At Burgate, Suffolk, an inscription in black letter is incised on the upper step of the font:
"[Orate pro an—b'] Will'mi Burgate militis et dne Elionore uxoris eius qui istum fontem fieri fecerunt."
Sir William Burgate died in 1409. It is engraved in the Proceedings of the Bury and West Suffolk Archæological Institute.
At Caistor, by Norwich:
"Orate pro animab ... liis ... ici de Castre."
At Walsoken, Norfolk:
"Remember the soul of S. Honyter and Margaret his wife, and John Beforth, Chaplain."
with the date 1544.
At Gaywood, Norfolk, is a font of Gothic design, lust probably of post-Reformation date. On four of the eight sides of the bowl are these inscriptions:
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"QVI . CREDIDE RIT . ET . BAPTI ZATVS . FVERIT SALVVS . ERIT." |
"VOCE . PATER NATUS . CORPORE FLAMEN . AVE. MAT. 3." |
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"CHRISTVM . IN DVISTIS . QVOT QVOT . BAPTI ZATI . ESTIS." |
"I . AM . THY . GOD AND . THE . GOD OF . THY . SEEDE. GEN." |