Church of St. Nicholas, font

HER Number:
13533

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Church of St. Nicholas, font

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Font

Site Type: Specific:
Font

General Period:
MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Medieval 1066 to 1540

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Fine marble font decorated with the arms of Roberti Rodes, benefactor of Newcastle churches. He was the son of a mayor of Newcastle, and was a lawyer and was mayor himself 1429-31. He sat for Newcastle in five Parliaments between 1427 and 1441. His main career however was leading administrator for Durham Cathedral Priory.

Easting:
424900

Northing:
564000

Grid Reference:
NZ424900564000

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Anthony Goodman, 2009, The Church and Religion in Newcastle 1080-1540 in Diana Newton and AJ Pollard (eds), 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead before 1700, page 74; Dr J.F. Hodgson, 1912, Font and Cover of S. Nicholas Church, Newcastle on Tyne, Transactions of the Architectural and Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland, Vol VI, pp 245-246