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, 21 May 2023

Marian Pilgrimage - Our Lady of the Four Tapers at St Albans


The Pilgrimage now returns to the area around London and to a shrine in another great Benedictine abbey, that of St Albans.

My linked articles about this shrine can be seen at Marian Pilgrimage - Our Lady of the Four Tapers at St Albans Abbey

St Albans due to its proximity to London and the importance of the abbey and its chroniclers over many centuries has many royal connections and houses the tomb of Humphrey Duke of Gloucester, the youngest brother of King Henry V.

Our Lady of the Four Tapers pray for The King and The Queen and for us all.


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