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.


Monday, 16 March 2026

The Hallaton Helmet


I have posted before about the spectacular Hallaton helmet that was discovered in 2000 in south-east Leicestershire. A truly splendid example of first century parade armour it has now been conserved and can be seen in the Museum in Market Harborough. Alongside it are two skilled modern reconstructions of how it may have looked originally.

The helmet is described by Wikipedia in their article 


It can also be seen in an illustrated online feature from Leicestershire County Council at Harborough Museum celebrates return of Hallaton Helmet

There is full length lecture about the excavation of the l helmet and other items in the hoard from Leicester University Archaeology at 🔎 hallaton helmet
 
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