 In 1203 Norreis , secure in his alliance with his own monks , once again began to exploit the monastery for his own profit and that of his family and friends . His monks became upset at this renewal of their exploitation and sent Thomas , along with other monks , to appropriate the harvest from some lands that had been given by Norreis to a non @-@ member of the community . Norreis protested to King John and to Hubert Walter . Both the king and Walter summoned Thomas to appear before them separately and explain the actions of the monks . Thomas failed to persuade either man and nothing was done about Norreis 's exactions and abuse of his monks . 
