 They also included the right to hold courts dealing with theft.Around 1135, Nigel conceded this point to the monks.Although he restored some of the lands that had been taken from the monks by Ranulf, the "Liber Eliensis" (the house chronicle of the monks of Ely) continued to decry his administration of the diocese and the lands of the cathedral chapter, alleging that "he kept back for himself some properties of the church which he wanted, and very good ones they were".