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Robin Hood
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Hi everyone, I believe Robin Hood was a real person who was born in Loxley in Yorkshire.
I have a couple of questions, firstly do people believe Robin was a real person, and secondly if he was a real person where do you think he came from, or is he a figment of peoples imagination?
If you can give your reasons that would be great. Thanks.
I have a couple of questions, firstly do people believe Robin was a real person, and secondly if he was a real person where do you think he came from, or is he a figment of peoples imagination?
If you can give your reasons that would be great. Thanks.
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"There were many more forests then and I expect quite a few gangs of outlaws hid out to escape justice. I don't suppose the green tights are based on real tights though." (Mosaic)
Yup, there were lots of outlaws and putting ne'er-do-wells outside the law was the easiest way of dealing with them. If you were on the loosing side in battle you were automatically outlawed and the safest place was the forest. It provided food as well. So yes there were lots of outlaw bands, but they could be pardoned especially if the king was at war say at Potiers or Cressy as some of the best archers had been outlawed and the king need them.
Yup, there were lots of outlaws and putting ne'er-do-wells outside the law was the easiest way of dealing with them. If you were on the loosing side in battle you were automatically outlawed and the safest place was the forest. It provided food as well. So yes there were lots of outlaw bands, but they could be pardoned especially if the king was at war say at Potiers or Cressy as some of the best archers had been outlawed and the king need them.
Like others, I think there probably was a real person at the core of the legend. But so much folklore has grown up around him, and has become a bit confused with more magical folklore beings, like Robin Goodfellow.
I can't think of Robin Hood now without thinking of the 1980s Robin of Sherwood series with Michael Praed. Sigh... all those gorgeous men running around in a woodland where it was always summer
I can't think of Robin Hood now without thinking of the 1980s Robin of Sherwood series with Michael Praed. Sigh... all those gorgeous men running around in a woodland where it was always summer
The name "Robin Hood" was a general name for an elusive thief, but the stories are based on a real person. The stories were embellished quite a bit over the years - John Little was real but Maid Marion was Made Up.
Robin Hood's grave is still there near Leeds, but the inscription on it is a later addition.
Robin Hood's grave is still there near Leeds, but the inscription on it is a later addition.
Don't forget Robin was a crack archer and the livery for royal archers is green.
Red which Robin wore later is the livery for the Duke of Norfolk who owns all the land around Loxley even today.
Will scarlet was a litster who is a dyer of cloth and he dealt in scarlet cloth. I presume this is where his nickname came from and that ginger hair was a guess?
Merry Men means 'famous men.'
Red which Robin wore later is the livery for the Duke of Norfolk who owns all the land around Loxley even today.
Will scarlet was a litster who is a dyer of cloth and he dealt in scarlet cloth. I presume this is where his nickname came from and that ginger hair was a guess?
Merry Men means 'famous men.'
"The name "Robin Hood" was a general name for an elusive thief, but the stories are based on a real person. The stories were embellished quite a bit over the years - John Little was real but Maid Marion was Made Up.
Robin Hood's grave is still there near Leeds, but the inscription on it is a later addition." (Gunvard)
John Saville of Kirklees was the sheriff of York when Robin was outlawed. His sister was a prioress at Kirkless. It is there at Kirklees where the prioress supposedly bled Robin to death, but that may be a fabrication the same as the grave. A later member of the Saville family bought the priory, I think at the time of the reformation.
Robin Hood's grave is still there near Leeds, but the inscription on it is a later addition." (Gunvard)
John Saville of Kirklees was the sheriff of York when Robin was outlawed. His sister was a prioress at Kirkless. It is there at Kirklees where the prioress supposedly bled Robin to death, but that may be a fabrication the same as the grave. A later member of the Saville family bought the priory, I think at the time of the reformation.
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