Dunster

Described in Hamper (1808): "The font is octagonal and handsome; having on shields in quatrefoil recesses, the monogram HIS, in a crown of thorns, sponge and spear, cross, hammer, and pincers, hans, feet, and heart, alternately with double roses. If these latter ornaments have any allusion to the union of the Houses of York and Lancaster, we may presume that the bounty of Henry II. Was applied to the furniture of the church, though not to the building itslef." Noted in the Handbook for travellers… (1869): "The font is a fair Perp[endicular] one". Noted in Kelly's Directory of 1883. Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Perpendicular period. "The church font dates from c 1530. Described in Pevsner (1958): "Perp[endicular], octagonal, panelled stem, bowl with quatrefoils containing shields, flowers, the wounds of Christ, etc." The carvings on the font represent the five wounds of Christ and the instruments of the passion. The cover dates from the 1850s" [source: Destinations UK-Ireland [http://www.destinations-uk.com/articles.php?link=articles&country=england&id=324&articletitle=Parish%20and%20Priory%20Church%20of%20St%20George,%20Somerset [accessed 11 February 2009]]