Editing Theobald of Bec (section)

===Patronage and household===

[[File:Canterbury Cathedral 011 Medieval glass Thomas a Becket.JPG|thumb|upright|Medieval stained-glass window depicting [[Thomas Becket]]|220px]]
Theobald's household included many young men of ability, including his successor [[Thomas Becket]]. Theobald was instrumental in the early spread of Roman law to England, inviting the Bologna-schooled jurist [[Vacarius]] to join his administration and advise on legal matters.<ref>Helmholz ''Oxford History of the Laws of England'' '''1''' p. 121</ref><ref name=Lyon186>Lyon ''Constitutional and Legal History of Medieval England'' p. 186</ref> Whether Vacarius actually started a school in Theobald's household is unclear, but in the 1140s he taught briefly at Oxford.<ref name=Roman6>Turner "Roman Law" ''Journal of British Studies'' p. 6</ref> Theobald was instrumental in fostering the teaching of canon law in England; the conflict that later arose between Henry II and Thomas Becket had its roots in disputes that were exposed during Theobald's time in office.<ref name=Lawrence85>Duggan "From the Conquest to the Death of John" ''English Church and the Papacy'' pp. 85–88</ref> While still in Normandy, Theobald had made an intense study of ecclesiastical or canon law, which he continued after being elected archbishop.<ref name=Monastic516>Knowles ''Monastic Order'' p. 516</ref>

Although Theobald was a monk, his episcopal household was not monastic in character. As he settled into the role of archbishop, he seems to have left most of his monastic habits behind, although he continued to have a monk as a companion. His nephews and brother benefited from his [[nepotism]],<ref name=Becket32>Barlow ''Thomas Becket'' p. 32</ref> with his nephews becoming part of his household early in his archiepiscopate. The four nephews—Guillaume, Gilbert, Roger and Lechard—were witnesses to a charter of Theobald's dated to about 1150 or 1153. After Theobald's death, Guillaume was a clerk in [[Bartholomew Iscanus|Bartholomew]], the [[Bishop of Exeter]]'s household in around 1172.<ref name=DNB/>

Another charter of Theobald's from about 1152 shows the usual household staff that surrounded him. It was witnessed by the archbishop's crossbearer, three of Theobald's nephews and the clerk who presumably was in charge of them, a [[chancellor]], two chaplains who were monks, a butler, dispenser, [[chamberlain (office)|chamberlain]], steward, cook, usher, porter and [[marshal]].<ref name=DuBoulay252>DuBoulay ''Lordship of Canterbury'' p. 252</ref> Theobald also at about the same time granted a mill to his baker named William and some lands to his cook William and the cook's heirs.<ref name=DuBoulay258>DuBoulay ''Lordship of Canterbury'' p. 258</ref>

Theobald was the patron of three eminent men: Becket, Vacarius, and [[John of Salisbury]].<ref name=Barlow38>Barlow ''English Church'' p. 38</ref> John of Salisbury was secretary to Theobald for many years, and after Theobald's death became [[Bishop of Chartres]]. It was during John's time as secretary that he wrote his two most famous works, the ''[[Policraticus]]'' and the ''[[Metalogicon]]''.<ref name=SaulJohn>Saul "John of Salisbury" ''Companion to Medieval England'' pp. 150–151</ref> Others who studied for a time in Theobald's household were Roger de Pont L'Evêque, later Archbishop of York, [[John of Canterbury|John Belemis]], later [[Archbishop of Lyons]],<ref name=Poole196>Poole ''Domesday Book to Magna Carta'' p. 196</ref> [[John de Pageham]], later [[Bishop of Worcester]], Bartholomew Iscanus, later Bishop of Exeter, [[William of Northall]], later Bishop of Worcester, and [[William de Vere]], later Bishop of Hereford.<ref name=Becket30>Barlow ''Thomas Becket'' pp. 30–31</ref> In all, his household produced three archbishops and six bishops. The household itself, although not formally a school, acted as one, with many going on to careers in the church.<ref name=DNB/>