "15th-cent[ury] font", as does Cautley (1982). We do not have any information on the carving off of the basin panels; the font is otherwise a typical example of the East Anglia Perpendicular design, whether it had Evangelists symbols and shields in them, or the more common combination of seated lions and shields; the angles of the basin are decorateed with the usual buttresses found on this type of font; the underbowl chamfer has two levels, with cherubs at the angles of the upper level, and human heads on the pabels of the lower level; the heads are male and female, individualised and varied in hair style, head-dress, etc.; the pedestal base, again, typical of the East Anglia font design: octagonal-to-square in shape, with four seated lions at the angles alternating with four selnder buttresses; the font stands on a two-step octagonal plinth, the upper step decorated with four quatrefoils on each side. [NB: we have no information on the earlier fonts from the two churches that existed here in the 11th century].

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 407535 5809736

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

Inscription Location: on the upper step of the plinth

Inscription Text: [records that the font was donated by Dame Elizabeth of Hengrave in 1380]

Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Betjeman, John, An American's Guide to English Parish Churches (including the Isle of Man), New York: McDowell, Obolensky, 1958

Cautley, Henry Munro, Suffolk churches and their treasures, Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 1982

Knott, Simon, The Suffolk Churches Site, Simon Knott, 1999-. [standing permission to reproduce images received from Simon [February 2005]. URL: www.suffolkchurches.co.uk.

Parker, John Henry, The Ecclesiastical and architectural topography of England [...] Suffolk, 1855

Suckling, Alfred, The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk, with genealogical and architectural notices of its several towns and villages, London: John Weale [...], 1846-1848