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.


Thursday, 14 May 2026

Marian Pilgrimage - Our Lady of Woodbridge


The next shrine on the Pilgrimage is one that appears to have left little in the historical record beyond the fact of its existence as a wayside devotion venerated as Our Lady of Woodbridge.

My post from last year with several links within it can be seen at Marian Pilgrimage - Our Lady of Woodbridge

 I would add to that the link to the Wikipedia entry for the town which does show how the priory was involved in the life of the medieval community. On that basis the shrine may have been one that particularly attracted people from the Deben valley. It can be accessed at Woodbridge,

May Our Lady of Woodbridge intercede for us and our intentions

Jesu mercy, Mary pray

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