Rousham / Rouesham / Rowesham

There are two entries for Rousham [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP4724/rousham/] [accessed 15 November 2017], neither of which mentions priest or church in it. Gardner's Gazetteer (1852) notes: "The font of white marble is of elegant design", which probably means Georgian or later. Noted in Sherwood and Pevsner (1974): "Font. Early C18. Marble, with a baluster stem and a cup-shaped bowl carved with palm fronds." [NB: Gardner (ibid.) reports that the building "exhibits vestiges of the Norman style of architecture", but we have no information of the earlier font of this church]. The Victoria County History (Oxon., vol. 11, 1983) notes: "The earliest church presumably comprised a nave and chancel. In the late 12th century the first bay of a south arcade was begun at the eastern end of the nave, and in the early 13th century the west tower was built [...] The reading desk and pulpit were replaced in 1744, and the font in 1753 [...] The church was restored in 1867 and 1868. The chancel was entirely rebuilt and refitted and heightened, the south aisle was extensively repaired and the south porch rebuilt, and the nave and aisles were reroofed. In the course of the work the chancel arch was rebuilt using some late 12th-century material