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.


Thursday, 22 August 2024

Marian Pilgrimage - Our Lady of Andover


After its final journey to the north the Pilgrimage returns to the south and to Hampshire. The first shrine is another which I added, and which appears in the written record in 1466. This was an alabaster statue in the parish church in Andover. My article about it from last year can be seen at Marian Pilgrimage - Our Lady of Andover


May Our Lady of Andover pray for The King and all the Royal Family and for us all


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