 It was while Roger was Theobald's clerk that he made lasting friendships with Gilbert Foliot and Hugh de Puiset. Roger attended the Council of Reims in 1148 with Theobald, John of Salisbury, and possibly Thomas Becket. This council condemned some of Gilbert de la Porrée's teachings, and consecrated Foliot as Bishop of Hereford. While it was later recalled that Roger and Becket did not get along, there is no evidence of hatred between the two before the Becket crisis happened.
