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.


Tuesday, 17 March 2026

A Roman coin hoard from Norfolk


A year ago the BBC News reported on a hoard of Roman silver coins found in west Norfolk. They were identified by my old friend from Oxford, Dr Adrian Marsden, who is the numismatist with the Norfolk Museums service.

As Adrian explains the coins point to a time of  economic stability, and the presence of coins minted generations before they were deposited. The earliest is datable to 57BC and the latest to the reign of Marcus Aurelius in 175-6 AD.


Wikipedia has a quite detailed account of the extended village and its history, including reference to the Roman era at Barton_Bendish


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