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.


Wednesday, 1 February 2023

More about the Harpole Cross


The History Blog has an article about the silver cross found in the grave at Harpole in Northamptonshire which I posted about yesterday. This gives much more about the size and scale of the item and about its design, and whets the appetite further to see the cross finally revealed.



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