Wivenhoe / Wiiunhou

There is an entry for Wivenhoe [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/TM0321/wivenhoe/] [accessed 14 June 2018], but it mentions neither priest nor church in it. The Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923) reports: "Font: In N. aisle--octagonal bowl, traceried panels to sides with alternate shields and foliage, 15th-century, stem and base modern." In Pevsner (1976): "Font. Octagonal, Perp[endicular], with quatrefoils and shields." In Paul (1986). The Victoria County History (Essex, vol. 10, 2001) writes: "The church existed by 1254 [...] The ctagonal, 15th-century font was reinstated in the church, after being found in the graveyard in 1923, to replace one of 1860." In Bettley & Pevsner (2007). A copy of the "Faculty for removal of stone and marble font (made in 1860) and placement of fifteenth-century font found in the churchyard, with covering letter" is kept in the Parish Records at the Essex Record Office [ref. D/P 277/6/9]. The entry for Wivenhoe in Terry Garland's site [www.terrygarland.co.uk/wivenhoe_church.html] [accessed 15 June 2018] notes: "The font is of the 15th century and was found in the churchyard and placed in the west end in 1923" [NB: TG's text is preceded by the following note: "The following description is taken from the Guide Book published by The Friends of St Mary's (c) 1999"]. [NB: we have no information on the font from the medieval church here].