In English history, ceremonial office held by
virtue of possessing the lordship of
Scrivelsby, Lincolnshire. Sir John Dymoke
established his right to champion the monarch
on coronation day 1377 and it is still held
by his descendant. A document of 1332/33
described the champion as `an armed knight on
horseback to prove by his body, if necessary,
against whomsoever, the King who is crowned
that day is the true and right heir of the
kingdom.' The last occasion upon which this
office was peformed was at the coronation of
King George IV in 1821 at the banquet in
Westminster Hall. The gold cup from which the
king drank at the banquet was his fee.