LEADEN FONT IN BROOKLAND CHURCH, KENT. 159 Luck's Day, and bryng liym to cliirclie ; " ^ and another, dated October 7, 1687, at the beginning of the reign of James II., that there should be "106'. allowed out of the com- pany's stock for a sermon, and 2s. 6d. for the clerke," ^ Avhich was afterwards increased, in 1722, to 1/. for the minister, and 2s. 6d. for the clerk, ^ j. wilson. SEAL Of TDK COROWAINKUS OF 0.!"OUn. (To be continued.) DESCRIPTION OF A CURIOUS LEADEN FONT IN THE CHURCH OF BROOKLAND, KENT. COMMUNICATED BY MR. ALEXANDER NESBITT. In the church of Brookland, a parish in Romney Marsh, in the county of Kent, on the road from Rye to Romney, a very interesting leaden font, of the Norman period, is pre- served, of which no account or representation appears to have been published. 7 B. 9L 8 D. sub anno. ' E.siibanno. See also an order made on St. Luke'H-day, 3 Eliz., B. 1 87 :— " M that no man shall gyve to his servaunts everye frydaye more then biUter or chcse, for lack of the on, the other ; and all other Imbrye (Ember days) for duble ft'astss commandyd by the churche they shall have whyght breddc & no kinde of other mete." And in the next page, " Itm hit ys agreyd that no Jurny man shall worke upjion Saturday at nyght by candle lyght or uj)])on Sunday in the mornyng ojjcidye in the shoppe ; uppon payne to forfett every suche tyme as he offendithe — xij*" to the use of the occupacyon. And this article to be putt in executyon fourthw'*" ymmcdyatly after this agrement," p. IfiS. ' The society is indebted to the kind liberality of Mr. Nesbitt, who obtained casts in plaster, at his exi)ensc, from the curious subjects in relief on this font. These casts, ten in number, were exhi- bited at the monthly meeting on March 2ud, and have been kindly presented by Mr. Nesbitt to the museum of the Insti- tute. The font h.id been mentioned in Mr. Parker's valuable " Glossary of Gothic Architecture," but no representations of its curious details are there cited. — Ed.
