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 Woolpit

The rest of the Pilgrimage today is spent in Suffolk - and we shall return to the county again on our very eccentric itinerary, but no matter.

The first station is at the shrine of Our Lady of Woolpit. My post from last year about it can be seen at Marian Pilgrimage - Our Lady of Woolpit and by following the links my more detailed articles about the history of the devotion from 2020 and 2021 can be accessed.

I have not had the good fortune to visit Woolpit church but quite apart from the tradition of seeking the aid of the Virgin there it is clearly a very fine medieval church building and very well worth visiting for that reason, including the rare survival of the ceilure above the position of the long destroyed Rood. There is more about the building from website of the National Churches Trust at Woolpit Blessed Virgin Mary



The porch at Woolpit Church

Image: Facebook 

May Our Lady of Woolpit intercede for us and our intentions 

Jesu mercy, Mary pray

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