ABSTRACT
Archbishop Theobald himself had the opportunity to experience the frustrations of a defendant as relations between the archbishop and the monks of Christ Church and St. Augustine's continued to be stormy. Brooke went so far as to describe Archbishop Theobald as "the founder of canonical jurisprudence in England". Archbishop Theobald did not initiate the study of canon law in England, but his pontificate saw the full flowering of the seeds planted by his predecessors. The new procedure enmeshed the litigants in a costly and time-consuming web of delay as the parties or their representatives traveled between England and Rome. Theobald, who remained in England, was remote from the action. By this time Theobald was feeling the effects of old age and John of Salisbury considered it a great triumph that he had managed to participate in the council at London.
