hes, this patronage
continues (only transferred to the Bishops of Manchester) to the present
day, the patronage of Wilksby passed to others. According to Liber Regis
in 1711 and 1720 Lewis Dymoke presented to the benefice. In 1764, by
some arrangement, George Willows, Gent., presented; but again, in 1833,
it was in the patronage of the Hon. the Champion, H. Dymoke, who
appointed to the rectory a relative, the Rev. J. Bradshaw Tyrwhitt, one
of a very old, knightly, Lincolnshire family, the Tyrwhitts of
Stainfield, Kettleby, &c. A tablet to his memory is erected in the
church at Scrivelsby. {208a} The patronage was subsequently acquired by
J. Banks Stanhope, Esq., and is annexed to the chaplaincy of Revesby,
which has no permanent endowment.

Among the List of Gentry of Lincolnshire, made at the Herald's Visitation
in 1634, and preserved at the Heralds' College, along with the Dymocks of
Scrivelsby, Haltham, Kyme and Lincoln, is Paganell Hartgrave of Wilksby.
{208b}

The church, dedicated to All Saints, is a mean structure, erected in the
18th century, of brick and Spilsby sandstone, standing on the site of an
earlier church, of which nothing seems to remain except the font. It
consists of nave and chancel, both on a very small scale, and a wooden
bell-turret, with one small bell. The north and west walls are of
sandstone, the former covered with a thick coating of tar to keep out the
moisture; the east wall has alternate layers of brick and sandstone.
Some improvements have been made in recent years, much needed to make it
even a decent place of worship. The two two-light trefoiled windows in
the south wall of the nave have been framed in stone instead of wood, and
filled with green glass. The east window of the chancel has wooden
mullions interlaced, and it has been adorned with paper representations
of, in the centre the Ascension, to the left the Saviour holding an
infant in his arms, to the right the child Jesus sitting among the
doctors in the temple.

The roof of the chancel is apsidal, externally, as well as the nave,
covered with modern house tiles. Internally the nave has a flat ceiling
of deal boards. The pulpit and seats are painted wainscot; there is a
small modern oak reading desk, and a lectern to match it. The chancel
arch is a plain semicircle, but on its eastern side has a pointed Early
English arch. The chancel rails are of modern oak, slightly carved; and
there is a deal credence table.