Editing Richard Poore (section)

==Early life==
Poore was probably the son of [[Richard of Ilchester]], also known as Richard Toclive, who served as [[Bishop of Winchester]].<ref name=BHOSalis>[http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=34219 British History Online Bishops of Salisbury]. Retrieved 30 October 2007.</ref> He was the brother of [[Herbert Poore]], who served as [[bishop of Salisbury]] from 1194 to 1217.<ref name=BHODeanSalis>[http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=34220 British History Online Deans of Salisbury]. Retrieved 30 October 2007.</ref> Richard studied under [[Stephen Langton]] at Paris.<ref name=Moorman163>Moorman ''Church Life in England in the Thirteenth Century'' p. 163</ref> Richard Poore became [[Dean of Salisbury]] in 1197, was nominated unsuccessfully to the [[see of Winchester]] in 1205,<ref name=BHOWinch>[http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33876 British History Online Bishops of Winchester]. Retrieved 2 November 2007.</ref> and attained the [[Bishop of Durham|see of Durham]] in 1213.<ref name=BHODeanSalis/><ref name=BHODurham>[http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=33859 British History Online Bishops of Durham]. Retrieved 25 October 2007.</ref> His election to Durham was disallowed by [[Pope Innocent III]] before it was made public, probably because the pope knew that [[John, King of England|King John]] wished for the translation of his advisor [[John de Gray]] from the [[Anglican Diocese of Norwich|see of Norwich]] to Durham.<ref name=Harper-Bill310>Harper-Bill "John and the Church" ''King John'' p. 310</ref> During the [[interdict]] on England during King John's reign, Richard returned to Paris to teach until the interdict was lifted.<ref name=DNB>Hoskin "Poor, Richard (d. 1237)" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''</ref>

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 [[Sarum Rite]], the usual form of liturgy in thirteenth century England.<ref name=DNB/> While he was dean, he also encouraged [[Robert of Flamborough]] to write a [[penitential]].<ref name=Mortimer201>Mortimer ''Angevin England'' p. 201</ref>

Poore was [[Bishop of Chichester]] in 1215, being elected about 7 January<ref name=Handbook239>Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 239</ref> and consecrated on 25 January at [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]].<ref name=BHOChich>[http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=34293 British History Online Bishops of Chichester]. Retrieved 20 October 2007.</ref> He attended the [[Fourth Lateran Council]] in 1215.<ref name=Moorman237a>Moorman ''Church Life in England in the Thirteenth Century'' p. 237</ref> He also served as one of the [[Executor|executors]] of King John's estate.<ref name=DNB/>