 Emperor Sigismund provided Heinrich with a confirmation of prerogatives and a jura regalia on 24 October 1413.In the same year, as it was custom, the abbot on his part confirmed the rights of the cities of Saint Gall, Wil and Wangen.A dispute between the abbey and the Appenzeller, which had begun during the reign of Henrich's predecessor and had culminated in the Appenzell Wars, in which the abbey was defeated, was in 1412 brought before the federal "Tagsatzung", but the negotiations remained fruitless.