Rolleston nr. Newark-on-Trent / Roldestun / Rollestone / Rollestune

There are three entries for this Rolleston [variant spelling] in the Domesday book [http://opendomesday.org/place/SK7452/rolleston/] [accessed 19 August 2015], one of which mentions a priest and a church in it. Cox (1912) notes: "small octagonal font 16th cent., cover 17th cent." Pevsner & Williamson (1979) mention a 17th-century font cover, but not the font. The font Is described and illustrated in the Parish web pages [www.rollestonchurch.org.uk/architectural notes.html] [accessed 19 October 2009], however, note: "The present font dates from about the period of Charles II [i.e., 1660-1685] the previous one having probably shared the fate which befell many others round Newark during its long siege in the Civil Wars of the 17th century. Previous to the restoration of the nave in 1895, it stood on the south side of the nave, immediately opposite the south doorway." The Southwell & Nottingham Church History Project [http://southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk/rolleston/hintro.php] [accessed 19 August 2015] reports a 16th-century font in this church. The font consists of an octagonal basin with plain vertical sides and a rounded underbowl, with a moulding at the upper rim and another at the junction of basin and pedestal base; the latter is also octagonal and plain, with a two volume lower base (the upper, octagonal; the lower, square); raised on a polygonal plinth. The wooden cover is a low octagonal pyramid with a crown-like platform at the base; knob finial; some paint remains on it.