Castle Bolton / Bodelton / Bolton Castle

There is an entry for [Castle] Bolton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SE0391/castle-bolton/] [accessed 22 November 2019] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Glynne in his 29 May 1871 visit (in Butler, 2007) reports: "The font has [a] plain octagonal bowl" [cf. infra]. Noted in the Victoria County History (North Yorkshire, vol. 1, 1914): "The font is plain, having an octagonal bowl with beaded angles on an octagonal stem, and may be as early as the 14th century." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SE0336491875] notes; "Church. Late C14. [...] font with hexagonal [cf. infra & supra] basin, slightly shafted at three angles, on hexagonal stem and base." Baptismal font consisting of a rather shallow octagonal basin with a tall and plain underbowl chamfer; the angles of the basin have been carved into what appear to be crudely-rendered human figures (?), some of them too damaged to be identified as such [or are they stylised crosses?]; the pedestal stem is also octagonal, as is the splaying lower base, both totally plain; the inside of the basin well is lead-lined and has a central drain. There does not appear to be any trace of cover staples on the upper rim. It is possible that the font may be contemporary with the Castle itself, which was built ca. 1378.