Robin Hood's Pound (Sutton)

From International Robin Hood Bibliography
Locality
Coordinate 51.361097, -0.194432
Adm. div. Surrey, now Greater London
Vicinity In or near Sutton
Type Building
Interest Robin Hood name
Status Defunct
First Record 1900
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Sutton.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-07-25. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-07.

According to the 1900 quotation below, the locals formerly called the pound (for impounding stray cattle, sheep etc.) in Sutton "Robin Hood's Pound". Or was the writer just being 'facetious'?

Quotations

[1900:] The village pound [in Sutton] was known as "Robin Hood's Pound" by countrymen who were followers of the practices of this outlaw. Nicholas, vicar of Sutton in 9 Henry IV. [1407-1408] broke into the pound, and took therefrom thirteen sheep which had been impounded for trespass. In 12 Henry IV. [1411-12], the same vicar assaulted (fecit recussum) the bailiff and William Joye, who had seized his horses and cows to place them within the pinfold. John Harineles, chaplain of Sutton, broke into the pound to release his horse, 2 Henry V. [1414-15][1]

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