Peterborough No. 4

INFORMATION

FontID: 11002PET
Church/Chapel: Cathedral Church
Country Name: England
Location: Cambridgeshire, East
Font Location in Church: [in the Cathedral until the mid 19th century -- cf. FontNotes]
Date: ca. 1615?
Century and Period: 17th century(early),
Sweeting (1926 c1899) writes: "the basin is of a local marble of thirteenth century date, but the lower part is modern. For many years it was used as a flower pot in one of the prebendal gardens, whence it was rescued by Dean Monk and ultimately restored to its original use in the south end of the western transept. It was placed where it is [i.e., 'between the first and seconf piers of the north side of the nave'] in 1920. Another font had been erected in 1615, as appears by an entry in the cathedral register of that date, when the son of one of the prebendaries was baptized 'in the new font in the bodye of the Cathedral Church here.'" [NB: a 17th-century baptismal font is kept in the Peterborough Museum, but it is of a later date -- We have no information on the whereabouts of this 1615 font] [cf. Index entry for Peterborough No. 1 for the 13th-century basin restored to the Cathedral]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

Sweeting, W.D. (Walter Debenham), The Cathedral Church of Peterborough: a description of its fabric and a brief history of the episcopal see, London: G. Bell & Sons, 1926 c1899