Staunton nr. Coleford No. 1 / Stantun

There is an entry for this Staunton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SO5512/staunton/] [accessed 12 December 2018] but it mentions neither cleric nor church here. A baptismal font here is described and illustrated in Scarth (1880-1881), who rejects the possible Roman connection and describes it instead "a very early Christian Baptismal font". Romilly Allen (1888) mentions Staunton's as one of several "fonts made out of Roman altars" [NB: RA gives the county as Herefs,; it is in Gloucs.] Bond (1908) writes that "the square font at Staunton, Gloucestershire, is commonly designated Roman, perhaps by confusion with the Roman altar in the vestry at Tretire." Tyrrell-Green (1928), however, describes this font as "a very ancient stone with peculiar ornament, which may have been a Roman altar, and which was at some period used for a font, though afterwards superseded by the one at present in use, of typical fifteenth-century design". This may be the same font listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as Norman, but the county appears as Monmouthsire. The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (Gloucester, vol. 5, 1996) notes: "A church was recorded at Staunton from 1144 when Baderon of Monmouth confirmed it to Monmouth priory [...] Monmouth's priory's right to the church was confirmed by papal bull in 1186 [...] The church of ALL SAINTS was so called by 1735 [...] but had a dedication to St. Nicholas in 1144 [...] and until 1403 or later [...] The Norman font is a cube of stone, once thought to have been a Roman altar, hollowed out and given a band of pellet decoration. (fn. 325) It was presumably replaced in the 14th century by the octagonal font of that period which also survives in the church. (fn. 326) About 1830 the early font was standing outside to catch rainwater from a roof-spout and was moved inside; it, and the ancient pulpit, were returned to use at the restoration of 1872." Verey & Brooks (1999-2002) note: "Fonts. One is very early Norman, a rough cube with an upper band of pellet moulding, and crude decoration of large raised triangles. The other is octagonal, Late Perp[endicualr], but completely recut."