Mentmore / Mantemore / Mentemor / Mentemore

There is an entry for Mentmore [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP9019/mentmore/] [accessed 20 November 2015], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Described in Parker (1850): "Font circular, has a stem and base, with annular moulding." Sheahan (1862) notes: "the font is new and of Caen stone". The Victoria County History (Buckingham, vol. 3, 1925) notes: "A church probably consisting of a chancel and nave existed here in the 12th century. The aisles which were added to the nave in the 13th century were apparently rebuilt at the close of the 14th century, the south aisle being a few years later than the north. At the end of the 15th century the nave arcades were rebuilt [...] while at the same time the present tower was constructed. In 1858 the whole building was completely restored [...] There are two fonts, one modern and the other, probably of 13th-century date, now in the tower and disused, with a circular bowl and a tapering pedestal." The font cover is a rather stylised version of the Jacobean design of scroll ribs around a centre pivot; said to have been recunstructed using some wood from the original cover.