Abstract
Richard Poore made an important contribution to the English church in the early thirteenth century. As dean of Salisbury (1197–1215) he codified the cathedral customs, and as bishop (1217–28) he implemented reform of the church locally, issuing probably the earliest surviving English synodal statutes and governing the diocese wisely and efficiently. He also served the crown in various capacities. He oversaw the removal of his see from Old Sarum to New Salisbury, where a new cathedral was begun in 1220.
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