Editing Richard Poore (section)

==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.<ref name=Moorman81>Moorman ''Church Life in England in the Thirteenth Century'' pp. 81–82</ref> Also during his time in Salisbury, he promoted the education of boys by endowing some schoolmasters with [[benefice]]s provided they did not charge for instruction.<ref name=Moorman105>Moorman ''Church Life in England in the Thirteenth Century'' p. 105</ref> In 1237, he established a retirement house for the old and infirm clergy of the diocese of Durham.<ref name=Moorman202>Moorman ''Church Life in England in the Thirteenth Century'' p. 202</ref> Poore was also an opponent of [[Benefice|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.<ref name=Moorman220>Moorman ''Church Life in England in the Thirteenth Century'' p. 220</ref> He also decreed that the clergy should not be involved in "worldly business".<ref name=Moorman232>Moorman ''Church Life in England in the Thirteenth Century'' p. 232</ref> Poore House at [[Bishop Wordsworth's School|Bishop Wordsworth's School, Salisbury]] is named in honour of his legacy to Salisbury schools.

Poore died on 15 April 1237<ref name=Handbook241/> 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 Keyneston which was what he had wished.<ref name=DNB/> He is commemorated with a statue in [[Table of the Statuary of the West Front of Salisbury Cathedral|niche 170]] on the west front of [[Salisbury Cathedral]].