Great Leighs No. 1

Results: 4 records

B01: design element - motifs - floral - flower - in a quatrefoil - 6

[cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

B02: coat of arms - unidentified

"a bend sinister engrailed with defaced charges thereon" [cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: "a bend sinister engrailed with defaced charges thereon" [cf. Font notes]

B03: coat of arms - unidentified

"a saltire" [cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: "a saltire" [cf. Font notes]

LB01: design element - motifs - tracery

[cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 11650LEI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Essex, East
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A131, 10 km NNE of Chelmsford [Coordinates: 51° 49′ 35.86″ N, 0° 30′ 20.72″ E 51.826628, 0.505757] [Diocese of Chelmsford]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Font Notes:
Noted in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923): "Font: Octagonal, each face of bowl with quatrefoiled panels, six filled with conventional foliage, and two with shields--(a) a bend sinister engrailed with defaced charges thereon; (b) a saltire; panelled stem, 15th-century, base cut away and rough panels cut in sides." In Pevsner (1976): "Font. Perp[endicular], octagonal. Stem with tracery, bowl with quatrefoils carrying fleurons and one shield." Bettley & Pevsner (2007) have "shields" instead of "shield".

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Bettley, James, Essex, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2007
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, An Inventory of the historical monuments in Essex, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1916-1923
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Essex, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1976