It was Vice-Admiral Batten's squadron which bombarded Scarborough when Henrietta Maria landed there.
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In March 1642 Batten was appointed second-in-command under the Earl of Warwick, the parliamentary admiral who took the fleet out of the kings hands, and up to the end of the First Civil War showed himself a steady partisan of the parliament.
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For the rugby league footballer of the same name, see Billy Batten.
In the 1660s Lady Batten, wife of Sir William Batten, Surveyor of the Navy, had a vineyard at their estate at Walthamstow; Samuel Pepys thought the wine (which was red) "very good".
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