, ▁as ▁it ▁was ▁Can ter bury ' s ▁privile ge ▁to ▁crown ▁the ▁k ings ▁of ▁England . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁sign ▁of ▁the ▁rev ival ▁of ▁the ▁dispute ▁was ▁at ▁the ▁Council ▁of ▁T ours , ▁called ▁in ▁ 1 1 6 3 ▁by ▁Pope ▁Alexander ▁III . ▁While ▁there , ▁Roger ▁and ▁Be cket ▁disput ed ▁over ▁the ▁pla cement ▁of ▁their ▁seats ▁in ▁the ▁council . ▁Roger ▁argued , ▁that ▁based ▁on ▁Gregory ▁the ▁Great ' s ▁plan ▁that ▁prim acy ▁should ▁go ▁to ▁the ▁arch bishop ▁who ▁had ▁been ▁consec r ated ▁first , ▁he ▁had ▁the ▁right ▁to ▁the ▁more ▁hon ou rable ▁pla cement ▁at ▁the ▁council . ▁Event ually , ▁Alexander ▁placed ▁them ▁both ▁on ▁equal ▁terms , ▁but ▁not ▁before ▁the ▁council ▁spent ▁three ▁days ▁listening ▁to ▁the ▁claims ▁and ▁counter - c laim s , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁Roger ▁rel ating ▁the ▁whole ▁history ▁of ▁the ▁dispute . ▁In ▁ 1 1 6 4 ▁Alexander ▁gave ▁Roger ▁a ▁pap al ▁leg ates hip , ▁but ▁ex cluded ▁Be cket ▁from ▁its ▁juris diction . ▁The ▁po pe ▁did , ▁however , ▁decl ine ▁to ▁declare ▁that ▁Can ter bury ▁had ▁a ▁prim acy ▁in ▁England . ▁Alexander ▁on ▁ 8 ▁April ▁ 1 1 6 6 ▁confirmed ▁Can ter bury ' s ▁prim acy , ▁but ▁this ▁became ▁less ▁important ▁than ▁the ▁grant ▁of ▁a ▁leg ates hip ▁on ▁ 2 4 ▁April ▁to ▁Be cket . ▁This ▁grant , ▁though , ▁did