Manor of Scrivelsby

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The Manor of Scrivelsby, Lincolnshire, England is a manor 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 Queen's Champion.

The manor was given to Roger Marmion by Henry III on condition that he accept the office of King's Champion. The duty of the champion was to ride armed into the coronation banquet at Westminster Hall and challenge to fight to the death anyone who doubted the new monarch's right to the throne. The custom was abandoned after the coronation of George IV in 1821.

The manor house, Scrivelsby Court, was demolished in 1961. However the gatehouse was retained, and was converted into a new house. The Queen's Champion retains an estate of some 3,000 acres (12 km²).