sentences:  When Savaric's cousin Reginald was elected to Canterbury in 1191, Reginald went to Bath and pressed the clergy there to select Savaric as Reginald's successor.On the strength of the letters from Richard, the justiciar Walter de Coutances ratified the election of Savaric.The canons of Wells objected because they had not been consulted, but Savaric was ordained a priest on 19 September 1192 at Rome.