Morton Bagot / Moreton Bagot / Mortone [Domesday]

There is an entry for Morton [Bagot] [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SP1164/morton-bagot/] [accessed 24 November 2014], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The entry for this church in Notices of the churches of Warwickshire (vol. 1, 1847) notes: "The recess formed by the north doorway, now blocked up, is, internally, two feet deep; partly within it stands the font. This consists of a plain octagonal-shaped basin, 2 feet 11 1/2 inches high, placed on a raised basement, 4 inches high. The hollow of the basement is 12 inches deep, the diameter of the basin is 21 1/2 inches. On it is a plain boarded font cover composed of pieces of wood crossing on the top; this appears to be one of the numerous font covers of the seventeenth century." The Victoria County History (Warwick, vol. 3, 1945) notes: "The font is a plain octagonal stone, thickly colourwashed, with a moulding of the 13th century at the top and another at half height. It has a 16th-century flat wood cover with moulded cross-framing and pierced by two holes for the former staples."