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.


Saturday, 24 May 2025

Marian pilgrimage - Our Lady in the Wood at Epworth


The pilgrimage now goes to Lincolnshire and to the Isle of Axholme in the north-west of the county. Here, close to the small town of Epworth, was a Carthusian monastery founded in 1396 by the future first Duke of Norfolk. It became the resort of pilgrims, an early one of whom appears to have been Edmund, first Duke of York who died at Epworth on August 1st 1402; this seems the most likely explanation of his presence at what otherwise was a very remote and obscure part of the country.

Wikipedia has an account of the town and the distinct community of Axholme at Epworth, Lincolnshire

My article from last year, with various links to other websites, can be seen at Marian Pilgrimage - Our Lady in the Wood at Epworth


May Our Lady in the Wood at Epworth pray for Pope Leo XIV

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