Sherington / Serintone / Schirinton / Scringtone / Sherrington / Sheryngton / Shringtone / Shryngton / Shyriton / Sirinton

There is an entry for Sherington [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP8846/sherington/] [accessed 25 February 2016], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Lysons (1806-1833) describe an octagonal font "enriched with figures in niches". Sheahan (1862) notes the font, as well as a holy-water stoup in the porch. The Victoria County History (Buckingham, vo. 4, 1927) notes: "The advowson was held by the Caruns or Sheringtons with the principal manor until granted by William de Sherington to Tickford Priory at some date before 1150. [...] A church existed here in the 12th century, [...] but the earliest parts of the present building, consisting principally of the north arcade and the lower stage of the tower, date from about 1250 [...] The font, which dates from the late 14th century, is octagonal and has a panelled bowl and stem, and a moulded base. On each side of the bowl is a defaced figure of a saint under an ogee crocketed label. The figures of St. Paul, St. Andrew and St. Catherine can be easily recognized." Noted in Pevsner (1960): "Font. Perp, octagonal, with small Saints under flat ogee arches." The Sherington Historical Society site [www.mkheritage.co.uk/shhs/cin5.htm] notes: "Located between the South Aisle and Nave at the western end, the 15th century font at St Lauds is one of this Church's earliest features. The Font is an octagonal bowl with moulded panels of saints under crocheted ogee arches. Below the main panels there is a ring of alternate faces and flower heads. The stem of the Font is decorated with traceried panels and a raised moulded octagonal base. The panels that depict the saints have been defaced, perhaps at the time when Oliver Cromwell's soldiers stabled their horses here in the church. The 'gash' in the eastern side of the font is not the work of a zealous soldier, but probably shows where once a lid was attached to the font."