Once I was a clever boy learning the arts of Oxford... is a quotation from the verses written by Bishop Richard Fleming (c.1385-1431) for his tomb in Lincoln Cathedral. Fleming, the founder of Lincoln College in Oxford, is the subject of my research for a D. Phil., and, like me, a son of the West Riding. I have remarked in the past that I have a deeply meaningful on-going relationship with a dead fifteenth century bishop... it was Fleming who, in effect, enabled me to come to Oxford and to learn its arts, and for that I am immensely grateful.


Sunday 19 February 2023

A proposal to extend the law on Treasure Trove


The BBC News website recently had a report about a government proposal to extend the range of items that can be accounted as Treasure Trove. This would secure under the Portable Antiquities Schemr items for museums more than 200 years old rather than the existing 300 and also metal objects not containing gold or silver. 

This seems eminently sensible, especially in the light of the examples given in the report which can be seen at Treasure definition may be broadened to help museums.


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