General Notes

The effigy of Sir William Wyvill in All Saints Church, Slingsby, North Yorks. He was fifth in decent from Sir Richard, the first of the Wyvill's at Slingsby circa 1200. Sir William was summoned to serve against the Scots on 30th June 1314 and in 1320. He was six days late for The Battle of Bannockburn. There is a tradition about Sir William that "betwixt Malton and this towne ther was sometymes a serpent that lyved upon prey of passengers, which this Wyvill and dogg did kill, wher he received his deathe's wound".