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.


Friday 12 May 2023

Marian Pilgrimage - Our Lady of Grace at Ipswich


The Pilgrimage now moves to the first of a series of Marian shrines in East Anglia, with that of Our Lady of Grace at Ipswich. This was one of the most celebrated amongst the English shrines of Our Lady and one that has not only been revived in modern times but where there is also a strong likelihood that the original votive statue still survives. 

The shrine has been linked to a royal wedding in the town in 1297, and was the object of pilgrimages by Queen Katherine of Aragon in 1517 and by King Henry VIII in 1522.

The posts from previous years can be seen at Marian Pilgrimage - Our Lady of Grace of Ipswich

Our Lady of Grace at Ipswich pray for The King and The Queen and for us all.


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