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Henry Batayl (Bataille), burgess of Berwick. Batayl (Bataille) Henry King and council....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/92/4598

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Reference
SC 8/92/4598
Date
[1334]
Description
Petitioners
Henry Batayl (Bataille), burgess of Berwick.
Name(s)
Batayl (Bataille), Henry
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
burgess of Berwick
Nature of request
Batayl requests remedy as he was ousted from a piece of waste land that was his inheritance by Andrew Gray . . . Robert de Brus occupied . . . taken into the king's hand.
Nature of endorsement
They say that John Gray was seised of the same in the time of King Alexander, and he gave it to Hugh Gray, and he gave it to William Batayl. After his death it came to Robert Batayl, his son and heir, and following his death it passed to Henry Batayl, the petitioner.
Places mentioned
Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland].
People mentioned
Andrew Gray
Robert de Brus
John Gray
Hugh Gray
William Batayl
Robert Batayl, son and heir of William Batayl.
Note
The petition dates to 1334 as the petition is clearly after the recovery of the town, and it is possible that a writ to the chamberlain of Berwick made on 4 March 1334 refers to this (Rot. Scot., vol. I, p.267a).
Related material

For a related petition see SC 8/97/4820

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 617
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Rotuli Scotiae, vol. I, Ed. D. Macpherson, (Eyre & Strahan, 1814), p.267a (order to pay the rent apparently from this land)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149147/

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