Identifier: sussexarchaeolog32suss (find matches)
Title: Sussex archaeological collections relating to the history and antiquities of the county
Year: 1882 (1880s)
Authors: Sussex Archaeological Society. 1n
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Publisher: Lewes, Eng. (etc.) Sussex Archaeological Society
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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ul Lombardic lettering of pure Decorated char-acter. In the spaces between these bands are smallshields with gironny within a bordure, charged withroundels, a coat wiiich Mr. Lower ascribes to AndrewPeverell,^ Knight of the Shire, in 1351. (LowersSussex Vol. II., p. 77). This is probably correct, and if so,no doubt he was the donor of this unique font. Heraldicdevices were rare on these vessels in the fourteenth cen-tury, but were more abundant at the Perpendicular Period—that succeeding the date of the Parham example. There are no Post-Reformational leaden fonts existingin Sussex, although the Piecombe one is assigned to that 1 Andrew Peverell married Katherine, widow of Henry Herssey, tem. EdwardI, The Pevereiis held land in Boscliara, Sompting, Ewhnrst, Blatchington. Amanor in Sompting is still called Sompting Peverell. Andrew was Knight of theShire in 1351-53-56-61-66 and 73. His name occurs as witness to a gift of land inSompting made by William Bernehus to the Knights Templar.
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LEADEN FONTS IN SUSSEX. 79 age in the handbook of English Ecclesiology (p. 130).One remains at Clunbridge, Gloucestershire, c. 1630, andiat Eythorne, Kent, is another dated 1628, this latterbeing a very fair attempt in imitation of a Norman bowl. Black lead or whitewash have been in recent timesi freely applied to these interesting works of art; and anew coat of the former made a Sussex font shine resplen-dently on a late visit of the Bishop of the Diocese.J A bronze font formerly existed at S. Albans Abbey,(but perished at the time of the Commonwealth. A very(fine foreign example remains at Munster Cathedral.Fonts of the precious metals were not unknown in Eng-land, one at Canterbury Cathedral was of silver, and was: carried backwards and forwards to Westminster for usej at Eoyal christenings. Queen Elizabeth gave two pre-sents of golden fonts, one to Mary Queen of Scotland,I the second to Charles IX. of France, each of these goldenvessels cost one thousand pounds. LIST OF LEADEN FON

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