Wighton / Wichetune / Wistune

There is an entry for "Wistune", hundred of "Grenehou" in the Domesday survey, but it mentions neither church nor priest in it. Blomefield (1805-1810) writes: "King Henry II. [...] gave this church (by the name of Wichetune [...] to the cathedral church of the Holy Trinity of Norwich, [...] witnesses, Geffrey Bishop of Ely, Geffrey my son, Humph. de Buhun, constable, William, son of Ald. Dapifer." [NB: "Geffrey" or Geoffrey Ridel, bishop of Ely. died in 1189 [Kate Norgate, DNB article [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ridel,_Geoffrey_(d.1189)_(DNB00)] [accessed 10 December 2013], which would fate the building of this church to between 1086 and 1189]. On the church building itself Blomefield (ibid.) notes: "The Church is dedicated to All-Saints, and is a large regular building, with a north and south isle, covered with lead, and a chancel, with a square tower, and 4 bells; was anciently a rectory in the gift of the Crown [...] given by King Henry II. to the priory of the cathedral church of Norwich, (fn. 4) and appropriated by John de Grey Bishop of Norwich, on the 11th of the calends of April, in the 5th year of his pontificate, to the use of the cellarer, and a vicarage was settled [...] In the middle isle, on the stone font, are several carvings, or shields, relating to the crucifixion, and insignia of the apostles." Farrer (1887 [1885?]) describes the shields on the font: "VIII. A cross, St George. -- IX. Three escallops, St, James. -- X. Two keys in saltire, St. Peter. -- XI. A long cross couped between, in dexter chief three nails, and in sinister chief as many dice, in dexter base a ladder and hammer, and in sinister base a reed with sponge, spear, and pincers, all erect, Shield of the Passion. XII. Emblem of the Trinity. -- XIII. Two swords in saltire, St, Paul. -- XIV. A saltire, St. Andrew. -- XV. Three crowns {East Anglia, Azure, three crowns or.)" Described in Pevsner & Wilson (1997): "On two steps. Octagonal, with a panelled stem and a bowl with shields exhibiting the emblems of the Trinity and the Passion, St. Peter, St. James, St. Paul, and also three crowns and two kinds of crosses." Illustrated in Knott (2005). The pedestal base is octagonal and decorated with tracery. The wooden cover consists of an octagonal platform on which are scrolled ribs with knobs at the lower ends, a knob finial; probably 19th-century.