Shotesham No. 2 / Great Shotesham / High Shotesham / Scotesha / Scotesia / Scotessa / Scotessâ / Scotessam

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B01: angel - demi-figure - holding shield - blank

one of four
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B02: animal - mammal - lion - sejant-gardant

one of four
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B03: angel - demi-figure - holding shield - blank

one of four
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B04: animal - mammal - lion - sejant-gardant

one of four
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B05: angel - demi-figure - holding shield - blank

one of four
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B06: animal - mammal - lion - sejant-gardant

one of four
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B07: angel - demi-figure - holding shield - blank

one of four
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B08: animal - mammal - lion - sejant-gardant

one of four
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B09: design element - motifs - floral

on the sides of the panels of the basin that contain lions
Scene Description: on the sides of the panels of the basin that contain lions
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BU01: angel - head - 8

at the angles of the underbowl
Scene Description: at the angles of the underbowl
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BU02: design element - motifs - floral - 8

on the sides of the lower level of the underbowl chamfer
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UB01: animal - mammal - lion - sejant

one of four
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UB02: animal - mammal - lion - sejant

one of four -- Image courtesy & copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2010
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UB03: animal - mammal - lion - sejant

one of four
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UB04: animal - mammal - lion - sejant

one of four
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UB05: design element - architectural - buttress - 4

between the seated lions of the stem
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view of church exterior - east view

Font image
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view of church interior - looking west

the top of the font visible among the benches on the right-hand (north) side
Scene Description: the top of the font visible among the benches on the right-hand (north) side
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view of basin - detail

remains of reddish paint on the ear and mouth of one of the lions
Scene Description: remains of reddish paint on the ear and mouth of one of the lions
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 03470SHO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: East Anglia font / heraldic font
Cognate Fonts: Shotesham All Saints, Norwich no. 4, etc.
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end, N side, opposite the S entrance
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Roger's Lane, Shotesham, Norfolk NR15 1UW
Site Location: Norfolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the B1332, about 15 km SSE of Norwich
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Norwich
Historical Region: Hundred of Henstede [aka Henstead]
Additional Comments: painted font? remains on the head of one of the lions
Font Notes:
Blomefield (1805-1810) writes in his entry for Shotesham: "it was in above twelve parts, at the Confessor's and Conqueror's surveys; it had four capital manors, four parish churches, two hamlets [...] The church of St. Mary in Little or Low Shotesham, belonged formerly in an alternate presentation, to the manors of Shotesham-Hall, and St. Benet's; and in 1187 there was a great contest about it, before the Bishop of Norwich and Ralph Glanvile, justices itinerants, between Ralf Abbot of Holm, who claimed it as a chapel belonging to his church of St. Martin, and Robert de Vaux released all right in St. Martin's to the Abbot, and he, all his right in St. Mary's to Robert, and all the lands in both parishes were to be parted equally, and a moiety settled on each church, and the lands of Vaux's fee to belong all to St. Mary and those of the Abbot's fee to St. Martin; each was to be a mother-church [...] The church of St. Mary is 40 feet long, and 19 broad, and the church is 20 feet long; it hath a square tower 60 feet high, and but one bell. [...] Norwich Domesday tells us, that St. Mary, when a rectory, had a house and 20 acres of glebe, and paid 6d. synodals, and 6s. 8d. procurations, and when it became a vicarage it was valued with that of St. Botolph" [NB: cf. Index entry for Shotesam No. 3]. The present font is described in Pevsner & Wilson (1999): "C15. Octagonal. Four lions against the stem, four lions and four angels with shields against the bowl." Noted and illustrated in Knott (2006). Baptismal font of the East Anglian type: octagonal basin with deeply-carved panels decorated with angels holding charged shields alternating with seated lions; angel heads at the underbowl angles, the chamfered lower sides decorated with floral motifs; four seated lions at four angles of the stem, alternating with thin buttresses between them; square lower base with chamfered angles on a plinth of the same shape. Flat octagonal wooden cover with metal decoration and handle; appears modern.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Simon Knott, of www.suffolkchurches.co.uk, and to Janice Tostevin for the information on and photographs of this font.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 385533 5822756
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.542842, 1.312054
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 32′ 34.23″ N, 1° 18′ 43.39″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern?
Material: wood, oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

  • Blomefield, Francis, An essay towards a topographical history of Norfolk, 1805-1810, vol. 5: 503-519 / [www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=78216] [accessed 25 April 2013]
  • Knott, Simon, The Norfolk Churches Site, Simon Knott, 2004. [standing permission to reproduce images received from Simon (February 2005]. URL: www.norfolkchurches.co.uk.
  • Paley, Frederick Apthorp, Illustrations of Baptismal Fonts, London, UK: John van Voorst, 1844, unpaged
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Norfolk 2: North-West and South (2nd ed.), London: Penguin, 1999, p. 649