Richard Poore
Richard Poore | |
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Bishop of Durham | |
Appointed | 14 May 1228 |
Term ended | 15 April 1237 |
Predecessor | William Scot |
Successor | Thomas de Melsonby |
Other post(s) | Bishop of Chichester Bishop of Salisbury Dean of Salisbury |
Orders | |
Consecration | 25 January 1215 |
Personal details | |
Died | 15 April 1237 Tarrant Keyneston, Dorset |
Buried | probably church at Tarrant Keyneston, Dorset |
Denomination | Catholic |
Richard Poore or Poor (died 15 April 1237) was a medieval English bishop best known for his role in the establishment of Salisbury Cathedral and the City of Salisbury, moved from the nearby fortress of Old Sarum. He served as Bishop of Chichester, Bishop of Salisbury and Bishop of Durham.
Early life
Poore was probably the son of
It was probably during these years, before Poore held an episcopal 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
Poore was
Bishop of Salisbury
Poore's brother
It was while Poore 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
While Poore was at Salisbury, he took part in the translation of
Bishop of Durham
Poore was
Legacy and death
In 1220, while Poore was bishop of Salisbury, he ordered his clergy to instruct a few children so that the children might in turn teach the rest of the children in basic church doctrine and prayers. He also had the clergy preach every Sunday that children should not be left alone in a house with a fire or water.[20] Also during his time in Salisbury, he promoted the education of boys by endowing some schoolmasters with benefices provided they did not charge for instruction.[21] In 1237, he established a retirement house for the old and infirm clergy of the diocese of Durham.[22] Poore 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.[23] He also decreed that the clergy should not be involved in "worldly business".[24] Poore House at Bishop Wordsworth's School, Salisbury is named in honour of his legacy to Salisbury schools.
Poore died on 15 April 1237
Citations
- ^ British History Online Bishops of Salisbury. Retrieved 30 October 2007.
- ^ a b British History Online Deans of Salisbury. Retrieved 30 October 2007.
- ^ Moorman Church Life in England in the Thirteenth Century p. 163
- ^ British History Online Bishops of Winchester. Retrieved 2 November 2007.
- ^ British History Online Bishops of Durham. Retrieved 25 October 2007.
- ^ Harper-Bill "John and the Church" King John p. 310
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Hoskin "Poor, Richard (d. 1237)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ Mortimer Angevin England p. 201
- ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 239
- ^ British History Online Bishops of Chichester. Retrieved 20 October 2007.
- ^ Moorman Church Life in England in the Thirteenth Century p. 237
- ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 270
- ^ Moorman Church Life in England in the Thirteenth Century p. 236
- ^ Mortimer Angevin England p. 175
- ^ Mortimer Angevin England p. 227
- ^ Moorman Church Life in England in the Thirteenth Century p. 236-238
- ^ Prestwich Plantagenet England p. 99
- ^ Moorman Church Life in England in the Thirteenth Century p. 370
- ^ a b Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 241
- ^ Moorman Church Life in England in the Thirteenth Century pp. 81–82
- ^ Moorman Church Life in England in the Thirteenth Century p. 105
- ^ Moorman Church Life in England in the Thirteenth Century p. 202
- ^ Moorman Church Life in England in the Thirteenth Century p. 220
- ^ Moorman Church Life in England in the Thirteenth Century p. 232
References
- British History Online Bishops of Chichester accessed on 20 October 2007
- British History Online Bishops of Durham accessed on 25 October 2007
- British History Online Bishops of Salisbury accessed on 20 October 2007
- British History Online Bishops of Winchester accessed on 2 November 2007
- British History Online Deans of Salisbury accessed on 30 October 2007
- Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, uK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- Harper-Bill, Christopher (1999). S. D. Church (ed.). John and the Church of Rome. King John: New Interpretations. Woodbridge, UK: Boydell Press. ISBN 978-0-85115-947-8.
- Hoskin, Philippa (2004). "Poor [Poore], Richard". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/22525. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- OCLC 213820968.
- Mortimer, Richard (1994). Angevin England 1154–1258. Oxford, UK: Blackwell. ISBN 0-631-16388-3.
- ISBN 978-0-19-922687-0.