Bylaugh / Belaugh nr. Bawdeswell / Below / Belega / Bylaw

A confusing entry in Blomefield (1805-1810) as he has 'Belaugh' in two different hundreds (South Erpingham and Eynford) with early churches, and the current spelling of 'Bylaugh' appears nowhere among the parishes of the latter hundred. This Bylaugh, "Belega" in Blomefield's trancription and translation of the Domesday entry, includes neither church nor cleric in it; the church, notes Blomefield (ibid.), "was dedicated to the Virgin Mary, and was appropriated to the priory of Butley in Suffolk, by John of Oxford Bishop of Norwich [...] The church has a nave, and a chancel, and there is one bell." John of Oxford died in 1200, so the church here was therefore built between 1086 and 1200. The present font here is noted in Pevsner & Wilson (1997): "Font. Octagonal, with shields, probably C15." Illustrated in Knott (2006). The font consists of an octagonal basin with shields in cusped panels on the sides, a moulded underbowl, raised on a plain octagonal pedestal base on a moulded splaying lower base, also octagonal, and a round plinth. The wooden cover is octagonal and almost flat, with a knob handle/finial; appears modern. [NB: we have no information on the font of the 11th-12th century church here].