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Order NumberCCA-DCc/ChAnt/I/247
TitleLicence
PreviousNumbersR 221 (Norris); I 245 (late 19th c)
Date5 Jan 1423
DescriptionFrom: Henry VI, king of England
To: John [Wodnesbergh, II], prior of Canterbury Cathedral Priory

The prior may receive an annual pension of 13 marks from Tintern Abbey, alias 'de voto' [County Wexford, Ireland], for life, through his officers, ministers, attorneys and servants in Ireland and have it remitted to England, any statutes, ordinances or proclamations against absentees from Ireland notwithstanding. Sent patent. By privy seal writ. The clerk is Mapilton'. [Calendared version of Chancery enrolment date 15 Jan.]
Initial decorated with stylized foliage.
Given at Westminster [Middlesex].

Endorsed note that the document is for Prior John Wodnesbergh in 15th cent hand.
Extent1 doc
Physical DescriptionParchment, 1m, seal, dirty, water stain vertically through centre, rust stain, damage to seal tag
LanguageLatin
AccessStatusOpen
Open
Related MaterialEnrolled version (calendar entry): Calendar of Patent Rolls 1422-1429, p81
Publication NoteSummarised in Historical Manuscripts Commission Fifth Report (London, 1876), Appendix, p445

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