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INFORMATION
FontID: 05239DOR
Church/Chapel: Church of St. John the Baptist
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Church Location: Dorton, Buckinghamshire HP18 9NG
Country Name: England
Location: Buckinghamshire, South East
Directions to Site: Located 10 km N of Thame, approximately half way between Oxford and Aylesbury, S of the A41
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Historical Region: Hundred of Ixhill [in Domesday] -- Hundred of Ashendon
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century [basin only] -- 15th century [pedestal base only] [composite font], Medieval / composite
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
There is an entry for Dorton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP6814/dorton/] [accessed 3 December 2015], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Lipscomb (1831- ) notes the font and its cover: "a lofty pyramidal octagon cover of a plain columnar font, on which is the following inscription: "A gifte to butyfie the House of God. Thomas Harryson, A.D. 1631." Sheahan (1862) notes: "The font is large and circular." Cox & Harvey (1907) do not list the font itself but mention an inscription on the font cover that identifies the donor, Thomas Harenson, and the date of the object, 1631. Bond (1908) mentions only the post-Reformation font cover as well. The RCAHM (Buckinghamshire, 1912) notes: "Font and Font Cover: plain cylindrical bowl, 12th-century, octagonal base, 15th-century; cover, hexagonal, six brackets of scroll-work meeting at the top with short central shaft, turned knob and pendant, inlaid inscription, 'A gifte to butyfie the house of God Francis Harryson anno domnie [sic] 1631'". The Victoria County History (Buckingham, vol. 4, 1927) notes: "The font has a 12th-century circular bowl placed on a 15th-century octagonal base; the cover, which has a finial and scroll-work brackets, bears the inscription, 'A gifte to butyfie the house of God Francis Harryson anno domnie 1631.'" Pevsner (1960) mentions only the cover. The Bernwode Benefice web site [http://www.bernwodebenefice.com/dorton/] [accessed 28 November 2010], hoever, reports: "The church was built in the 12th century [...] The font bowl is the only visible remnant of this era." The British Listed Buildings database [http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-42448-church-of-st-john-the-baptist-dorton] [accessed 28 November 2010] reports: "font with C12 circular basin on later octagonal base,and fine cover of 1631". The RCAHM (ibid.) further notes a holy-water stoup on the east side of the south doorway, "inside, with two-centred head and circular basin, 15th-century, imperfect."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
51.8197,
-1.0164
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
51° 49′ 10.92″ N,
1° 0′ 59.04″ W
UTM: 30U 636715 5742846
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: English
Inscription Notes: A gift of Thomas Harenson [Harryson], the donor
Inscription Location: on the font cover
Inscription Text: "A gifte to butyfie the House of God. Thomas Harenson, A.D. 1631" [other sources have 'Harryson']
Inscription Source: Lipscomb (1831- ); Cox & Harvey (1907); RCAHM (Buckinghamshire, 1912)
LID INFORMATION
Date: Jacobean, 1631
Material:
wood,
oak
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2011-03-30 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908
Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), An inventory of the historical monuments in Buckinghamshire, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1912-
Lipscomb, George, The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham, London: J.B. Nichols, 1831-1843
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Buckinghamshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1960
Sheahan, James Joseph, History and topography of Buckinghamshire, comprising a general survey of the county, preceded by an epitome of the early history of Great Britain, London; Pontefract: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts; William Edward Bonas [...], 1862