1695 - Thoresby, Ralph - Diary
From International Robin Hood Bibliography
Allusion | |
---|---|
Date | 13-14 Feb. 1695 |
Author | Thoresby, Ralph |
Title | Diary |
Mentions | Robin Hood's Well [Barnsdale]; Wentbridge; Doncaster; Sherwood Forest |
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-07.
Allusion
13. Morning, walked to cousin F.'s of Hunslet; rode with him and my other dear friends, Mr. Samuel Ibbetson and brother Thoresby, to Rodwell, where took leave of relations, thence through Medley, Pontefract, and Wentbridge (upon the famous Roman highway, and by the noted Robin Hood's well) to Doncaster, where we dined; thence by Bawtry, Scruby, Ranskall, to Barnby-on-the-Moor.
14. After a weary night rose pretty early; rode over Shirewood Forest, by the noted Eel-pie-house [...][1]
Source notes
IRHB's brackets.
Lists
- Not included in Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), pp. 293-11.
- Outside scope of 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.
Sources
- Thoresby, Ralph; Hunter, Joseph, ed. The Diary of Ralph Thoresby, F.R.S., Author of the Topography of Leeds (1677-1724.) (London, 1830), vol. 1, pp. 292-93.
Background
Also see
- Doncaster
- Robin Hood's Well (Barnsdale)
- Wentbridge
- Sherwood Forest
- 1682 - Thoresby, Ralph - Diary
- 1703 - Thoresby, Ralph - Diary.
Notes