Hethersett / Hedekseeta / Hederseta / Hethersete

Blomefield (1805-1810) writes: "H[ethersete], The capital village of this hundred, is called in Domesday Book Hederseta, the seat at the place or most publick road entering the hundred; it belonged in the Confessor's days to Olf, one of the thanes or barons, and after to Earl Ralf, on whose forfeiture it was given to Alan Earl of Richmond, who gave it in the Conqueror's time to Ribald, who held it of Alan." The other Domesday entry for Hethersett (fol. 70) cited in Blomefield (ibid.) reports two churches here: "Hedekseeta tenuit Olfus Teinus [...] i. ecclia. de lx. acr. et val. v. sol. et alia ecclesia viii. acr. et val. viiid"; this second church is identified as "Cantelose, Cantelowe, or Cantley", a hamlet of Hethersett at the time [cf. Index entry for Cantley for a Norman font there]. A font in Hethersett is described in Pevsner & Wilson (1999): "Octagonal, C14, with quatrefoils of various kinds and a central supporting column with eight hexagonal satellite colonnettes." Noted and illustrated in Knott (2006): "The late 14th century font is extremely good, eight unique floriated crosses on an octagonal bowl - curiously, it is set on nine columns in an Early English style, which is not a good look. Perhaps it is a Victorian confection." Raised on an octagonal plinth with kneeling extension. The wooden cover is octagonal, flat and plain; modern. [NB: we have no information on the font from the original 11th-century church here].