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

The Oxborough Hoard


Norfolk is the county that is the most productive of archaeological finds under the Portable Antiquities Scheme. The Oxborough Hoard recently found in south-west Norfolk is not especially small but it does appear to be unique - at least for the moment. These domestic utensils are without parallel in Britain and give further insight into life in Britannia.

The discovery is reported by the Eastern Daily Press

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