Henry of Poitou

Family: Poitou · Role: abbot · First appears: A.D. 1127–1128

Life events

• 1127 · Henry procured the abbacy of Peterborough for Henry of Poitou.(A.D. 1127–1128 · 📍 London)
  • With: King Henry
  • “And the king procured it for him, because he was his relation”
• 1127 · Henry of Poitou took possession of the abbacy of Peterborough and retained his other abbacy as well.(A.D. 1127–1128 · 📍 Peterborough)
  • “This same year he gave the abbacy of Peterborough to an abbot named Henry of Poitou, who retained in hand his abbacy of St. John of Angeli”
• 1128 · Henry of Poitou left for his own minster at Poitou with the king's permission.(A.D. 1127–1128 · 📍 Peterborough)
  • “And this same year went the aforesaid Abbot Henry home to his own minster at Poitou by the king's leave.”

A.D. 1127–1128

• lord / consecrator: King Henry “This same year he gave the abbacy of Peterborough to an abbot named Henry of Poitou”
• cousins with King Henry “because he was a relation of the King of England”

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Extracted from the original text of The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Made with Rho MD.