Rickmansworth / Prichemareworde / Rickmansworth / Rickmesworth / Rykemersworye / Rykesmaresworth

There is an entry for Rickmansworth [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/TQ0593/rickmansworth/] [accessed 27 September 2016], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The Victoria County History, Hertfordshire (1908) notes: "The church of Rickmansworth belonged to the abbey of St. Albans, and was confirmed to them by Pope Honorius III in 1219. […] no part of the present building being older than the seventeenth century […] the font, at the south-west of the nave, appears to be of the seventeenth century." In the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, Hertfordshire (1911) also as a font probably of the 17th-century." Jacques writes in her 'A History of Rickmansworth' [www.rickmansworth-residents-association.org/archive2.html] [accessed 13 July 2006] that, during the stay of Cardinal Wolsey at the Manor of the More in 1530, "the church was deliberately set ablaze by Lollard sympathisers ...]. The christening font was broken up and holy water scattered about the church". The entry for this church in English Heritage [Listing NGR: TQ0613094220] (1951) reports a font of the 19thC at the west end of the nave. The Parish web site [ww.stmarysrickmansworth.org.uk/pdf_general_pages/History of St Mary's Church.pdf] [accessed 27 September 2016] notes: "The fine octagonal, carved stone font, which replaced a hexagonal 17th Century font, was given in memory of Lt Alfred Northey, son of a previous vicar, who was killed in action of 12th October 1914. The oak cover, designed by Sir Charles Nicholson FRIBA , was presented by Rev H Shepherd in 1945." The web site [www.speel.me.uk/chlondon/rickmansworthch.htm] [accessed 27 September 2016] by Bob Speel reports: "the hexagonal font, with base with pairs of blind Gothic lights, dating from early in the 20th Century - another font, octagonal with quatrefoils on the sides, is outside, adjacent to the Church. [NB: not clear from the sources available what happened to the 17th-century font; a font is