batilbaly

[Probably the same as battle-baly; battle = to fatten.] An officer in forests, the duties of which are unknown. "It appears from the Harleian MS. 433, f. 39, that in the 1st of Richard III., William Staverton received a confirmation of his graunts of the office of batil - baly in the forest of Wyndesore." (S. in Boucher .) IMG:content-1114.png:[blocks in formation]