Seamer in Cleveland / Seamer-in-Cleveland / Semare / Semer / Semere / Semers

There is a multiple-place entry for this Seamer [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/NZ4910/seamer/] [accesssed 19 December 2019] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Pigot's Directory of 1834 notes: "a handsome marble font, supported by a pillar of red granite, found amongst the ruins of a church at Alexandria, in 1798, by Sir Cuthbert Heron [sic -- cf. infra], and presented by him to the parish". Lewis' Dictionary of 1848 reported on St. Martin's: "The church, built in 1822, is a neat edifice in the later English style, with a square tower, and contains a marble font brought by Sir Cuthbert Herring [sic -- cf. supra] from Alexandria." The National Gazetteer of 1868 notes "a marble font, the gift of Sir Cuthbert Herring [sic -- cf. supra/infra] in 1922." Bulmer's Directory of 1890 notes: "The marble font, supported on a pillar of the same material, was taken from the ruins of a church in Alexandria, in Egypt, after the Battle of the Nile in 1798, by Sir Cuthbert Heron [cf. supra], and presented to this church in 1822." The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (York North Riding, vol. 2, 1923) notes; "The structure is of no antiquarian or historical interest, having been entirely rebuilt in 1821–2 [...] On the north side [...] there is an old square-headed window of two trefoiled lights in the nave, apparently of 15th-century date, but no other ancient work remains. [...] The font was presented in 1822 and bears a small brass plate inscribed 'The gift of Sir Cuthbert Heron, Baronet, to the parish of Seamer, county of York. This marble pillar was taken from the ruins of a church at Alexandria, in Egypt, at the glorious battle of the Nile, in the year 1798, and brought to England in the ship Antelope, Captain William Rayne.'" The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: NZ4984010302] describes the present building as an "1822 rebuild of medieval church" but mentions no font in it.