Lapworth / Lapeforde

There is an entry for Lapworth [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SP1671/lapworth/] [accessed 18 December 2014], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Cox & Harvey (1907) note: "plain octagonal bason [...] raised on an octagonal shaft, at each angle of which, just under tha bason, is a sculptured head". Notices of the churches of Warwickshire (vol. 2, 1858) writes: "With the exception of the chancel, (which appears to have been re-built in the early part of the fourteenth century) the piers and arches of the nave, and some other small portions apparently of the same date, the whole of the church was reconstructed in the latter part of the fifteenth century [...] no vestiges of the original church standing in the reign of Henry III. [i.e., 1216-1272] are visible. [...] Font. This consists of an octagonal-shaped basin, moulded round the rim and bottom, with plain faces raised on an octagonal shaft, at each angle of which, just beneath the basin, is a sculptured head. The font is placed on two steps, the uppermost of which projects westward. The depth of the basin internally, is 12 inches; externally, 15 inches; the internal diameter is 2 feet 1 inch, the external diameter is 2 feet 9 inches. The total height of the font is 4 feet 6 inches. It stands westward of the northwest pier." Probably of about the same date as a the font at Wootton Wavwen, that is, the end of the 14th century. Described and illustrated in Bond (1908) as an octagonal baptismal font of the 14th century; the basin sides are plain but for a double moulding at the upper rim side and a single one at the lower basin edge; right below it "has corbelled heads projecting from the base of the bowl" (ibid.) The octagonal pedestal base is also plain and there is side "priest's stone"; the whole is raised on a wide plinth. The Victoria County History (Warwick, vol. 5, 1949) notes: "The nave dates from the early 12th century, when it had no aisles [...] The whole building was remodelled in the 15th century [...] The font of white stone has an octagonal bowl of the early 14th century; it has a moulded top member and a moulded and hollowed lower with a carved head at each angle, some with wimples. The stem is plain and the base chamfered."