SCRIVELSBY, a parish in the southern division of
the wapentake of GARTREE, parts of LINDSEY, county
of LINCOLN, 2 miles (S.) from Horncastle, containing
153 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, united, in
1731, with that of Dalderby, in the archdeaconry and
diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at
£ 12.17. 6. The church is dedicated to St. Benedict. The
Dymokes hold the manor of Scrivelsby, by inheritance
from the Marmions, by " the service of grand serjeantry,
that, whenever any king of England is to be crowned,
the lord of this manor for the time being, or, in case
of sickness, some one for him, shall come well armed
for battle, on a good horse, into the presence of our
lord the king, at his coronation, and make proclamation
that, if any one will say that our said lord the
king has not a title to his kingdom and crown, he shall
be ready and prepared to defend the right of the king
and his kingdom, and the dignity of his crown, in his
own person, against him and any other whatsoever.
The small river Bane runs through the parish.