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Richard Poore (or
Richard Poor) (d.
April 15 1237) was a medieval
English clergyman best known for his role in the construction of
Salisbury Cathedral.
Early life
He was probably the son of
Richard of Ilchester, also known as
Richard Toclive, who served as
Bishop of Winchester. He was also the brother of
Herbert Poore,
Bishop of Salisbury from 1194 to 1217. Richard studied under
Stephen Langton at Paris. Richard Poore became
Dean of Salisbury in 1197, and unsuccessfully was nominated to the
see of Winchester in 1205 and the
see of Durham in 1213. During the
Interdict on England during King
John's reign, Richard returned to Paris to teach until the interdict was lifted.
It was probably during these years before he held an epicopal office that he completed Osmund's
Institutio, as well as his own works the
Ordinale and the
Consuetudinarium. The
Institutio detailed the duties of the cathedral clergy at Salisbury, along with their rights. The
Ordinale covered the liturgy, and how the various specialised services interacted with the basic divine service. The last work, the
Consuetudinarium, gave the customs of Salisbury itself. Both the
Consuetudinarium and the
Ordinale were basically guides to the
Sarum Rite, the usual form of liturgy in thirteenth century England.
He was
Bishop of Chichester in 1215, being elected about
January 7 and consecrated on
January 25 at
Reading. He attended the
Fourth Lateran Council in 1215. He also served as one of the executors of King John's estate. He owed his move to the see of Salisbury to the papal legate, Cardinal
Guala Bicchieri. He also laid out the town of Salisbury in 1219, to allow the workers building the cathedral a less cramped town than the old garrison town at Old Sarum. The cathedral, however, wasn't dedicated until 1258.
It was while he was at Salisbury that he issued his
Statutes of Durham, which derived their name from the fact that he reissued them after being moved to the see of Durham. These statutes were influential on many other episcopal legislation. He also welcomed the first
Franciscan friars to Salisbury around 1225. He also served as a royal justice in 1218 and 1219. In 1223, with the fall from power of
Peter des Roches bishop of Winchester,
Ranulph earl of Chester, and
Falkes de Breauté, Richard helped
Hubert de Burgh take over the government, along with Stephen Langton and
Jocelin of Wells bishop of Bath and Wells. The four men worked together to govern England for the next five years. With his move to Durham, he withdrew from royal service, although he was briefly back in service when Peter des Roches returned to power in late 1232 and early 1233. Also during his time in Salisbury, he promoted the education of boys by endowing some schoolmasters with
benefices provided they didn't charge for instruction. In 1237, Richard established a retirement house for the old and infirm clergy of the diocese of Durham. Richard was also an opponent of
pluralism, the holding of more than one benefice at the same time. He not only held that a clerk receiving a new benefice should give up the old one, but that if the clerk protested about the loss, he should lose both benefices. He also decreed that the clergy shouldn't be involved in "worldly business".
He died on
April 15 1237[ at the manor of Tarrant Keyneston in Dorset. His tomb was claimed for both Durham and Salisbury, but most likely he was buried in the church at Tarrant Keynseton which was what he'd wished.][Further Information]
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