The arms are those of Batchelor quartering another and impaling Pettus for Leonard Batchelor, Esq. (1703-1757), and his wife Mary Pettus. Leonard was a successful lawyer; he entered Middle Temple in 1722 and later bought Griston Hall at Horstead, Norfolk. His wife Mary was the daughter of Sir Horatio Pettus (1672-1731), 4th Baronet, of Rackheath Hall, Norfolk. The Pettus family were wealthy, having had helped found the East India Company, but suffered for suing with the Royalists during the Civil War.

Provenance:
With Frank Partridge & Sons, Ltd., London, 13 December 1967. Property from a Northern California Estate.