Coughton / Cocton / Coctune

There is an entry for Coughton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SP0860/coughton/] [accessed 20 November 2014], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Notices of the churches in Warwickshire (vol. 2, 1858) notes that this church, dedicated to St. Peter, "was given to the Canons of Studley in the reign of Henry I [i.e., 1100-1135] [...] The font consists of an octagonal basin, with plain faces, chamfered beneath, and resting on four cylindrical columns, set on a raised plinth and base." Described in Cox & Harvey (1907): "The font at Coughton is 13th cent., and after an unusual design. A plain octagonal bason, chamfered beneath, rests on eight very short well-moulded shafts clustered together, and these are set on a raised plinth and base stone". The Victoria County History (Warwick, vol. 3, 1945) notes: "The advowson of Coughton was included in the original endowment of Studley Priory at its foundation by Peter Corbucion in the 12th century. [...] The whole building is of the 15th century and early 16th century and is reputed to have been the work of Sir Robert Throckmorton, who died in 1518, but it is obviously not all of one period. The lower stage of the tower appears to be the earliest part of the fabric and, with a nave on the same lines as the present nave, stood probably before Sir Robert's time. [...] The font dates from the 13th century. The bowl was originally square with a hollowed lower edge, but it has since been cut to form an octagon and has had a cross incised on each of the four cardinal faces, one being partly carved on the patching where existed the former staple for the lid. The stem was cylindrical with four attached shafts, but it has disappeared and only the moulded capitals and bases remain in place, one resting on the other, with the square abacus and sub-base. The main base is chamfered and splayed at the angles. Having been dwarfed by the removal of the stem, the font has been placed on a later sub-base with steps."