 The monks, in the "Liber Eliensis", complained that Nigel had taken items from the church to finance his trip to Rome, and that they were required to help contribute to the bribe when Nigel was reconciled with Stephen.By 1147, Nigel was again witnessing Stephen's charters, and in 1153 or 1154 he was named in a grant of lands to St Radegund's Priory in Cambridge.He assisted with the consecration of Hilary of Chichester as Bishop of Chichester in August 1147.