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.


Sunday, 28 September 2025

Reassessing the role of Owain Glyndŵr


The History Extra website recently had an article about the part played by Owain Glyndŵr in the Welsh uprising at the beginning of the 15th century, It suggests that he was less the originator of it, but rather that he was an important and significant local leader who was caught up in it and who then became its leader. The article also makes some interesting observations about his disappearance as the rebellion collapsed.


Wikipedia has a detailed account of Glyndŵr’s life and campaigns at Owain Glyndŵr


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