Ombersley / Ambresl' / Ambreslege / Ambresley / Aumbresleg / Humbresl' / Ombresleya / Ombresleye

There is an entry for Ombersley [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SO8463/ombersley/] [accessed 29 September 2014]; it reports two priests in it but mentions no church here, though there probably was one. Miler (1890) reports a new font in the re-built church, "given by Lord Sandys in memory of his mother, Lady Sandys; Miller gives "Tedicius", sine data, as first recorded vicar here, the next one down the list being "Will'us de Chinton ... 1285". The Victoria County History (Worcester, vol. 3, 1913) notes: "It would seem that originally the advowson of the church of Ombersley belonged to the Bishops of Worcester, for in 1207 [...] the bishop agreed to give the church of Ombersley to the abbot" [of Evesham]; of the St. Andrew's Church, itself, the VCH writes: "The remaining portion of the former church [...] is of late 13th-century date with the exception of the east wall, which was probably rebuilt in the 18th century. [...] The stone and marble font is a recent gift replacing the mean font dating from 1828 which now stands in the mortuary chapel." [NB: the "mortuary chapel" is actually the remains of Ombersley's medieval church, which became Sandys Mausoleum -- we have no information on the medieval font of that church]