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==Final years and death== In 1542, Henry presented Leland with the valuable rectory of [[Great Haseley]], [[Oxfordshire]].<ref name=ODNB /> The year following he preferred him to a canonry of King's College, now [[Christ Church, Oxford]], and about the same time, collated him to a prebend in the [[Salisbury Cathedral|church of Sarum]]. He was an absentee pluralist, with the income and leisure to pursue his interests. He retired with his collections to his house in the parish of [[St Michael-le-Querne]], adjoining [[Cheapside]], London, where he intended to work on his various projects. However, in February 1547 near the time of Henry's death, "he fell besides his wits". Leland was certified insane in March 1550 and died, still mentally deranged, on 18 April 1552, aged about 48. Leland was buried in the church of St Michael-le-Querne near his home. However the church was destroyed in the [[Great Fire of London]] in 1666, and not rebuilt, and so Leland's tomb has been lost.
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