Bozeat No. 2 / Bosegate / Bosehate / Bosezate / Bosiete / Bosizatt / Bosyate

INFORMATION

Font ID: 08814BOZ
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Decorated
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: 17 Hensmans Lane, Bozeat, Northamptonshire NN29 7ND
Site Location: Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A509, about 20 km E of Northampton, in the county border with Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Peterborough
Historical Region: Hundred of Higham Ferrers
Additional Comments: damaged stoup
Font Notes:
A stoup of the Decorated period is noted in Parker (1850). Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a holy-water stoup of the 14th century. The VCH (Northampton, vol. 4, 1937) reports "an elegant 14th-century stoup with trefoiled head" on the south wall, near the doorway. Noted in Mee (1945): "a damaged stoup for holy water".

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 658800 5788451
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.223565, -0.675084
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 13′ 24.83″ N, 0° 40′ 30.3″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
  • Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 236
  • Mee, Arthur, The King's England: Northamptonshire, country of spires and stately homes, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1945, [http://northamptoncastle.homeip.net/northampton/books/Arthur%20Mee/Arthur%20Mee.htm] [accessed 31 October 2006]
  • Parker, John Henry, A Glossary of Terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian and Gothic Architecture, Oxford: J. H. Parker, 1850, p. 448