Little John's Helmet (Hathersage Church)
Locality | |
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Coordinate | 53.333079, -1.650119 |
Adm. div. | Derbyshire |
Vicinity | In Hathersage Church, Hathersage |
Type | Artifact |
Interest | Artifacts |
Status | Defunct |
First Record | c. 1750 |
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-05-01. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2022-04-28.
Little John's helmet and bow, which with other Little John relics formerly hung in Hathersage church, were said to be in the collection at Parham House in 1868. However, as far as the bow is concerned this is in conflict with another account of the fate of these relics after they were removed from Hathersage Church.
Quotations
[1868, legend:]
Helmet from over Little John's tomb; temp. King John. It was suspended until 1784 in the parish church of Hathersage, near Derby, together with his yew bow, 6 ft. 7 in. long. Robin Hood died in 1247. Both of these are now in the Parham Collection.[1]
[1868, list of plates:]
Helmet, supposed, of Little John, temp. King John[2]
[1873:] Open Helmet, of very large size. It belonged to Little John, Lieutenant of Robin Hood; it has been painted green. Date, about 1240. Several helmets about this period have been painted in colours.[3]
Gazetteers
- Not included in Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), pp. 293-311.
Sources
- Cooper, William Durrant. Parham, Sussex Archaeological Collection, vol. XXV (1873), pp. 1-22.
- Scott, Sibbald David. The British Army: Its Origin, Progress, and Equipment (London and New York, 1868), vol. I, p. 197.
Also see
- Hathersage Church place-name cluster
- Hathersage place-name cluster
- Places named after Little John
- Unique artifacts.
Notes
- ↑ Scott, Sibbald David. The British Army: Its Origin, Progress, and Equipment (London and New York, 1868), vol. I, p. x.
- ↑ Scott, Sibbald David. The British Army: Its Origin, Progress, and Equipment (London and New York, 1868), vol. I, p. 197.
- ↑ Cooper, William Durrant. Parham, Sussex Archaeological Collection, vol. XXV (1873), pp. 1-22, ciring Sibbald, op. cit. as soure.