1315 - Robert and Robert sons of John Hood
From International Robin Hood Bibliography
Record | |
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Date | 1315 |
Topic | Robert, son of John Hood, and Robert his brother fined for escapes in the frith. |
Sowerby.
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2015-08-31. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2022-05-17.
Record
[1315:]
Robert, s. of John Hodde, 6d.; Robert, his brother, 3d. [...] for escapes in the Frith.[1]
Source notes
Wakefield Manor court rolls; court held at Wakefield (West Riding of Yorkshire), on Friday after Michaelmas, under the section heading "Sourby", i.e. Sowerby; membrane 1.[2]
IRHB comments
The most natural reading seems to be that the two Roberts were brothers, but we cannot rule out the possibility that "his" in "his brother" refers to John Hodde, in which case Roberts I and II would of course be nephew and uncle.
Lists
- Not included in Sussex, Lucy, compil. 'References to Robin Hood up to 1600', in: Knight, Stephen. Robin Hood: A Complete Study of the English Outlaw (Oxford, UK; Cambridge, Massachusetts: Blackwell, 1994), pp. 262-88.
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