 Archbishop Theobald of Canterbury was unwilling to declare Matilda queen so rapidly, however, and a delegation of clergy and nobles, headed by Theobald, travelled to Bristol to see Stephen, who agreed that, given the situation, he was prepared to release his subjects from their oath of fealty to him.The clergy gathered again in Winchester after Easter and declared Matilda the "Lady of England and Normandy" () as a precursor to her coronation.Although Matilda's own followers attended the event, few other major nobles seem to have attended and the delegation from London procrastinated.