Framlingham

Noted in Parker (1855): "Font, an octagon, with the emblems of the Evangelists, and a tolerable cover of wood." Described and illustrated in Simon Knott's Suffolk Churches [www.suffolkchurches.co.uk]: "The font [...] is interesting and good, but I cannot believe that it has not been recut". The font is octagonal, of the 15th century, as is the pyramidal cover on it. The basin has vertical sides with framed panels in which angels hold shields with coat-of-arms symbols [NB: Knott describes one of them "an angel holds a recut symbol of the Holy Trinity; another holds Instruments of the Passion"]; the angles of the octagon have buttresses decorated with crocketed pinnacles; the underbowl is decorated also, with cherub heads spreading the wings at each angle. The pedestal base, also octagonal is decorated with figures at the angles, alternating larger with smaller carvings (lions, woodwooses, etc.]. Octagonal plinth. The tall pyramidal cover is wooden, with pronounced ribs at the angles decorated with serrated edges and a finial. The font-cover is noted in Howard & Crossley (1919).