Harleian MS. No. 6829, p. 140.

[60] Lodge’s Illustrations, vol. ii. 191.

[61a] Domesday, folio 331.

[61b] In the forty-second and forty-third years of Henry the third, Philip Marmyon had grants of a market, fair, and free warren, at his manor of Scrivelsby. In the ninth year of Edward the first, he showed that he had those rights, and that of gallows at Scrivelsby, with the other privileges incident to one of the great barons of the realm; and also right of free warren in the soke of Horncastle.

[62] On account of the present possessor of the manor of Scrivelsby being a clerk in orders, his son, Henry Dymoke, Esquire, was allowed to perform the service at the coronation of His present Majesty George the fourth, in 1821. The following is a description of the ceremony on that occasion.

Before the second course was brought in, the Champion, in his full suit of armour, mounted on a horse richly caparisoned, appeared under the porch of the triumphal arch, at the bottom of the Hall. Every thing being in readiness, the procession moved in the following order:

Two Trumpets with the Champion’s Arms on their banners.

The Sergeant-Trumpeter, with his Mace on his shoulder.

Two Sergeants at Arms, with their Maces on their shoulders.

The Champion’s Two Esquires, in half armour, one on the right hand bearing the Champion’s lance, the other on the left hand with the Champion’s target, and the arms of Dymoke depicted thereon.

A Herald, with a paper in his hand containing the challenge.

The Deputy Earl Marshal, on Horseback, in his Robes and Coronet, with the Earl Marshal’s Staff in his Hand, attended by a Page. THE CHAMPION, on Horseback, in a complete Suit of Bright Armour, with a Gauntlet in his Hand, his Helmet on his Head, adorned with a Plume of Feathers. The Lord High Constable in his Robes and Coronet, and Collar of his Order, on Horseback, with the Constable’s Staff, attended by two Pages.

The Deputy Earl Marshal, on Horseback, in his Robes and Coronet, with the Earl Marshal’s Staff in his Hand, attended by a Page.

THE CHAMPION, on Horseback, in a complete Suit of Bright Armour, with a Gauntlet in his Hand, his Helmet on his Head, adorned with a Plume of Feathers.

The Lord High Constable in his Robes and Coronet, and Collar of his Order, on Horseback, with the Constable’s Staff, attended by two Pages.