Hatherop / Etherope / Hetrope

There are two entries for Hatherop [variant spellings] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP1505/hatherop/] [accessed 21 December 2018] neither of which mentions cleric or church in it. The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (Gloucester, vol. 7, 1981) notes: "The church at Hatherop was granted by Ernulf of Hesdin to Gloucester Abbey before 1096. [...] dedicated to ST. NICHOLAS by 1545 [...] but in the 18th and 19th centuries sometimes known as St. Matthew's [...] The font was given in 1858 as a memorial to Lord de Mauley." Verey and Brooks (1999-2002) write: "the font, square, on marble columns, with good sculptured panels, is a memorial to Lord de Mauley +1855." Baptismal font consisting of a square basin, each side decorated with a biblical scene [one appears to be the Baptism of Christ] framed in foliage panels; the base is made of a central shaft and four outer colonnettes, the capitals of the latter foliated, the bases moulded. Octagonal plinth. Round wooden cover with metal decoration and ring handle. [NB: Verey & Brooks (ibid.) inform that this church, "rebuilt in 1854-5 by Henry Clutton for Lord de Mauley" replaced an earlier Perpendicular building, but we have no information on the original font of that church]