Penton Mewsey / Penintona / Penitone / Penitune Meysi / Pennyngton Mewsey / Penyngton Meysy / Penyton Meysi

There is an entry for Penton [Mewsey] [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SU3347/penton-mewsey/] [accessed 30 August 2018]; it mentions a church in it. Octagonal mounted font described by Paley (1844), with an engraving on a drawing by Orlando Jewitt: "a good and pleasing example of late Decorated work [...], though large, is well proportioned, and a good model for imitation." Each of the eight sides of the basin is decorated with two Ogee arches. The stem of the base, the lower base and the plinth are all octagonal and plain except for a few mouldings. Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907). The Victoria County History (Hampshire, vol. 4, 1911) notes: "Penton Mewsey Church is mentioned in Domesday Book. [...] In 1291 the church was assessed at £6 13s. 4d. [...] The [present] building dates from about 1340 to 1350 [...] The font is octagonal and contemporary with the church, and has a pair of trefoiled arches on each face, the upper and lower edge of the bowl being moulded; the stem has a hollow profile with a moulded necking, and the base is also moulded." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SU3346947771] reports a "C14 octagonal font" in it.