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Henry Bataill (Bataille). Bataill (Bataille) Henry Council. [This petition is damaged,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/97/4820
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This record is about the Henry Bataill (Bataille). Bataill (Bataille) Henry Council. [This petition is damaged,... dating from [1334] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/97/4820
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1334]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Henry Bataill (Bataille).
- Name(s)
- Bataill (Bataille), Henry
- Addressees
- Council.
- Nature of request
- [This petition is damaged, and this summary may be incomplete.]Henry Bataill states that in the time of King Alexander, his ancestor, Simon Mansel, was seised of a site on which the Berefrait was built, and that he leased it to the community of the town of Berwick. And Henry and his ancestors were always seised of this rent until it was seized into the King's hand when Berwick surrendered. He requests a remedy and restitution of the rent.
- Nature of endorsement
- They say that Simon Mansel and the other ancestors of the said Henry were seised of the aforesaid site before the time of King Alexander etc., and gave it to the community of the aforesaid town, paying him and his heirs 20s per annum, and that the said community built the said Berefrait, and that the ancestors of the said Henry were seised of the aforesaid 20s until the town was captured by the King's grandfather, and that in the time of the King's grandfather and of his father they were not seised of it, and that after Robert de Bruys captured the town, Henry was seised of it, until Berwick came into the King's hand, and that it was in the town and he did not remise it.He is to have a writ to the Sheriff of Berwick to pay him the aforesaid rent if it is in the King's hand for the aforesaid reason and for no other, saving the right of the King and of anyone else.
- Places mentioned
- Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland].
- People mentioned
- Simon Mansel, ancestor of Henry Bataill
- Alexander [III], King of Scotland
- Robert [I] de Bruys (Brus, Bruce), [King of Scotland].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to 4 March 1333-4, with reference to Rot. Scot., vol 1, p.267.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition see SC 8/92/4598
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Parliamentary Petition 1220
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Rotuli Scotiae, vol. I, Ed. D. Macpherson, (Eyre & Strahan, 1814), p.267 (resultant writ)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149387/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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