Braughing / Brachinges / Bracking / Braughinge / Brauging / Brawyng / Broughhynge

There is an entry for Braughing [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/TL3925/braughing/] [accessed 26 October 2016]; it mentions a priest but not a church in it, although there probably was one there. The Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, Hertforshire (1911) reports: "Font: modern: at E. end of N. aisle, recently replaced in the church, disused font, early 14th-century, mutilated; with flat wood cover, early 17th-century, much decayed." The Victoria County History (Hertford, vol. 3, 1912) notes: "The church was granted to the priory of Holy Trinity by Queen Maud [+1167] about the same time as the manor [...] The chancel belongs to the early part of the 13th century, about 1220; the nave with its aisles and porch and the west tower were rebuilt about 1416 [...] and the north chapel was added early in the 17th century. In 1888 the church was thoroughly restored [...] The font is modern, but the old one stands at the east end of the north aisle, and is of early 14thcentury date. The sides of the octagonal basin have cusped panels, all much mutilated; the flat oak cover belongs to the early part of the 17th century. [...] In the south-east corner [of the south entranceway] is a stoup with a round basin, slightly broken." Tomplins (1922) mentions as noteworthy in this church a "finely carved font of Caen stone", for which he gives no estimated date, and an "old font outside, near the tower", also without a date. The Official Guide to Braughing Rural District (1971) notes that "the Caen stone font is new, but the original font, 600 years old has been found and brought back into the church." Pevsner & Cherry (1977) mention neither font in their entry for Braughing. [NB: the RCHM (1911) reports also a holy-water stoup, "with a round basin, slightly broken", in the southeast corner of the porch -- no separate entry in this Index]