1540 - Leland, John - Collectanea
From International Robin Hood Bibliography
Allusion | |
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Date | c. 1540 |
Author | Leland, John |
Title | Collectanea |
Mentions | Kirklees Priory; Robin Hood's Grave |
Kirklees

Bust of John Leland (from Leland, John; Smith, Lucy Toulmin, ed. The Itinerary of John Leland in or about the Years 1535-1543 (London, 1906-10), vol. I, plate facing p. 36).
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-07-12. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-07.
Allusion
Kirkley monasterium Monialium, ubi Ro: Hood nobilis ille exlex sepultus.
[IRHB translation:]
Kirkley Nunnery, where that noble outlaw, Ro. Hood, is buried.[1]
Editions
- Leland, John; Hearne, Thomas, ed. Joannis Lelandi antiquarii de rebus Britannicis collectanea. Editio altera (Londini, 1774). See vol. I, p. 54.
Lists
- Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), p. 315.
- 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, see p. 273. Sussex incorrectly refers to "John Leland Collectanea Itinerary".
Also see
- Kirklees Priory
- Robin Hood's Grave (Kirklees Priory)
- 1712 - Hearne, Thomas - Remarks and Collections.
Notes