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Robin Hood of Colyton visited Honiton, c. 10.5 km to the NW. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2015-08-27. Revised by … Record Source notes "˂..˃" indicates "lost or illegible letters in the original"; "⌜⌝" indicates "interlineation above the line"; "˄" represents a caret mark in Wasson's source. 1571/72: St Michael's Churchwardens' Accounts, f. 4. Accounting year: 30 November-29 November. Under heading "Charges". Note to bracketed ellipsis: "page torn". IRHB comments Mayers, morris dancers, Robin Hoods etc. often visited neighbouring parishes to perform and collect money for the parish chest and/or advertise an upcoming festival in their village. When Robin Hood of Colyton went to Honiton to perform or went there on a quête, it thus seems quite likely that he also performed at home. Lists and gazetteers ⁃ Lancashire, Ian 1984a, No. 779. ⁃ Sussex, Lucy 1994a, see p. 279. ⁃ Not included in Wiles, David 1981a, Appendix I. MS sources …

Honiton was visited by Robin Hood of Colyton, c. 10.5 km to the SE. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2015-08-27. Revised by … Records Source notes "˂..˃" indicates "lost or illegible letters in the original"; "⌜⌝" indicates "interlineation above the line"; "˄" represents a caret mark in Wasson's source. 1571/72: St Michael's Churchwardens' Accounts, f. 4. Accounting year: 30 November-29 November. Under heading "Charges". Note to bracketed ellipsis: "page torn". 1576/77: St Michael's Churchwardens' Accounts, f. 15. Accounting year: 30 November-29 November. Under heading: "Receipts". Wasson, p. xxv, notes the relative abundance of Robin Hood entries in Devon records, but warns against assuming the events in question were all of a dramatic nature, noting that the chief tasks of the persons elected Robin Hood and Little John were to collect money for the parish and frequently to serve as ale wardens; in most cases the records are not explicit as to the nature of the …

Probable location of 'Callis'. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-07-31. Revised by … By the last quarter of the 18th century there was evidently a tradition in the Halifax area to the effect that Robin Hood had resided in a house at Callis, a locality on the south side of the Calder, c. 250 m south of Charlestown. John Watson who reports this tradition puts his entry on Callis under the township of Sowerby. Watson, John 1775a, p. 293. Callis is on the western side of Callis Wood, north of Erringden Moor. Among other localities in the vicinity with the element 'Callis' in their names are Callis Wood Bottom, Callis Bridge and Callis Nab. Smith, Albert Hugh 1961a, pt. III, pp. 171-72. The early 25" O.S. maps listed below have a 'Callis Wood House' c. 200 m east of Callis. A large, still existing farm there is known locally as Callis House Farm. Charlestown History Group: Callis Wood, Erringden and South Hillside. If not the farm itself then a predecessor was most likely the place …