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The abbey over which
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Item, Certayn persons to be sent to the Tower for the further examenacyon of the Abbot, of
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permission to act and chose
Richard Whiting. The first ten years of Whiting's rule were prosperous and peaceful. He was a sober and caring spiritual leader and a good manager of the abbey's day-to-day life. Contemporary accounts show that Whiting was held in very high esteem.
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