1438 - Vessel Robyne Hude at Aberdeen
From International Robin Hood Bibliography
| Record | |
|---|---|
| Date | 1438 |
| Topic | Ship called Robin Hood ('Robyne hude', 'ly Robert hude') at Aberdeen. |
Aberdeen.
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-11-24. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-08.
Record
[1438:]
[A "ship called 'Robyne hude' or 'ly Robert hude' figures" in a case brought before the Council at Aberdeen in 1438.][1]
Source notes
The printed source mentions this in a note, referring to the Aberdeen MS Council Register, vol. IV, pp. 133, 134.[2]
IRHB comments
So far the tally of vessels with Robin Hood-related names suggests that Little John was much more popular among the seafaring segment than the master outlaw. For boats and some ships the element 'Little' may of course had had a special and obvious appropriateness. See Ship names.
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.
MS sources
- Aberdeen Council Register, vol. IV, pp. 133, 134. Not seen but cf. Mill under 'Printed sources' below.
Printed sources
Brief mention
Also see
Notes
- ↑ Mill, Anna Jean. Mediæval Plays in Scotland: Thesis Submitted for the Degree of Ph.D. of the University of St. Andrews, July 1924 (St Andrews University Publications, No. XXIV) (Edinburgh and London, 1927), p. 23 n. 1.
- ↑ Mill, Anna Jean. Mediæval Plays in Scotland: Thesis Submitted for the Degree of Ph.D. of the University of St. Andrews, July 1924 (St Andrews University Publications, No. XXIV) (Edinburgh and London, 1927), p. 23 n. 1.