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The Manor of Scrivelsby, part of Scrivelsby civil parish, is in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, south from Horncastle and on the B1183 road east from the A153 road. The manor is held by grand serjeanty, a form of tenure which requires the performance of a service rather than a money payment – in this case as the King or Queen's Champion.〔 ==History== Scrivelsby appears in the ''Domesday Book'' as "Scrivelesbi".〔("Documents Online: Scrivelsby, Lincolnshire" ), Folio: 339r, ''Great Domesday Book''; The National Archives. Retrieved 22 May 2012〕 It comprised 89 households, 16 villagers, 11 smallholders and 30 freemen, with 8.5 ploughlands, a meadow of , woodland of , a mill and a church. In 1086 lordship of the manor and tenancy-in-chief was transferred to Robert the bursar,〔("Scrivelsby" ), Domesdaymap.co.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2012〕 alternatively Robert De Spencer, but shortly after the Conquest it was given to Robert Marmion, Lord of Fountenay, on condition that he accept the office of King's Champion.〔 The Marmions had historically been Champions to the Dukes of Normandy and Henry I wanted to reestablish that relationship for his English crown. The Marmyon (sometimes Marmion) family's time as Champion died out with Philip Marmion, 5th Baron Marmion of Tamworth, who only produced daughters.〔 Joan, the youngest, married Sir Thomas De Ludlow, and it was to her Scrivelsby was left.〔 They had a son, John, who died with no children, and a daughter,〔 or great granddaughter〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.horncastlecivic.org.uk/worthies/details.php?id=7 )〕 ''(disputed)'' Margaret, who married Sir John Dymoke, who in turn became the monarch's champion.〔 The duty of the King's Champion was to ride armed into the coronation banquet at Westminster Hall and challenge anyone who doubted the new monarch's right to the throne.〔 The Champion then threw down his gauntlet to prove he would fight to the death anyone who did. This was done three times and if no challenge had been made, the king, presented with a gold cup of wine, drank to the Champion, who in turn took the cup, finished the drink, and shouted "Long live your Majesties!".〔 The custom was abandoned after the coronation of George IV in 1821.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Manor of Scrivelsby」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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