Which symbols of office did King Henry I give up the right to use in investing bishops and abbots?

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Luca della Robbia: St. Anselm of Canterbury — St. Anselm of Canterbury St. Anselm of Canterbury (center), terra-cotta altarpiece by Luca della Robbia; in the Museo Diocesano, Empoli, Italy.

At the Synod of Westminster in 1107, King Henry I of England renounced the right to invest bishops and abbots with the ring and crosier, which were the traditional symbols of their spiritual office.1

While the king gave up the use of these specific symbols, he retained the right to require that these ecclesiastics perform homage to him for the temporalities—the lands and secular rights—of their sees or abbeys prior to their consecration. This settlement helped resolve the conflict between the king and St. Anselm of Canterbury, serving as a significant model for the later Concordat of Worms.213