Manor of Scrivelsby
| Scrivelsby | |
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 Church of St Benedict, Scrivelsby |
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 Scrivelsby
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| Scrivelsby shown within Lincolnshire | |
| OS grid reference | TF267659 |
| • London | 120 mi (190 km) S |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Horncastle |
| Postcode district | LN9 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
The Manor of Scrivelsby, part of Scrivelsby civil parish, is in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, 2 miles (3.2 km) south from Horncastle and on the B1183 road 1 mile (1.6 km) east from the A153 road. The population is included in the civil parish of Mareham on the Hill
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.
Scrivelsby appears in the Domesday Book as "Scrivelesbi". It comprised 89 households, 16 villagers, 11 smallholders and 30 freemen, with 8.5 ploughlands, a meadow of 5 acres (0.020 km2), woodland of 100 acres (0.40 km2), a mill and a church. In 1086 lordship of the manor and tenancy-in-chief was transferred to Robert the bursar, 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(disputed) Margaret, who married Sir John Dymoke, who in turn became the monarch's champion.
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