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, 6 December 2025

A family reunion for the fourth Duke of Norfolk


In my previous post, I wrote about the impending auction of the painting by Hans Eworth of Thomas, fourth Duke of Norfolk. I expressed the hope that the purchaser would be someone who would enable it to remain on public display in this country.

The next day brought very good news as can be seen in the BBC News report Tudor portrait of 4th Duke of Norfolk sells at auction for £3.2m 

The portrait was bought by the present, eighteenth, Duke of Norfolk and the Arundel Trustees. This presumably means that the painting will go on show at Arundel Castle, alongside other family portraits and treasures.
 

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