Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-07-23

DESCRIPTION OF CHALLENGE
4 Chiv~irs, rtsie which ~ urss
H<sss b, shs fsynsoks t'~nsls Esse
since sAc Days az Richard N.

ccrursa At borrcssfis recerf1g. has
rerairsisd TIE world t1at even In TIE
midst Of the p<essnr pro>aie and ursli-
tartan Ax~ one knlshtl Office. ~ bssst,
y IN existence. - eontrzdi-s the Aaser-
t-ea Of Sdpunt Bnsss that s'ths age
Of ehivsl-y - gone The late holder
nj the Office w2n flnsxsInshire rseis-
s<nts and an { sif y IN the local rlittlAs
the two pr~siors oaesw-rc siesRymen-
'fas ocscs = not. a. IL has ofssn been
st4s<c. k<rsd.fsrY ~ this Dyrnoks faf1-
ily hat = attached - the Iorf Of the
manor q ><rivrlsky, rbick Il held by
tto ancient s<btxs known ~ 8rand
srre4ngr =. where ona holds
Lsssds lie soversIxl : servisr y hich
nc as- ~ perform In psrsoa. The serv-
ics 81 which Ser4vcisey - held II thus
qsotsd 81 the New York World; That
TIE icr1 thsrSof shall be ths kings
chsnpsen
The champ .cnship has NO salary ~
flashed 70 IL. AR. tsongh the DynDcke
family hold -~risetssy on the fead>i
tenure of pe<foru.iny this duty. they
have boen o~u<rs Of that nA1or for
upward ~ I've hundred years. asst hey
detained y, not by royal grant o. ous
% the pubti; purse, bat BY marriage
with en- heircss. the last OF the psvnd
line of Msrsnion. grnntidaag hsfr OF
Philip De harinion, came which re
calls memories OF chisairy and Of the
poetry OF Shakespeare and sar walter
Scott There = no record OF the ocsee
snder the saxon kings. bat, according
10 me late SIR BERNARD Burke, iss dn-
Ties were appended by William |. an
honor % the old hsrpniai house OF
Aarmycn, or Narnion, the ancient
owners Of the manor OF Scrivslsby.
This manor. together with the castle
Of Tam~ortil had been conferred,
oae Robert dc MArtnyon- lord Of Fon-
tency, IN Normandy. ON condition OF
performing The Office of champion ~
the kings eoronatiou-
The name Of pyrnoke IL Welsh. The
Dymokes. or Dylnocks--for the name
ssspeiied both wsvs-ciaim . tradition
a. de.ccnt from Tudor Trevor, lord OF
Hereford and Wilmington. and founder
OF the tribe OF the Marches The
chief himself had three sons the sec
cod Of whom. marrying dsughter OF
The prince OF North Wales half . cen
tury before the Norman conquest. b.
came the ancestor OF ono David ~
N.doc. Who. In The Wslah tongue, 49,
styled eofloquialiy Dai Msdoc, the
word Dui being the short form Of unr
ND His son and heir was David sp
Dsi A2doc. or David Dsi AadoA and
BY the usual absidsemens DAT Asdoc
eainc In the course OF time % Do pro-
bounced a. Dsimoc or Dsmoc. the trsn-
s.tion from which 10 Dimoc or Dyinoc,
and again frorn that to Dmos or Dy-
uokc - easy and1oovious-
The first, then. OF the Dymoke fam
iiy who fntniied his Office a. champion
was sur John Dymoke, knight. who
married Margaret Ludlow In the reign
Of Edward III. and was present At the
coronation OF Richard IL HE claim
wa disputed BY baldwin de Freville,
the lord Of Tsmworth castle, but after
celioeration 1t was found that I've
right belonged 10 the manor OF Scriv-
sisby. a. the caput bzroniae or hsad
~ the bsrony Of the Naruion family;
and. a. il appeared that the late King
Edward III and his son. Edward.
prince Of Wales, known - the black
Tsriace. had often been heard to say
that the Office was held by sir John
Dyrno.ke. the question was settled in
his favor.
The Gentleman's Magazine for 1881
eontAins = picture OF the royal
Champion. Henry Dynoke. In the act
81 ridirg ON his white charger into
Westminster hall. and throwing
cowa the glove or gauntlet OF defanc..
supported on either side by the duke
- Wellington and the marquis If
Anrlessv. also on horseback. while
'r-o h~raids stand by on foot with
tabartlA and planes. The performance
- The champion On this occasion =
thus described by Sir Walter seots IN
letter a. one 81 his friends.
The chaa,pions duty was per-
formed. e. - right. ~ young Dvnoks..
- slnr if~,Ainr youth. but bearing rc---
haps a little too much the app.ar-
anee ~ = mahien knight 80 b the
challenger ~ The world IN the kinxs
behalf Sc threw down his gauntlet.
however. with t,s.cosnsn< mauh,,o<i. and
.hred =. usa,.h horses-. anship as tie
crowd Il kuirhfs aud sasiires srouud
hius wauiG permit - be exhibited. III.
armor was in good taste. but his
ehicid wae OUT ~ all rropyirtv being a
round roudache. or Highland target. a
defensive weapoa wkich Il would ,>
4.