King's Lynn No. 5 / Lena / Lenne / Lun / Lunea
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view of font in context - east side
Scene Description: the west entranceway at the back
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Evelyn Simak, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 June 2010 by Evelyn Simak [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1922004] [accessed 22 November 2013]
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view of church exterior - northwest view
Scene Description: Photo caption: "Founded by Bishop Herbert de Losinga in 1100. Practically reconstructed in 13c"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © George Plunkett, 2013
Image Source: B&W photograph taken 12 August 1935 by George Plunkett [www.georgeplunkett.co.uk/Norfolk/K/Kings Lynn St Margaret's church from NW [0646] 1935-08-12.jpg] [accessed 19 November 2013]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission by Jonathan Plunkett
view of church interior - nave - looking east
Scene Description: the modern font in the foreground
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Evelyn Simak, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 June 2010 by Evelyn Simak [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1921950] [accessed 22 November 2013]
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Evelyn Simak, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 June 2010 by Evelyn Simak [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1922001] [accessed 22 November 2013]
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view of font cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Salmon, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2009 by John Salmon [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1501396] [accessed 22 November 2013]
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view of font cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Salmon, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 August 2009 by John Salmon [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1501288] [accessed 22 November 2013]
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view of font cover - finial
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janet Taylor, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 November 2007 by Janet Taylor [www.flickr.com/photos/13846177@N07/2067005866/] [accessed 22 November 2013]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
view of font in context
Scene Description: a baptism in process in the modern font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © King's Lynn Minster, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph in the Parish site [www.stmargaretskingslynn.org.uk/photos/gallery.php?gallery_id=7&pg=1] [accessed 19 November 2013]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 15249KIN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Date: ca. 1510?
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century(early?), Tudor
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Margaret / King's Lynn Minster / Priory Church
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Margaret of Antioch [aka Margaret the Virgin, Marina] [St. Mary Magdalen and all maiden saints [cf. Font Notes]]
Church Address: 6 Saturday Market Place, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 5EB
Site Location: Norfolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Norwich
Historical Region: Hundred and half of Freebridge
Additional Comments: price of a font / cost of a font in 1510 (the present one was £10 at the time) -- disappeared fonts? (the one from the original 11thC church here and the one willed in 1510 [cf. FontNotes])
Font Notes:
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There are five entries for 'Lynn' in the Domesday book under the variant spellings "Lena" and "Lun", but no mention of a church or cleric in it. Blomefield (1805-1810), who argues at length about the origin of the toponym, notes that "Lynn [...] from the Conqueror's book of Domesday, made in the year 1085, at which time, and in the Confessor's, this town, with the townships or hamlets of West, North, and South Lynn, we find to be all included under the general name of Lena, and Lun, the distinction of West, North. and South not being till some centuries after". On St. Margaret's Blomefield (ibid.) writes: "This church and priory were founded by Herbert Bishop of Norwich, in the reign of King William II [i.e., 1087-1100] and dedicated to St. Mary Magdalen, St. Margaret, and all the maiden saints. In the register of Hoxon priory, in Suffolk, it appears by the deed and grant of this Bishop, that the said church and priory were built by him at the request of the men of the town of Lenn, and to perform this the better, he granted an indulgence of 40 days pardon to all who should contribute to it; appointed that all tithes and ecclesiastical dues of the whole village, should be paid to this church, which he appropriated to the priory, and had it confirmed by the Pope. [...] This priory was on the south side of St. Margaret's church (built and founded also by Herbert) [...] After the dissolution of it, it was partly pulled down, to enlarge the churchyard: part of it is still standing, as may be observed, and the lane adjoining retains the name of the Priory Lane. [...] The church of St. Margaret was built, probably, on the site of some old church there, but whether that old church was also dedicated to St. Margaret is not certain." Eller (1861) appends a transcription of the last will of Thomas Thorisby [aka Thursby] date 3 May 1510; in it Thursby states: "Item: I give to the new making of the new font in Saint Margaret's Church, in Lynne [i.e., King's Lynn], £10." [NB: we have no information on that font, or the earlier one it replaced]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Simon Knott, of Norfolk Churches [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk], to Colin Smith and to Jonathan Plunkett for their photographs of this church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 324221 5847800
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.751422, 0.395442
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 45′ 5.12″ N, 0° 23′ 43.59″ E
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood, oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: octagonal pyramidal with crocketed arrises and pelican finial; modern?
REFERENCES
- Blomefield, Francis, An essay towards a topographical history of Norfolk, 1805-1810, vol. 8: 476-533 / [www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=78494] [accessed 19 November 2013]
- Eller, George, Revd., Memorials, archaeological and ecclesiastical, of the West Winch manors, from the earliest ages to the present period [...], King's Lynn: Printed (for private circulation) by Thew & Son, publishers, 1861, p. 134