North Tuddenham / Dodenham / North Tudenham / Toddenham / Tottenham

There are five entries for [North] Tuddenham [variant spelling] in the Domsday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/TG0512/north-tuddenham/] [accessed 31 March 2014]. Blomefield (1805-1810) writes: "The two churches here mentioned, are the 2 moieties of this church, or rather Beaufoe's right in this church, and in that of Hokering [...] the moiety of a church which is there mentioned in Domesday Book, was undoubtedly the church of North-Tudenham [...] The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Mary, and consisted of two medieties, one in the patronage of Beaufoe's manor, the other of that of Belhous. In the reign of Edward I.— Marshall was patron, and the rector of that mediety had then a manse, and 20 acres, and Sir Richard Belhouse, patron of the other; the rector of that had a manse, and 30 acres; John was rector of one mediety valued at 12 marks; and Richard of the other, valued also at 12 marks. The prior of Rumburgh had a portion of tithe [...] The church is a single pile, without any isle, covered with lead, and has a square tower, with one bell; the chancel is covered with tiles. Near the font is a marble gravestone," The present font is noted in Pevsner & Wilson (1999): "Font. Lions' face against the foot, shields in cusped fields against the bowl." Illustrated in context in Knott (2006). The underbowl is also decorated, and there are trefoiled arches or windows on the sides of the stem; on a two-step plinth. [NB: we have no information on the font from the Domesday-time church here)