Ansty / Anestie / Ansty nr. Coventry

There is an entry for this Ansty [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [whttp://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SP3983/ansty/] [accessed 26 February 2015], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The Victoria County History (Warwick, vol.8 1969) notes: "Ansty and Shilton were among the chapels of St. Michael's restored to Coventry Priory by Ranulf de Gernon in the early 12th century. [...] it was recognised in the early 15th century that, although the prior was the rector, Ansty and Shilton were not within the rectory of St. Michael's, but were a separate rectory, with Ansty described as the principal chapel and Shilton the dependent chapel. [...] There had been a rectory house at Ansty before 1410-11, but by then it was disused. [...] The parish church of ST. JAMES, standing in a large graveyard to the north of the village, consists of nave, chancel, north aisle, and west tower. Nothing remains of the 12th-century fabric, but the difference in width between nave and chancel may have been a feature of the original chapel which survived subsequent rebuilding. [...] In 1876 the whole church was restored [...] The pulpit, font, and lectern all date from this restoration [...] The registers begin in 1589 and are complete.". English Heritage [Listing NGR: SP3997583697] (1955) reports that the "Octagonal stone font has blind tracery", referring to the 19th-century font of this chuch. [NB: we have no information on the font of the original church here].