Humberstone / Humerstane

There is an entry for Humberstone [variant sperlling] in the Domesday [http://opendomesday.org/place/SK6205/humberstone/] [accessed 3 September 2015], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The Victoria County History (Leicester, vol. 4, 1958) notes: "No church is mentioned in Humberstone until the early 13th century [...] Of the original 13th-century church, little remains but the tower and parts of the outer walls, more especially in the chancel. [...] The font dates from the last century and stands at the west end. The Early English font was destroyed in 1857–8 but was pieced together and, after standing for a short time in a Humberstone garden, was taken in 1911 to Little Dalby Hall." [NB: this last phrase in the VCH is footnoted: "Kendall, Humberstone, 12; inf. from Mr. C. Bramley. Although Little Dalby Hall was demolished in 1951 it proved impossible to restore the font to Humberstone, and it was still in the grounds of Little Dalby Hall in 1955: T.L.A.S. xxxi. 65."]. A late font here is described in Pevsner (1984): "Font [...] alabaster, with a rich band of undercut foliage." [NB: the present font appears to date from the major rebuilding of this church by "Raphael Brandon in 1857-8", but there must have been an earlier font dating from the fabric of the original 14th-century church]