Lopen / Lopene / Loptone

There are three entries for Lopen [variant spellings] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/ST4214/lopen/] [accessed 27 February 2018], none of which mentions cleric or church in it. The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (Somerset, vol. 4, 1978) notes: "In or before 1209 Sir Nicholas de Meriet granted the chapel of Lopen to the canons of Bruton. [...] In origin presumably a manorial foundation of the Meriets or their ancestors, it became dependent on the church of South Petherton [...] The head of a 12th-century window is reset in the porch and it is possible that the nave and chancel may be of that date in origin, although there are no in situ features earlier than the 14th-century south doorway. When not entirely of the 19th century, the windows are of the 15th, but much restored"; there is no font mentioned in the VCH entry, but it is noted in it that "Registers of baptisms date from 1693". The entry for this church in the British Listed Buildings site [Listing NGR: ST4271414498] notes: "plain octagonal font on octagonal base, possibly C13". Baptismal font consisting of a plain octagonal basin with plain underbowl chamfer ending in a moulding where it joins the plain octagonal stem; plain octagonal lower base. The wooden cover is octagonal, flat and plain; modern.