sentences:  King Stephen gave permission for some of England's bishops, including Bethune, to attend the Council of Reims in 1148.Stephen had expelled the papal legates, or representatives, who arrived in England to summon the bishops to Reims, and after that appointed three of the bishops as representatives of the English Church.These three, Bethune, Hilary of Chichester, and William de Turbeville, were allowed to attend the council.