Ranulph was installed as abbot in Herbert's place on the decision of the legatine council. The relevant adjective is "legatine". English provincial and legatine constitutions continually assailed simony. Abbot Radulfus returns from the legatine council in early June. Later that year, he returned equipped with new legatine power by Pope Innocent III. In 1151 Theobald held a legatine council in London. Abbot Radulfus heads to Westminster for a second legatine council in one year. His legatine commission was terminated by the summer of 1221. He was also granted legatine powers by Alexander III. This left Geoffrey vulnerable when Walter held a legatine council at York in June 1195. Innocent employed him on many legatine missions to Germany, Spain, Sicily, and France. Theobald held the legatine powers in England until his death in 1161. He was accompanied by his brother-in-law, Guido Vaini, and a legatine guard of 100 horsemen. He called two legatine councils, as he was the papal legate of England. The second legatine council was held in Westminster, nearer King Stephen and his court.