Charlecote / Cerlecote / Charlcote

There is an entry for Charlecote [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SP2656/charlecote/] [accessed 5 January 2015], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The Victoria County History (Warwick, vol. 5, 1949) notes: "The church of Charlecote was given to the friary of Thelsford by Sir William de Lucy in 1214, [...] and was appropriated to the friary in the same year. [...] It seems to have been originally a chapel dependent on the church of Hampton Lucy [...] The parish church [...] was entirely rebuilt in 1851 [...] The only piece of re-used construction appears to be the roof of the organ chamber. This has a barrel-vaulted ceiling with panels, moulded ribs, and carved bosses of the 15th century, probably from the former chancel. The furniture is modern, including the font, but there is a second font probably of the 12th century. It is of flower-pot shape and has a moulded base 4 in. high. The top bears the marks of former staples for the lid." The Historic Churches Preservation Trust mentions that "the Norman font" of the original church is still preserved in this 19th-century church [source: 'Recent Grants' issue of the Grants Cttee. Meeting of 22 June 2004, www.historicchurches.org.uk]. The font presently used in this church is a 19th-century Victorian version of the overhanging-basin type of the 14th century; a notice of the installation of this new font appeared in The Illustrated London News (vol. XXIII, 19 February 1853). [NB: the new font is by John Gibson, responsible for the 1850s re-building of this church]. A recent photograph of this font by Oxford Church Illustrations appears in Flickr [http://flickr.com/photos/oxfordshire_church_photos/228969810/] [accessed 9 September 2007]