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.


Wednesday, 18 March 2026

Tying a temporary knot on the Roman thread

  
Having finished threading my collection of links to discoveries from Roman Britain I will now pause the thread for a short while before resuming with discoveries on the continent and Near East. This will enable me to share some other stories whilst they are relatively new, and to return to the normal mix of material.

What is striking is how much survives from Roman Britain, either as foundations and burials just below the surface or random metal objects still being found by agricultural works or by responsible metal detectorists.


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