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Joan Bataille, daughter and heir of Robert Bataille. Bataille Joan King and the Lords...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/93/4645

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Reference
SC 8/93/4645
Date
[c. 1399]
Description
Petitioners
Joan Bataille, daughter and heir of Robert Bataille.
Name(s)
Bataille, Joan
Addressees
King and the Lords in this present parliament.
Nature of request
Bataille requests that Metham be summoned before the council to answer for his offences against her, he having imprisoned her until she released her right in her inheritance in Balkholme, Laxton and Skelton, and by maintenance prevented her from suing her right for many years. She requests a remedy so that she can recover her right.
Nature of endorsement
She should sue at the common law.
Places mentioned
Balkholme, [East Riding of] Yorkshire
Laxton, [East Riding of] Yorkshire
Skelton, [East Riding of] Yorkshire
Metham, [East Riding of] Yorkshire.
People mentioned
Robert Bataille, father of the petitioner
Thomas de Metham
Ralph de Iver (Eure), then sheriff of Yorkshire.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 757
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149196/

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