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Thomas de Henle, Abbot of Westminster. de Henle Thomas King. Abbot of Westminster...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/245/12222

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This record is about the Thomas de Henle, Abbot of Westminster. de Henle Thomas King. Abbot of Westminster... dating from [1342] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/245/12222
Date
[1342]
Description
Petitioners
Thomas de Henle, Abbot of Westminster.
Name(s)
de Henle, Thomas
Addressees
King.
Occupation
Abbot of Westminster
Nature of request
The abbot requests that the chancellor be commanded to by the king's letters to try the right of the abbot to the visitation of the hospital of St James, as the king delivered the abbot's petition on this to the chancellor but he did not wish to do anything without letters of command. Now for default of absolution the brothers of the hospital are excommunicated.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
St James hospital, Charing, [Westminster].
Note
The petition dates to 1342 as the privy seal warrant with which this petition was formerly enclosed dates to 3 May 1342 [16 Edw. III] (C 81/282/14686).
Related material

For the privy seal warrant with which this petition was apparently formerly enclosed, see no. 14686 in C 81/282

For another petition from the same petitioner on the same matter, see SC 8/247/12347

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. V, 1340-1343, (Public Record Office, 1900), pp.456-7 (commission to certify the king on this matter)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439827/

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