Harleston nr. Diss / Herolf'ston / Heroluestuna / Herolveston / Herolvestuna

Blomefield (1805-1810) writes: "The chapel of St. John the Baptist, was a free chapel, founded in all probability by Sir John de Herolfston, for his own use; it never had any institution, but was always dependent upon its motherchurch at Redenhall; the rector of which, serves here one part of the day every Sunday; it hath administration of both sacraments belonging to it, but not burial [...] Being a free-chapel, it was dissolved by the statute of Edw. VI" [i.e., 1547-1553]. The octagonal font is modern, like the 19th-century church itself [the old church, formerly a chapel-of-ease to Redenhall, dated back to the 14th century, with only two sacraments administered in it [cf. supra], probably Penance and the Eucharist, so Baptisms may never have been carried out in t -- we do not have any information on an earlier font].