Padbury / Paddebyrig / Padenbyry / Pateberie

There is an entry for Padbury [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP7230/padbury/] [accessed 20 January 2016], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Sheahan (1862) notes: "The font is small and plain". The Victoria County History (Buckingham, vol. 4, 1927) notes: "Alan de Etchingham released all claim in a moiety of the church to the priory in 1201 [...] The chancel and nave date from about 1210 [...] The whole fabric was restored in 1830 and the chancel was again restored and refitted in 1882 [...] The present font is modern; it replaced some years since a small round bowl, of doubtful date and origin, which was set on a long shaft, probably that of a churchyard cross; both now lie in the tower". This older font or stoup, which had been reported in Sheahan, has been re-set is it appears to be used as a stoup inside the church; it is a mean-looking object consisting of a narrow and plain egg-shaped basin raised on a very thin pedestal base [NB: the basin of this object could very well had started life in a different environment altogether, perhaps as a grain mill or similar; it would not be the first one to find its way to a church and baptismal claims]. The modern font is located in the south aisle, just west of the south entranceway.