The Pilgrimage now moves north to the site of the Carthusian priory in the Isle of Axholme in the north-west of Lincolnshire and the shrine of Our Lady in the Wood near Epworth. Long before Methodists went there to venerate the birthplace of John Wesley medieval pilgrims were making their way to this shrine.
My previous posts about it can be accessed at
Marian Pilgrimage - Our Lady in the Wood near Epworth
In the earliest of those I wrote about the founder of the priory, Thomas Mowbray, Earl of Nottingham, who was to be created Earl Marshal and later Duke of Norfolk by King Richard II. Duke Thomas’ descendants have held the Dukedom and the Marshalship for most of the succeeding centuries and the present Duke as Earl Marshal was responsible for organising the recent Coronation.
May Our Lady in the Wood pray for The King and The Queen and for us all.
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