Ancestral Stories And Traditions of Great Families Illustrative of English Histo
Ancestral Stories And Traditions of Great Families Illustrative of English Histo
John Timbs
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John Dymoke, in 1828, he having previously performed the duties as deputy for that reverend gentleman at the coronation of King George iv. Sir Walter Scott tells us : ' The champion was performed (as of right) by young Dymoke, a fine-looking youth, but bearing perhaps a little too much the appearance of a maiden knight to be the challenger of the world in a king's 3/8 SCRIVELSBY AND THE behalf. He threw down his gauntlet, however, with becom- ing manhood, and showed as much horsemanship as the ...crowd of knights and squires around him would permit to be exhibited. On the whole, this striking part of the exhi- bition somewhat disappointed me, for I would have had the champion less embarrassed by his assistants, and at liberty to put his horse on the grand pas; and yet the young lord of Scrivelsby looked and behaved extremely well. ' Haydon the painter describes Wellington, Howard, and the champion standing in full view as the finest sight of the day : ' The herald read the challenge ; the glove was thrown down ; they then all proceeded to the throne.
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