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Ritson, Joseph, ed. Robin Hood: A Collection of All the Ancient Poems, Songs, and Ballads, Now Extant, Relative to that Celebrated English Outlaw. Edited by Joseph Ritson (Cambridge Library Collection, Literary Studies). [Cambridge]: Cambridge University Press, 2015. 2 vols. [4], [2], cxx, 167, [1]; [4], [4], 220, [4], … table; music. Col. illus. covers. Illustrators: Thomas Bewick (1753-1828) and John Bewick. ISBN 978-1-108-07816-0 (vol. I); ISBN 978-1-108-07817-7 (vol. II). … version' of the 1795 first edition. Citation ⁃ Ritson, Joseph, ed. Robin Hood: A Collection of All the Ancient Poems, Songs, and Ballads, Now Extant, Relative to that Celebrated English Outlaw. Edited by Joseph Ritson (Cambridge Library Collection, Literary Studies) ([Cambridge]: Cambridge University Press, 2015)

The Robin Hood. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07.Revised by … The Robin Hood in Cherry Hinton is an old pub. The first notice I have so far found of it is … in Notes & Queries in April 1854, where a P.J.F. Gantillon notes that "The Robin Hood inscription is found, with a very Little variation, in front of a public-house at Cherryhinton [sic], at the corner of … in mind is exemplified by this one from Castleton near Whitby: To gentlemen and yeomen good, Come in and drink with Robin Hood; If Robin Hood is not at home, Come in and drink with Little John. M, F 1853a. The original building, a thatched cottage, was demolished in 1960 or earlier and replaced by the present building, at which time the establishment was given the name Robin Hood & Little John, which it retained as late as November 2007. Subsequently the name has been changed …

The Highway man, formerly Robin Hood and Little John. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-09-24. Revised by … 'Robin Hood and Little John' was the former name of a pub now named 'The Highway Man' in Walton Highway, West Walton, Norfolk, not far from the pre-1972 Cambridgeshire/Norfolk county boundary. According to the 1861 census as well as that of 1871, the publicans were then Robert and Elizabeth Gathergood. [Cambridgeshire Community Archive Network: Wisbech: The Robin Hood public house, Walton Highway.] Probably the name of the pub was already at that time 'Robin Hood and Little John'. It is found under this name on an 1887 O.S. 6" map of Norfolk. Later 6" … Image Gallery below) notes that the Highway Man was "[f]ormerly called The Robin Hood". Geograph: TF4913: The Highwayman pub, Walton Highway. I do not know when the pub lost its Robin Hood …

Robin Hood and Little John. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by … This inn located … web edition of: 'Parishes: Litlington', in: A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely, vol. 8 (1982), pp. 54-66. Its name is supposed to have been inspired by a local tradition that Robin Hood shot an arrow from the mound on Limlow Hill which, according to one version, landed in Litlington Chalk Pit and grew into a thorn tree. Another variation is that the arrow fell on Ermine … included in Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 293-311. Sources ⁃ Cambridgeshire Record Office, 296/SP 454. Mentions closing of the inn in 1910 cf. British History Online (see below). Not seen ⁃ Cambridge Chronicle, Aug. 23, 1811. Cf. British …

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by … Allusion IRHB comments After bears Nos. 16 and 17 is a left curly brace followed by the words "two white Beares." More often … ⁃ Outside scope of Sussex, Lucy 1994a. Sources ⁃ Taylor, John (1578-1653) 1638a. Not seen. Background ⁃ Wikipedia: Beargarden Notes

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 …

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-07-14. Revised by … This page on websites includes a short list of lists of websites and a slightly longer list of websites as well as a long list of potentially useful web resources. Lists and webographies ⁃ Robin Hood Project at the University of Rochester: Other Ressources. Lists a handful of dedicated sites. Robin Hood Websites The items included here deal exclusively with or include substantial amounts of material on the Robin Hood tradition. ⁃ Experience Nottinghamshire: Robin Hood (official tourism website of Nottinghamshire) ⁃ Here Begynneth A Lytell Geste of Robin Hood… ⁃ The Legend of Robin Hood ⁃ Our Nottinghamshire: Robin Hood ⁃ The Outlaw Robin Hood - His Yorkshire Legend (Barbara Green) ⁃ Robin Hood: Bold Outlaw of Barnsdale and Sherwood. Site with information on various aspects of the tradition, history etc. ⁃ Robin Hood Loxley Yorkshire ⁃ The Robin Hood …

Litlington Chalk Pit. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by … According to local tradition, Robin Hood shot an arrow from the mound on Limlow Hill 700 m to the east which, according to one version, landed in the chalk pit and grew into a thorn tree. Another variation is that the arrow fell on Ermine … the arrow fell, the tradition was supposedly commemorated in the name of the Robin Hood & Little John inn in Litlington, which was established by 1811 and closed in 1910. Its is hardly possible to say how much older this tradition … The chalk pit is now a County Wildlife Site under habitat restoration managed and owned by the South Cambridgeshire District Council. Quotations One source [Courcy-Ireland Courcy-Ireland, Magens de. History of Abington Pigotts with Litlington: Churches & Parishes, with the Manors (Royston, 1944), p. 48. ] says that the arrow fell in the village chalk pit (now disused, [...] a few hundred metres …

Limlow Hill. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by … Just south of Litlington village, east of the road to Royston, is Limlow Hill, Alternative forms are 'Limblow' and 'Linglow': Hughes, Thomas McKenny 1891a, see p. 396. which was formerly crowned by a tumulus c. 5.5 m high and c. 13 m in diameter, surrounded by a ditch and bank. In 1888 or 1892 Reaney, Percy Hide 1943a, p. 57, s.n. 'Limlow Hill'. this prominent landmark was destroyed and leveled by the farmer on whose field it was situated. According to local tradition, Robin Hood, standing on the mound, shot an arrow which either fell in Litlington Chalk Pit c. … c. 2.5 km away. The tradition was supposedly commemorated in the name of the Robin Hood & Little John inn in Litlington, which was established by 1811 and closed in 1910. It is hardly possible to say how much older this tradition may be. Skeletons …

By the coast: Caister Castle. The Pastons were in intermittent possession of Caister Castle, and it may have been where W. Wood performed in one or more Robin Hood plays. Well inland: Norwich, another possible venue for W. Wood's performances. By Henrik …           Wyrsshypffull and ryght hertyly belowyd broþer, I recomande me on-to yow, letyng yow wet e þ a t on Wednysdaye last past I wrot e yow a lett er wheroff John Garbalde had þe beryng, promyttyng me þ a t ye shold haue it at Norwyche … I praye yow to take a labor e acordyng afftr e þe tenur e off þe same, and þ a t I maye haue an answer e at London to Hoxon iff any massenger come, as … abut þe xxvj daye off Marche last past be-twyn þe Duke off Borgoyn and ' þe Frense Kyng ys …

Short introduction We hope that this wiki will in due course come to live up to its somewhat grand name. It is called 'International' because in addition to the vast amount of … secondary literature, children's fiction, literature on foreign analogues of Robin Hood etc. Arguably 'Bibliography' is a misnomer as the site already includes a … the biblio­gra­phical aspect is in all cases taken quite seriously, and there is already a wiki named the Robin Hood Wiki, so another name had to be found for the site. Latest news NEW … tithe awards for the following English counties have now been searched for Robin Hood-related place names: …

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 … 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 … 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. …