Herbert Poore

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Herbert Poore (d. 1217) was a medieval English clergyman who held the post of Bishop of Salisbury during the reigns of Richard I and John

He was the son of Richard of Ilchester, also known as Richard Toclive, who served as Bishop of Winchester, and the brother of Richard Poore. Herbert was apparently an enemy of Hubert Walter, and because of his recalcitrance was dispossessed of his lands and exiled to Normandy in 1198. He was permitted to return to England upon payment of a large fine, where he soon found a more sympathetic monarch in King John. It was Herbert's idea to move the see from Old Sarum to the Salisbury Plain, but it was left to his brother and successor, Richard, to actually carry out the plan.

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Preceded by Hubert Walter	Bishop of Salisbury 1194–1217	Succeeded by Richard Poore