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.


Wednesday, 14 May 2025

Marian Pilgrimage - Our Lady of Woolpit


The next stop on the itinerary is at the parish church at Woolpit near Bury St Edmunds. 

My post from last year,about this shrine, together with links to other articles, including material about the Green Children, can be seen at Marian Pilgrimage  - Our Lady of Woolpit

If you ever go physically to Woolpit just keep an eye out for any Green people - other than the political variety who, coincidentally, seem to be doing quite well in central Suffolk. 

May Our Lady of Woolpit pray for Pope Leo XIV 

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