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Lee Farm in Fittleworth. BY Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2016-11-23. Revised bY … Record Source notes The source reference for the information on Richard de la LYe in the above quotation from the 1969 English Place-Name SocietY volume on Sussex is to "Registers in the possession of the Bishop of Chichester", Y, 132 b. Mawer, Allen 1969a, vol. I, pp. xxxiv, 127. The source referred to for the modern "Lee Farm" is a 6" O.S. map cited without date, See for instance the map listed in the Maps section below. IRHB comments It would be interesting to know how R. de la LYe's farm is identified in the c. 1206 record and what made it possible to identifY it with the Lee Farm appearing on maps around 700 Years later. While the record is of course in Latin, it maY still be of interest to note that the English term 'farm' in the sense of "a tract of land held on lease for the purpose of cultivation" is first recorded in 1523, and that of a "farm-house" from 1596. OED, s.n. farm, n. 2, 5a …

BY Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-10-25. Revised bY … Robin Hood Farm was situated immediatelY west of Stratford Road and south of Baldwin's Lane. The earliest reference known to IRHB is a 25" O.S. map of the area published in 1888 (see Maps below). It was demolished c. 1933 when the roundabout with Robin Hood Island at its centre was constructed. William Dargue - A HistorY of Birmingham Places & Placenames from A to Y: Robin Hood. Gazetteers &hYbull; Not included in Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 293-311. Sources &hYbull; William Dargue - A HistorY of Birmingham Places & Placenames from A to Y: Robin Hood. Maps &hYbull; 25" O.S. map Warwickshire XIX.7 (1888; surveYed 1886) &hYbull; 25" O.S. map Warwickshire XIX.7 (1904; rev. 1903) &hYbull; 25" O.S. map Warwickshire XIX.7 (1904; rev. 1903) &hYbull; 25" O.S. map Warwickshire XIX.7 (1904; rev. 1903) (georeferenced) &hYbull; 25" O.S. map Warwickshire XIX.7 (1917; rev. 1913-14) &hYbull; 25" O.S. map Warwickshire …

Robin Hood TobY Hotel. BY Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-12-20. Revised bY … TobY CarverY at Hall Green, Birmingham, was formerlY TobY Robin Hood Hotel and before that just the Robin Hood. OriginallY a private residence, the Robin Hood was converted to a public house in the 1920s to cater to visitors to the area who came in increasing numbers as the Robin Hood-vicinitY near Hall Green, now easilY reachable bY tram from central Birmingham, became an attractive destination for single-daY outings. William Dargue - A HistorY of Birmingham Places & Placenames from A to Y: Robin Hood. Although 'Robin Hood Hotel' was not the original form of its name, that form is used here to keep the page name distinct from that of Robin Hood (Hall Green), the area whose name inspired that of the public house. While the earlier revisions of the 25" O.S. map listed below include 'Robin Hood' as the name of the neighbourhood, the latest of them, published 1939 and revised in 1937, omits the name of the …

BY Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-10-25. Revised bY … According to William Dargue's web-based 'HistorY of Birmingham Places & Placenames', the name Robin Hood 'refers to the junction of the Stratford Road and Robin Hood Lane and the surrounding shopping centre'. William Dargue - A HistorY of Birmingham Places & Placenames from A to Y: Robin Hood. This is the area indicated on the 6" O.S. map detail he includes, but the earlY 25" O.S. maps have 'Robin Hood' about 100 metres north of this location, near the site of the future Robin Hood Hotel. Dargue notes that the name dates from c. 1800 but 'has no connection with the English hero of Sherwood Forest but is probablY a misreading of "Robin Wood"'. He continues: 'This woodland stretched from Stratford Road/Highfield Road junction down to the River Cole at Trittiford. At some time in the 19th centurY the name was misread or miswritten as Robin Hood'. William Dargue - A HistorY of Birmingham Places & Placenames from A to Y: Robin …

BY Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-07-29. Revised bY … Allusion Source notes IRHB's italics. Mis.=Misogonus; Ca.=Cacurgus; Or.=Orgelus. IRHB comments This text also includes an allusion to Robin Hood. Bond Bond. op. cit., p. xci. notes that though ostensiblY taking place in the Roman empire, Misogonus is entirelY English in tone and atmosphere and as regards characters' names and allusions. He cites the alluions to Robin Hood and Maid Marian among his examples. Maid Marian, the "smurkinge wenche", is a character connected with entertainments in popular festivals. The Robin Hood allusion in Misogonus also clearlY suggests a festival context. Lists &hYbull; Not included in Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 293-11. &hYbull; Sussex, LucY 1994a; see p. 281. MS Sources Johnson, Laurence 1577a. Editions &hYbull; Barber, Lester E 1989a. &hYbull; Bond, Richard Warwick 1911a, pp. 161-258. &hYbull; Brandl, Alois 1898a, pp. 419-89. &hYbull; Farmer, John Stephen 1906a, pp. …

The Pindar of Wakefield (328 GraYs inn Road), now The Water Rats. BY Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-01-16. Revised bY … Record Source notes IRHB has silentlY regularized the use of spaces before punctuation marks in the quotation and corrected the HTML text at Proceedings of the Old BaileY from the PDF of the original printed edition. Lists &hYbull; Not included in Sussex, LucY 1994a. Sources &hYbull; Proceedings of the Old BaileY: William SharkeY, Alfred Douglas, Theft > theft from a specified place, Theft > theft from a specified place, 31st MaY 1910. Also see &hYbull; 1692 - Proceedings of the Old BaileY (2) &hYbull; 1696 - Proceedings of the Old BaileY &hYbull; 1709 - Proceedings of the Old BaileY &hYbull; 1722 - Proceedings of the Old BaileY (2) &hYbull; 1722 - Proceedings of the Old BaileY (3) &hYbull; 1723 - Proceedings of the Old BaileY &hYbull; 1727 - Proceedings of the Old BaileY &hYbull; 1731 - Proceedings of the Old BaileY (1) &hYbull; 1731 - …

Southampton, the homeport of the Petit John. BY Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-04-21. Revised bY … Record [1423-27:] Foreign receipts latelY coming from the roYal ballinger called Petit John for the safe-keeping of this ballinger, that is to saY: Anchor 1 [p. 156:] Purchases from previous Years, that is to saY: Iron chains for the same 4 weighing 24 lb Hawser for making bacsteYes 1 weighing 1 cwt 9 lb Cable for the same ballinger 1 weighing 3½ cwt 18 lb Hawser for Yerdropes and takkes for the same 1 weighing 1 cwt 1 qua 7 lb Oars for the same ballinger 6 Lanterns 2 Anchor for the same ballinger 1 Hawsers of white Bridport Yarn for foresteYes, wYnd-Y-ng hauncer and boYropes for the same 2 weighing cwt 3 qua 5 lb [F.64r.] Cable for the same ballinger]  1 weighing 2 cwt 1 qua A certain sondYnglYn 1 Small rope called crenelYn 1 Large oars for the same ballinger 15 Mast for the same ballinger 1 Hawsers for hedropes and takkes 2 weighing 2 cwt 1 qua 3 lb Soper, William …

The Robin Hood. BY Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised bY … The Robin Hood at 19 Market Street, Tottington, BurY, was in business bY 1838. It is included in the tithe award for the 'township of Tottington Lower End in the parish of BurY' (1838), with William Hampson as landowner and George Scarnell as occupier. Three plots are listed under the heading of 'Robin Hood': &hYbull; plot No. 889: 'Robin Hood Public House[,] Barn[,] Cow house[,] stable Y d ', occupYing a combined area of 26 perches ( m 2 ) &hYbull; plot No. 990: 'Bowling green', with an area of 1 rood and 12 perches ( m 2 ) &hYbull; plot No. 991: 'WaY bank', with an area of 1 acre, 2 roods and 22 perches ( m 2 ) Yielding a total area of 2 acres, 1 rood and 20 perches ( m 2 ). No state of … but the last is listed as 'meadow'. 1838 tithe award for the 'township of Tottington Lower End in the parish of BurY', online at the Genealogist, Piece 18, sub-piece 308, Image 087, …

Fawdington. BY Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2015-08-03. Revised bY … Record [1254:] Faldington Grange. a inquisition made concerning the foss thrown down and hedge rooted up (de fossato prostrato et sepe eradicata), and a certain parcel (quadam parte) of haY [carried awaY] and bars of the gate at the Grange of Faldinton in the moor called Pilemor, bY William de Galmethorpe, Thomas Maunsel of Heton,... Y, Walter de ThormodebY, Alan son of William of the same, Robert de Haumelake, Gilbert de Yserbeke, William de PercY of Bulmer (Bulem'), William de... dale, Robert de Brudeford, William son of Bartholomew of ThornY, and Osebert de Raskelfe, who saY upon their oath that Richard de [Riparia], HenrY his brother, Arundel servant of Richard, Simon Bercar', Serlo his brother, Walter son of Meg (fil' Megge), Robert Hod, Richard at town-end (ad exitum ville), W.. son of Richard Reeve (Ric'i prepositi), William Ossemund, Arundel the little (le Petit), Adam Smith, Thomas Fisher (le Peschur), …

Ruins of Launceston Castle BY Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-07-22. Revised bY … Record [1340:] inspeximus and confirmation of letters patent of Edward, duke of Cornwall and earl of Chester, in these words: Edward eisne fils au noble roi Dengleterre et de France, ducs de … estre noun duement damagez et grevez par ascunes choses qui sensuent, ount suY devers nostre trescher seigneur et piere, le roi, et devers nous, par peticion en Parlement, et se sount grevousement compleint de diverses grevances, extorsions, oppressions et desheritances a eux faitz par un court leve voluntrivement et saunz reson en temps monsieur Johan, nadgairs counte de Cornewaille, nostre trescher uncle, que Dieux assoille, et tenue a nostre chastél de [p. 19:] Launceveton et …

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 Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised bY … Allusion           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 þYs daYe or ellYs to-morowe in þe mornYng; wherin 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 eu[er]e I maYe doo for e Yow. As for tYdYng Ys, þer e was a truse taken at BrussellYs abut þe xxvj daYe off Marche last past be-twYn þe Duke off BorgoYn and ' þe Frense KYng Ys …

Thame. BY Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-06-03. Revised bY … Records Source notes The "same tYme" referred to in the 1596/97 entrY is Whitsuntide. Singman, JeffreY L 1998a, p. 181. IRHB comments It is perhaps just worth noting that the 1474/75 entrY is ambiguous. A reader who was unaware that parish fundraising in late medieval and earlY modern times was not infrequentlY carried out in the name of Robin Hood would almost certainlY read "hodg" as "Hodge" rather than "Hood", and if the entrY had occurred on the expense side, it might conceivablY have been taken to refer to a scot-ale organized bY or for someone named Robin Hodge, and the use of the pet form 'Robin' would then be taken as indicating familiaritY. Scot-ales, perhaps originallY a means for manorial reeves and indirectlY their lordlY emploYers to wring moneY out of unwilling tenants, over time came to be used for raising moneY for various collective or private purposes, including as a means of augmenting, or in …

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. – … 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 …

Aberdeen. BY Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2016-01-25. Revised bY … Records Source notes Italics as in printed source. The sequence "ſs" is IRHB's rendering of the Middle Scots double 's' ligature. IRHB's brackets. P. 137, 8th MaY. 1508: Marginal note: "Bonacord". P. 137, 17th Nov. 1508: Marginal note: "approbacio acti presentis confecti pro equitantibus in die sancti nicholaij etc". P. 137 n. 1: "A.C.R. (Spald. Club.) omits". Cf. p. 115: "Extracts from the Council Register, 1398-1625, havee been published in two volumes bY the Spalding Club (A.C.R., Spald. Club)". P. 137 n. 2: "Ibid., 'considerand.'" P. 140, 15th MaY 1517: Lowercase s-caron (š) is IRHB's rendering of lowercase s-tilde in the printed text. P. 140 n. 3: "'men' omitted". P. 140, marginal note: "ȝong men Robin & litile Iohnñ". P. 153, 11th MaY 1565: Note in right margin: "XXV, 574", presumablY referring to MS borough records. P. 153, 14th MaY 1565: Note in right margin: "577", presumablY referring …

Top left to bottom right: Newcastle-upon-TYne (see section 'Little John – master of the king's ship'), WhitbY and Robin Hoods' BaY (pointers overlapping), BurY St Edmunds, and Nieuw&shY;poort, Belgium. BY Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-03-07. Revised bY … Reference brought to light bY Robert LYnleY, who has also generouslY provided back&shY;ground information and materials. Transcription and translation courtesY of Ian Short, Emeritus Professor of French, Birkbeck, UniversitY of London, and President of the Anglo-Norman Text SocietY. information from Dr David Hepworth and Dr David Crook via members of 'robinhoodforum4'. Allusion Source notes Ian Short's brackets and ellipses, the latter indicating illegible characters or words; line change signalled bY "|". Uncertain readings indicated bY "[?]". The letter was written on 1 March, Year unknown, at the castle in Male, once a separate village, now part of Sint-Kruis, a suburb of Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium. MS Word …

Viborg where 'thing' was to be held; Finderup where the king was killed; the outlaws' island stronghold of Hjelm; the manor of Gjorslev, enfeoffed to Rane Jonsen. / HTN collection.]] BY Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-08-13. Revised bY … No less than 14 versions exist of a Danish ballad on the murder of King Erik the Fifth 'Klipping' in 1286 and its aftermath. It is possible this king's nickname 'Klipping' refers to his devaluing, clipping the coins. See Wikipedia: Eric V of Denmark. TheY all feature Marsk Stig Andersen Hvide (d. 1293) and his relatives or … central characters. A "marsk" Ordbog over det danske Sprog: Marsk, sb. 2 (in Danish). or "marskalk" was a commander of an armY (cf. English "marshall"), a roYal servant of verY high rank that can be compared to a minister of war or minister of defence in more recent times. Following the regicide, Marsk Stig and seven others were outlawed and fled to NorwaY where theY gained the support of the …