Theobald was pious and well - educated .
He had only become abbot the year before , and his election was probably influenced by the reputation of his monastery , which had already produced two archbishops of Canterbury , Lanfranc and Anselm .
Although Theobald was pious and well - educated , he had only become abbot the year before , and his election was probably influenced by the reputation of his monastery , which had already produced two archbishops of Canterbury , Lanfranc and Anselm .