I don't know, but isn't someone buried in potter's field a pauper? The books are about a poor kid, who through hard work and strong sense of fairness and right and wrong, is making something of himself.
I *think* that he's not just praying himself to be better offends some...
Well, actually, Harry is quite wealthy, but his "muggle" Aunt and Uncle don't know that. Harry learns of the wealth when he goes off to Hogwarts. Part of the story line involves the fact that Harry always has money while his best friend Ron, comes from a large, working class family and wears a lot of hand me downs...