The antiquities of England and Wales . Another ancient ftyle of ornaments on fonts, are the inflru-ments of Chrifts paffion, fuch as the fpear, nails, pincers, hammer,pillar, fcourge, and crown of thorns. The font, fig. 6. in Felix-Stowe church, Suffolk, is fo ornamented ; it is o6lagonal, but oneof its fides plain. The two other fonts, fig. 1. and fig. 4, are more of modernworkmanfhip; the firft is in Tering church, and the other inthat of Bilhopftone, both in the county of Suffex. The font. No. 5, in Luton church, Bedfordftiire, is in form likeabaptiftry; it is neverthelefs of no very remote
The antiquities of England and Wales . Another ancient ftyle of ornaments on fonts, are the inflru-ments of Chrifts paffion, fuch as the fpear, nails, pincers, hammer,pillar, fcourge, and crown of thorns. The font, fig. 6. in Felix-Stowe church, Suffolk, is fo ornamented ; it is o6lagonal, but oneof its fides plain. The two other fonts, fig. 1. and fig. 4, are more of modernworkmanfhip; the firft is in Tering church, and the other inthat of Bilhopftone, both in the county of Suffex. The font. No. 5, in Luton church, Bedfordftiire, is in form likeabaptiftry; it is neverthelefs of no very remote antiquity, pro-bably about the time of Henry VL B E S C R I P- iSo ADDENDA TO THE PREFACE, DESCRIPTION OF THE FONTS I N T H E ADDENDATO THE PREFACE, Jc IG. 1. Font inTerIng church, SufTex. Fig. 2. Font in St, Martins church, Canterbury. Fig. 3. Font in Denton church, SufTex. Fig. 4. Font in Bifliopftone, SufTex. Fig. 5. Font in Luton church, BedTordfhire. Fig. 6. Font in Felix Stowe church, Suffolk. END OF THE ADDENDA TO THE BEDFORDSHIRE is a fmall inland county. When the Romans landed in Britain, 55 years beforeChrift, it\vas included in the diftriS inhabited by the Catieuchlani, whofe chief or go-vernor CalTibelinus, headed the forces of the whole ifland againtt Casfar, and the yearfollowing was totally defeated. In 310 the emperor Conftamine divided Britain intofive Roman provinces, when this county was included in the third divifion, calledFlavia Cxfarienfis, in which ftate it continued 426 years, when the Romans quittedBritain. At the eftablilliment of the kingdom of Mercia (one of the divifions of theSaxon Heptarchy) it was confidered as a parr of that kingdom ; and fo continued from582 to 827, when with the other petty kingdoms of the ifland it became fubjed tothe Weft-Saxons under Egbert, and the whole was named England. In 889, Alfredheld the fovereignty, when England was divided into counties, hundreds and tythings,and Bedfordfhire firft received its prefen
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