CEESSY DYMOCK. 95 



do so is called on to gainsay the same, here being his 

 champion ready by his body to assert and maintain 

 that he lies like a false traitor , and in that quarrel 

 adventures his life on any day that shall be assigned 

 him ; saying which he throws down his gauntlet j and 

 no quarrel ensuing, the Sovereign drinks to his cham- 

 pion in a gold cup with a cover; 



At the Coronation of Charles II., the claimant for 

 this honour was Edward Dymock, Esq., being lawfully 

 possessed of the Manor of Scrivelsby, Lincoln, who was 

 adjudged as entitled to perform that service, and to 

 receive the fees and allowances. 



Another claimant was Eobert Heywood, as rightful 

 heir of Robert Dymock, Esq. 



And thirdly, the office was claimed by Cressy Dy- 

 mock, Esq., as cousin and heir of Charles Dymock, 

 Esq., son and heir of Sir Edward Dymock, Knt., son 

 and heir of Robert Dymock, son and heir of Sir 

 Edward Dymock, Knt., father of Arthur Dymock, Esq., 

 father of John Dymock, Esq., the father of Thomas 

 Dymock, the petitioner's father ; and which first men- 

 tioned Charles Dymock, dying without issue, the peti- 

 tioner, as his cousin and heir, is lawfully seized in his 

 own demesne as of fee, of the said Manor of Scrivelsby 

 in the County of Lincoln.* 



* Collections relating to Claims at the Coronations of several 

 Kings of England.— London, J. H. Nichols and Son. 8vo. 1838. 



