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- Westminster. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-05-19. Revised by … On 18 January, 1510, Lancashire, Ian 1984a, No. 977. Henry VIII, the earls of Essex and Wiltshire and other noblemen burst into the queen's chamber, dressed as Robin Hood and his men and brandishing or carrying bows and arrows as well as swords and bucklers to complete the outfit. They entertained the ladies with dances and unspecified 'pastime', after which they left. Allusions Lists and gazetteers ⁃ Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, p. 315. … Wikipedia: Westminster ⁃ Wikipedia: Westminster St Margaret and St John. Notes3 KB (405 words) - 13:27, 7 January 2021
- The corner of Milk Street and Robinhood Alley was very close to the point indicated on the map. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-01-18. Revised by … Listed in Harben's Dictionary of London under 'Robinhood Court' and by Dobson & Taylor as 'Robin Hood Court', the Little street whose earliest known name was 'Robinhood Alley' ran "[e]ast out of … refer to the alley as 'Robin Hood Court' in 1792. National Archives: Insured: John Wrigglesworth, Robin Hood Court Milk Street, warehouseman. This assumes that the NA online catalogue cites the actual form used in the fire insurance records. Lockie's Topography (1810), which is the first source to use the form Robinhood Court, lists the …6 KB (745 words) - 04:01, 13 February 2021
- 437 Strand, the site of Robin Hood Court By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-07-16. Revised by … Robin Hood Court near St Martin-in-the-Fields only appears to be recorded from 1682 to 1728. The earliest reference is William Morgan's 1682 map of London, where the form 'Rabinhood Court' is cited. Morgan, William 1904a, No. 73 in … and ending at 419 Bishops-Head Court in Grays Inne Lane': 'Rabinhood Court'. John Strype in 1720 mentions 'Robin Hood Court, very ordinary, and ill built' (see Allusions below), between Church Lane and New Round Court, on the north side of the … the present 437 Strand. Since the names of Robin Hood Courts and Alleys in London tended to be inspired by the presence of a public house named after the outlaw, in particular its often large and conspicuous inn sign, it is very likely there once was a Robin …6 KB (787 words) - 13:53, 7 January 2021
- Site of Robinhood Alley, Borough High Street. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-07-04. Revised by … At present 208-210 Borough High Street, formerly Blackman Street, in Southwark, was a short narrow cul-de-sac variously known as Robin Hood Court, Robin Hood Alley and Robinhood Alley. Coming from London Bridge, one would have Robinhood Alley on one's right shortly after Mint … Marshalsea Road. Robinhood Alley in all probability existed already in 1590. John Strype in 1720 (see Allusions below) cited or paraphrased a table of benefactors in the church of St George … in the 'Robin Hood Court' mentioned in the other reference in Strype (see Allusions below). It would be interesting to know if the stone table on which Strype's printed ditto …7 KB (995 words) - 13:54, 7 January 2021
- The site of Robinhood. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-01-18. Revised by … A cluster of three buildings, probably a farmstead, immediately east of London Road (A523), in Sutton, south of central Macclesfield, is labelled 'Robinhood' on O.S. maps from 1842 on. Dodgson, John McNeal 1970a, vol. I, p. 123. And see Maps section on this page. As far as I can see, Dodgson, in the first English Place-name Society volume on Cheshire lists this locality under both Macclesfield and Sutton. Under the latter he notes that "Moss End or Robin Hood" is thus labelled on Bryant's 1831 map of Cheshire. Unfortunately the only version of this map available online is in such low resolution that I have not been able to locate 'Moss End or Robin Hood" on it (see Maps section below), Dodgson, op. cit., vol. I, pp. 123, 155. but it seems likely that the element 'moss' refers to Danes Moss, near which the Robinhood listed under Macclesfield is located, so we are probably here concerned with duplicate …4 KB (503 words) - 00:43, 6 January 2021
- Robin Hood Avenue. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-01-19. Revised by … Very likely the name of this street in the south of Macclesfield, a Little west of Sutton, was inspired by the presence, at least as late as 1938, of … Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 293-311 ⁃ Not included in Dodgson, John McNeal 1970a. Maps Maps of the area; Robin Hood Avenue not indicated as it did not yet exist. ⁃6" O.S. map Cheshire XXXVI (1882; surveyed 1871-72) ⁃6" O.S. map Cheshire XXXVI.SE (1898; rev. 1896-97) ⁃6" O.S. map Cheshire XXXVI.SE (1898; rev. 1896-97) (georeferenced) ⁃6" O.S. map Cheshire XXXVI.SE (1910; rev. 1907) ⁃6" O.S. map Cheshire XXXVI.SE (c. 1933; rev. 1907) ⁃6" O.S. map Cheshire …3 KB (359 words) - 00:41, 6 January 2021
- Sherwood Road, Sutton. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-01-18. Revised by … Very likely the name of this street and that of Robin Hood Avenue in the south of Macclesfield, a Little west of Sutton, were inspired by the presence, at least as late as 1938, of … Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 293-311. ⁃ Not included in Dodgson, John McNeal 1970a. Maps Maps of the area; Robin Hood Avenue not indicated as it did not yet exist. …3 KB (428 words) - 00:42, 6 January 2021
- The site of Robin Hood Court. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-06-26. Revised by … Robin Hood Court was located in the area immediately north of Silk Street and west of Milton Street, where now a large law firm has its headquarters. John Strype in 1720 (see Allusions below) mentions 'Haberdashers Square, very genteel, with new well built … from which it was reached via a short alley that looks relatively narrow on John Rocque's 1746 map of London and Westminster (see map detail below). The point where this alley led west from Grub street seems to be very close to the entrance to the underground parking lot of the law firm. Henry Harben's …7 KB (1,026 words) - 13:53, 7 January 2021
- Shooter's Hill. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-11. Revised by … Henry VIII and his queen, Catherine of Aragon, accompanied by many lords and ladies, rode to Shooter's Hill, where they met with Robin Hood, Little John, Friar Tuck, and Maid Marian – impersonated respectively by Yay or Ghay, Thomas Wawen, Wynsberry, and Thomas Villiers – as well as two hundred members of the royal guard dressed as outlaws. The royal guards gave an archery exhibition, all 200 men shooting on cue, with arrows with whistle heads that produced a loud and impressive noise. 'Robin Hood' invited the royal couple into his arbour, feasting them on venison and wine. The royal and noble visitors were subsequently escorted back by Robin Hood and his company, being met en route by Ladies May and Flora in a rich chariot drawn by five horses, ridden by the ladies Humidite, Ver, Vegetive, Pleasant, and Sweet Odour – perhaps impersonated by the children of the chapel – who saluted …4 KB (526 words) - 13:26, 7 January 2021
- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-15. Revised by … Plot On their way to Nottingham to hear mass Robin Hood and Little John shoot for a wager. John wins, but Robin will not admit defeat. They quarrel, Robin hits John who returns to Sherwood in anger, while Robin proceeds alone to mass in … in the MS here – news of this is brought to the outlaws in Sherwood. Little John and Much intercept and kill the treacherous monk and his page who were on their way to the king in London bearing news from the sheriff of the capture of the outlaw. John and Much bring the letter to the king who gives them a reward and sends them … the sheriff with notice that Robin is to be sent to him. Back in Nottingham, John and Much sleep over at the sheriff's after much dining and wining, but in …3 KB (434 words) - 05:21, 27 May 2022
- Site of. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-01-17. Revised by … A now lost Robin Hood Court led west out of Shoe Lane to Great New Street in Holborn (Farringdon Ward Without). Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, p. 300, s.n. Robin Hood Court [1], have "Farringdon Ward Within", but British History Online: A Dictionary of London: Robin Hood Court – Rolls' Yard has "Without". It is first recorded in 1623. On 26 Oct. 1623 at the French ambassador's house in Blackfriars, London, the floor of an upper room collapsed under the weight of three hundred … reprints the list, without stating his source, in his Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster (1720) (see …9 KB (1,256 words) - 13:53, 7 January 2021
- Marion Crescent. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-12-25. Revised by … Marion Crescent runs between Powerest and Cray Valley roads, a Little northeast of an area that was once wooded and known as Robin Hood Shaw but … included in Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 293-311. Maps Bartholomew, John 1968a, 118E (Marion Crescent shown and labelled) ⁃ 25" O.S. map Kent XVI.3 (c. 1868; surveyed 1867). No copy in NLS ⁃ 25" O.S. map Kent XVI.3 …6 KB (777 words) - 00:28, 6 January 2021
- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-09-03. Revised by … The Bold Pedlar and Robin Hood belongs to the large group of mostly late ballads in which the outlaw and/or members of his band accost a stalwart stranger, who usually represents some trade, and engage in a fight with him. In this case the stranger turns out to be a cousin of Robin Hood's named Gamble Gold. As Child notes, this ballad is essentially a traditional version of Robin Hood Newly Revived Child, Francis James 1882a, vol. III, p. 154. and therefore, like it, preserves a distant echo of the tale of Gamelyn. Plot A pedlar with a pack on his back is accosted by Robin Hood and Little John. The latter asks him what he is carrying. The pedlar says his pack is full of suits of green silk and silken bow-strings. Little John wants half of it. The pedlar says he can have it all if he can make him yield an inch. Little John pulls out his sword, and the two fight. Taunting them, Robin says he could find a smaller man who could …7 KB (1,082 words) - 01:39, 1 June 2022
- Doncaster. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by … The town of Doncaster (formerly in the West Riding of Yorkshire, now administratively in South Yorkshire) is mentioned four times in the Gest (see Quotations below). According to Smith, the town is first referred to in a 4th century source as "Dano", while it occurs c. 800 as CairDaun and from 1086 on as 'Donceastre' (or similar). The etymology of the name is ' [f]ortification on the Don '. The form 'Donkesly', used in De Worde's edition of the Gest (st. 456), is not recorded by Smith who does, however, cite the form 'Doncastell' (1418). Smith, Albert Hugh 1961a, pt. 1, p. 29. In 1248, the town was granted a market to be held in the area around the Church of St Mary Magdalene; the market is still held. Major institutions in later medieval Doncaster were the Hospital of St Nicholas, the Hospital of St James (which housed a leper colony), a moot hall, grammar school, and a stone bridge with a chapel, Our Lady of …7 KB (1,005 words) - 18:18, 27 August 2021
- Wentbridge. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-06-04. Revised by … Several photos courtesy Richard Hawlor. Referred to in the Gest of Robyn Hode and Robin Hood and the Potter, Wentbridge is the name both of a bridge – first mentioned in 1190 as "pontem de Wente" Smith, Albert Hugh 1961a, pt. II, pp. 51. – over the river Went and the village that grew up around it at the northern boundary of Barnsdale. The village lies athwart the original Great North Road and hence would have been well known to travellers along this main road from London to the north and Scotland. Before the modern road was constructed, the deep incline at Wentbridge, 1 in 16, made this a dangerous place for travellers on horseback or in a horse driven carriage. Passengers would generally have had to leave the carriage during descent, as braking was dangerous, and during ascent in order to lighten the burden for the horses. Hence this was a very well chosen locale for a tale about a …13 KB (2,013 words) - 21:38, 22 November 2021
- Approximate indication of the site of the Pinder of Wakefield's Fort. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-10-01. Revised by … The Pinder of Wakefield's Fort was part of a ring of defences erected around the City of London in (mainly) late 1642 and through 1643. It is believed to have been situated … by the Royal Mail Sorting Office at Mount Pleasant. While there is thus Little doubt about the fort's approximate time of construction and only slightly … 1723, at which time it was evidently still well known. About this time or a Little later, people in the area began using the (site of the) fort as a dump, a fact which gave …11 KB (1,663 words) - 13:50, 7 January 2021
- Barnsdale Bar where the Great North Road forks; both branches were called Watling Street during the Medieval period. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-17. Revised by … In the Gest of Robyn Hode, Robin Hood sends his men to 'Watlinge Strete' to look out for wayfarers. 'Watling Street' is of course the name of the Roman (and pre-Roman) road from Dover to Wroxeter, but during the Middle Ages and the early modern period the name was also applied, at least locally, to several other stretches of Roman road, including two or three in Barnsdale. Since the 1970s it has been generally assumed that the Sayles to which Robin Hood sends three of his men to look out for wayfarers should be identified with Sayles Plantation near Wentbridge. In Barnsdale, at Barnsdale Bar, the Great North road forks into a north-westerly and a north-easterly branch, both of which were called Watling Street and both of which pass through Wentbridge. The name is recorded for the north-westerly branch (now …13 KB (1,878 words) - 19:19, 22 April 2022
- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-03. Revised by … Allusion Source notes Brackets and parentheses editorial, except indication of change of page. IRHB comments The heading of this letter, as cited in the fact box above, is part editorial, part original. The ending of the letter suggests it is signed (presumably "find" refers to the undersigned), but the printed edition indicates no signature. The editors do not identify sender or recipient of the letter, but the recipient was probably Robert Harley (1626-73), son of Sir Robert Harley (1579-1656) of Brampton Bryan, Herefordshire, and Lady Brilliana Harley, née Conway (1598-1643); see his page at The History of Parliament. Lists ⁃ Not included in Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 293-11. ⁃ Outside scope of Sussex, Lucy 1994a. Sources ⁃ Cartwright, J J 1904a, vol. I, pp. 41-42. Notes4 KB (613 words) - 18:38, 7 January 2021
- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-01-12. Revised by … Allusion Source notes Original printed text in black letter, with Roman type used for names etc., for which I have used italic type. Marginal note to the second line: "Anno. 1191. | 2. Ric. I." "I" inserted by IRHB to indicate change of line. Marginal note to the line beginning "My self remembreth": "(1553.) | (7. E. 6.)". IRHB comments Robinson's 'Thirde Assertion Englishe Hystoricall' is part of his Threefold Assertion frendly in fauour and furtherance of English Archery at this Day which in turn forms the bulk of his Avncient Order, Societie, and Vnitie Laudable, of Prince Arthure, and his Knightly Armory of the Round Table. Ritson noted in 1795 that [i]t appears from this publication that on the revival of London archery in queen Elizabeths [sic] time, "the worshipfull socyety of archers," instead of calling themselves after Robin Hood and his companions, took the names of "the magnificent prince Arthure and his …5 KB (737 words) - 21:55, 8 January 2021
- Pubs named the Green Man (Beds. to Dorset; Essex to Yorks. to follow). By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2015-07-17. Revised by … 'The Green Man' is a quite common pub or inn name in England, while the name of 'The Green Man and Still' is now much less common than it used to be. Public houses with these names usually have (or had) a sign showing a green-clad figure – now often hard to distinguish from a typical depiction of Robin Hood – or a "green man" Wikipedia: Green Man. head. These pub names and signs were not originally connected with the Robin Hood figure, though in some cases they have later come to be. Since their connection with the outlaw is only tangential, they are not given separate entries on this site. However, I include below a county-by-county list of map and literature references for such pub names found during my search for Robin Hood-related place-names, the sources being the 6" O.S. map online at NLS, Pub History, and London Pubology and many others. …39 KB (5,315 words) - 14:26, 17 June 2022