. Scrivelsby, the home of the champions. With some account of the Marmion and Dymoke families. Illustrated . at upon the coronation of George III., when theChampion of England, Dymock, appeared in WestminsterHall, and, in the language of chivalrv, solemnly wagi red hisbody to defend in single combat the right of the King tothe crown of these realms, at the moment when he flungdown his gauntlet as the gage of battle, an unknown femalestepped from the crowd and lifted the pledge, leavinganother gage in room of it with a paper expressing that ifa fair field of combat should be allowed, a Champion
. Scrivelsby, the home of the champions. With some account of the Marmion and Dymoke families. Illustrated . at upon the coronation of George III., when theChampion of England, Dymock, appeared in WestminsterHall, and, in the language of chivalrv, solemnly wagi red hisbody to defend in single combat the right of the King tothe crown of these realms, at the moment when he flungdown his gauntlet as the gage of battle, an unknown femalestepped from the crowd and lifted the pledge, leavinganother gage in room of it with a paper expressing that ifa fair field of combat should be allowed, a Champion of rankand birth would appear with equal arms to dispute the claimof King George to the British Kingdoms, and that, uponthe strength of this tradition, he had ventured to introducethe striking incident in his novel. In the good old days of the Plantagenets, the Championclaimed for his coronation fee, not only the gold cup withits golden cover, but the suit of armour also in which heappeared, as well as the charger on which he rode. It wouldseem also as if he claimed the risjht not onlv to take from the. ^- E REFLECTIONS. II3 Kings armoury the second best suit of armour, but also tothe royal Mews, and to select the second best horse he couldfind, which afterwards became his own property.* He alsoclaimed, as already mentioned, twenty yards of crimsonsatin, wherewith to adorn his knightly person, but at thecoronation of James I., and subsequently at the coronation ofQueen Anne, this claim of satin was disallowed. From the list given in the appendix, it will be seenthat the Dymokes have acted as Champions on twenty-oneoccasions, and consequently there ought to be twenty-onecups in possession of the family. But the present Championonly holds seven, viz. those obtained at the coronation ofJames II., William and Mary, Anne and the four the death of Henry Lionel Dymoke, in 1875, the Queenbecame possessed of these cups by special bequest, but HerMajesty, on learning the circ
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