10. SPARROW. Argent, six martlets sable, three, two, and one; on a
chief indented gules, two swords in saltire, points upwards, proper,
between two lions heads erased.
Beside these arms, the sides and ends of the tomb were ornamented with
others contained in eight shields of brass, none of which are now
remaining.
On the floor of the aisle is a stone which has once contained a brass
figure, with corner shields and an inscription, all which are now gone.
On the floor at the south side of the communion table is a plate of
copper, on which is this inscription:
“Under this Stone lyes Sir Charles Dymoke, Knight, who was Champion
at the Coronation of King James the 2d. On his left hand lyes the
Lady Dymoke; next to her, the Honourable Lewis Dymoke, their youngest
son; next to him lies Capt. Dymoke, the eldest son of Sir Charles,
who died in France; next to him, Mrs. Dymoke, Daughter of Sir
Charles; at the head of Sir Charles lyes Mrs. Eliz. Dymoke, the
youngest daughter of Sir Charles Dymoke.”
On the floor at the north side of the communion table, is a stone,
containing this inscription:
“Here lyeth the Body of the Honourable CHARLES DYMOKE Esq. of
Scrielsby, Champion of England, who departed this life the 17th day
of January, and in the year of our Lord, 1702.
“This Gravestone was laid at the proper cost and charge of His widow,
Jane Dymoke, and in the year 1726.”
Against the south wall of the chancel is a very handsome marble monument,
ornamented with a bust of the individual whose memory it perpetuates, at
the top is a shield containing the arms of DYMOKE, with the crest, a
sword erect; and underneath is the following inscription:
“Near this place lieth Interr’d the Body of the Honourable LEWIS
DYMOKE, Esq. late Champion of England, who performed that service at
the Coronation of King George the 1st and King George the 2d. He was
the youngest Son of Sir Charles Dymoke and Eleanor his wife, eldest
Daughter of the first Lord Rockingham. He departed this Life on the
5th of February 1760, in the 91st Year of his Age.”
On the north side of the chancel is a mural tablet containing this
inscription:
“Sacred to the Memory of the Honourable JOHN DYMOKE of Scrivelsby, in
this county, Champion of England, who performed that service at the
Coronation of His Majesty George 3d, and whose body lieth interred in
a Vault near this place: He departed this life, March 6th. 1784.
Aged 52 years.”
Against the south wall is the following inscription on a small marble
tablet:
“Sacred to the Memory of LEWIS JONES, Esquire, of Great Hale in this
County, who departed this Life May 1st 1786. Aged 71 Years.”
The rectory, united in 1741 to that of the adjoining village of Dalderby,
is in the presentation of the lord of the manor.
On the inclosure of Wildmore Fen, pursuant to an act of parliament
obtained for that purpose in 1801, a portion thereof was allotted to this
parish, in lieu of right of common.
By the returns of 1821, this parish at that period contained 24 houses,
and 153 inhabitants.