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.


Friday, 8 May 2026

Marian Pilgrimage - Our Lady of Muswell


Remaining for another day in what are now the northern suburbs of London the Pilgrimage now goes to the shrine of Our Lady of Muswell.

My post from last year, with links to ones from previous years can be seen at Marian Pilgrimage - Our Lady of Muswell

The modern Catholic Church of Our Lady of Muswell 
built in 1938, is described on the Taking Stock website at Muswell Hill - Our Lady of Muswell

I see that the image I had on a previous post about the most prestigious pilgrim to the shrine, King Malcolm IV, has disappeared. I am therefore reproducing it again in this post. It is taken from a charter granted by the King to Kelso Abbey which was founded by his grandfather King David I.



King Malcolm IV

Image: Wikipedia 

May Our Lady of Muswell intercede for us and our intentions 

Jesu mercy, Mary pray

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