Childerditch / Ciltedic / Ciltendis

There are three entries for Childerditch [variant spelling]s in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/TQ6089/childerditch/] [accessed 14 May 2018], none of which mentions cleric or church in it. Described and illustrated with an engraving by J. Basire in Repton (1812) as a baptismal font "from about the reign of King Henry the Sixth to that of Henry the Eighth" [i.e., 1422-1509+]. An entry in the 'Proceedings of the Central Comittee' of 10 September 1845 (Journal of the British Archaeological Association, vol. 1, 1846: 314) notes: "Messrs Smith and Waller reported the result of their visits to Childerditch and East Horndon churches in Essex, among which: "The little church of Childerditch is being restored under the superintendance of the rector, who has cleansed the font, formerly concealed by dirt and rubbish. It is an elegant monument of the art of the Tudor period, of octagonal shape, each face containing a quatrefoil, in the centre of which occur the badges of Henry VIII and Catherine of Arragon [sic]; and is further remarkable for an inscription cut round three sides, in the following words: 'This is the cost of Jhon the ostelier and Ceceli his wiffe'". Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Decorated period. Noted in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923): "Font: octagonal bowl with quatrefoiled panelsenclosing carved rose, leopards' heads, pomegranate, rose and pomegranate dimidiated, fleur-de-lis and foliage; round upper edge black-letter inscription, 'This is the cost of Jhon Throsscher and Ceceli his wife', moulded base, early 16th-century." The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (Essex, vol. 8, 1983) notes: "There was a priest at Childerditch in 1232 [...] In 1858 the church was a small building comprising nave of flint rubble, thought to date from the 12th century, brick chancel of recent date, timber belfry, and south porch. [...] It was then ruinous, but the debate as to whether it should be restored or rebuilt was not settled until 1869, when the old church was demolished and replaced by a new one. [...] The font, which dates from the early 16th century, has a blackletter inscription recording the fact that it was given by John Throsscher (Thresher) and his wife." Bettley & Pevsner (2007) date the font to the early-16th century. The font, of the later Gothic period, consists of an octagonal basin with protruding moulded upper rim, the sides decorated with pointed quatrefoil windows with inscribed fleur-de-lis; graded chamfered underbowl; octagonal pedestal base with mouldings at the top and botom of the stem, and on the lower base; octagonal pyramidal font cover, perhaps of the 16th or 1th century, the lower volume crown-shaped, the upper pyramidal section with crocketted arrises; it appears to have lost its finial.