Once I Was A Clever Boy
Wednesday, 4 November 2026

How things have changed…

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  Looking at my Substack  feed yesterday I was struck by this post from Alexander Thompson, which can be read below: How much do you think t...
Wednesday, 28 October 2026

The Coronation of King Henry III in 1216

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Following the death of King John, who on his deathbed entrusted the care of his son and heir to William Marshall, Earl of Pembroke, the dece...
Monday, 26 October 2026

Anthony van den Wyngaerde’s view of London

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I was looking online for a view of early sixteenth century London, and more especially for that drawn by  Anthony van den Wyngaerde in the 1...
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Saturday, 24 October 2026

Ridge and furrow

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Medieval Way  has a new and informative video about ridge-and-furrow cultivation in the English midlands in the medieval and early modern pe...
Monday, 19 October 2026

The death and burial of King John

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During the night of October 18th-19th 1216 as a storm raged outside King John breathed his last at Newark Castle. He was in the midst of a c...
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Sunday, 18 October 2026

“Putting it all back” at the Oxford Oratory

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 It was about a month ago that the Oxford Oratory publicly launched its “Putting it all back” restoration of the sanctuary in the church of ...
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Saturday, 17 October 2026

Archbishop of Birmingham sanctions a Sarum Mass

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The Advaticanum  website reports that the Archbishop of Birmingham has agreed in principle to the celebration of a Sarum Use - or Rite - Mas...
Thursday, 15 October 2026

Violent death of a bishop in London in 1326

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Seven centuries ago the London of 1326 was falling into chaos. The invasion of the country led by the Queen, Isabella of France, and her lov...
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Once I Was A Clever Boy
I am a Catholic and a historian based in Oxford, where I am a member of Oriel College. My research, for a long delayed D.Phil., is a study of Richard Fleming, Bishop of Lincoln in the second decade of the fifteenth century. I also work as a freelance tutor in History and as an independent tour guide. I was received into the Church in 2005 and am a Brother of the External Oratory of St Philip Neri at the Oxford Oratory.
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