If I die in London, then I desire that my body may be buried in St. Paul's, near to the font wherein I was baptized.
The second bay of the north side contained the Court of Convocation, and close by was the font near which Sir John Montacute desired in his will (1388) to be buried.
To the list of these should be added the early English font at Keysoe, Beds.
This sacred Font Saint Edward first receaved, From womb to grace, from grace to glory went His virtuous life.
It is entirely destitute of the slightest interest, save for the lovely font by Thorwaldsen (p.
The canopy is very fine work, but the fontas a whole is as much too high as the choir screen is too low.
Portions of the font formerly in the Norman chapel in the south transept are also here.
In the north wall near the font is a blocked-up doorway, containing another memorial to a member of the Strickland family.
It occurred to this lady that the stone was in reality the stem or lower part of the font then in Longdon church, in Worcestershire, as the ornament seemed to be similar.
There is no reason for placing the font in this position, and a Baptistery could have well been made in the north-west corner of the nave.
The two portions--probably long separated--were then replaced as they are now to be seen in Deerhurst, and the font previously in use there was given to Castle Morton church.
On the north and east faces of the font are three circular medallions with symbolic doves and salamanders.
The font before us is a nearly square block of marble supported on a solid central column ornamented with horizontal mouldings, with four disengaged pillars of lesser diameter, with "cable" mouldings, at each corner.
Her font was a river whose last drop is free: That river ran boiling with wrath to the sea, To hear of her baptismal blessing profaned; A name that was Freedom's, by treachery stained.
Mercy's font be sealed, While the black banner courts the wind, And cursed be he who lags behind!
When a temporary font was prepared, and long before the temple was completed, this privilege of baptizing for the dead in any other place than the temple was discontinued by commandment of the Lord.
This font was replaced later by a permanent font which was more durable.
The font is described as being situated in the center of the basement room, under the main hall of the temple.
God decreed before the foundation of the world that that ordinance should be administered in a font prepared for that purpose in the house of the Lord.
These were the first baptisms for the dead in the font in the Lord's House.
The reason for this announcement was that the temple had progressed so far that the font in the basement had been prepared for this ordinance, therefore, baptisms for the dead could no longer be performed in the river.
A heavy screen separated the nave from the chancel of Jacobean style, and the organ and font belong to the seventeenth century.
The font is modern, and also the pulpit, stalls and lectern.
The fontin the south aisle is, with the exception of the shaft, of the same date as the nave.
A general pillage took place in the church at this time; the font was destroyed, lead torn from the roofs, brasses from the tombs, and every vestige of an image swept away.
The font is Norman work, the sculptures representing scenes from the life of St. Nicholas of Myra, together with doves and the salamander.
The font is Saxon, and it is, according to tradition, which is not very reliable, the font in which Ethelbert was baptised.
There is a mutilated font of fifteenth century, carved with Crucifixion and Seven Sacraments.
It has a font which was first used at the baptism of Henrietta, daughter of Charles I.
The font is modern, the subjects carved on it representing scenes from the life of St. Cuthbert.
St. Catherine's Chapel is in the south corner, rebuilt in the old style, and the font is modern.
The south end of this west transept is the baptistry, the font of which has a thirteenth-century bowl.
The font was probably erected by Skeffington, and is good Perpendicular.
On Easter Eve and the eve of Whit-Sunday the ceremony of cleaning the altar and font was repeated.
A lady pointing to the font asked, "Is that the Communion Table?
It took place in the chapel of St. James's Palace, in the middle of which a dais was erected bearing the silver font which the loyalty of the Lord Mayor of London had provided.
In the south wall a piscina may be noticed, and on the north side of the altar stands a Renaissance font of grey-veined marble which was formerly in use in the nave.
The Derby Chapel is now fitted with an altar at the east end, a font on the north side, and oak benches, so that it can be used for week-day services when desired.
The font formerly stood in the outer aisle on the north side.
The ancient chapel is entered by an arched doorway from the court, and consists of a nave, chancel, and side aisle, with an antique Norman font and a large high-back pew used by the family.
Picture: Ancient Font in Staunton Church] The following minute and interesting account of the state of the several plantations in the year 1818 is by permission abstracted from Mr. Machen's private papers.
The font in Dolton church is believed to be Saxon.
In the church, whose lofty tower serves as a steering-mark for ships in the Bristol Channel, is one of the longest rood-screens in Devon, and also a good Norman font and door.
The font is one of the most remarkable in Cornwall.
The fine inscribed font has demi-angels at the angles, holding crossed swords.
This was the beautiful granitefont of the thirteenth century, an exceptionally interesting example, one of the somewhat rare inscribed fonts.
The existing building is a late fifteenth-century structure obviously replacing a very early building, of which the bowl of a Norman font is the only relic.
There is some good old stained glass in St. Winnow church, and an inscribed font (inscription not decipherable).
The church of St Peter and St Paul, mainly Perpendicular, retains a Norman font and other remains of an earlier building.
There are numerous modern churches and chapels, many of them very handsome; and the former parish church of St Nicholas remains, a Decorated structure containing a Norman font and a memorial to the great duke of Wellington.
St Mary's, the ancient parish church, has an elaborate 14th-century font and some monuments of interest.
