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 May 2025

Marian Pilgrimage - Our Lady of Poulton


This relatively little known shrines appears to have been the resort of travellers before or after crossing the sea at Dover. It was situated just inland from the port, which then as now was a principal place of embarkation for crossing over to the continent.

My article about it from last year can be seen at Marian Pilgrimage - Our Lady of Poulton

May Our Lady of Poulton pray for Pope Leo XIV

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