1324 - Little John de Cokcroft
| Record | |
|---|---|
| Date | 1324 |
| Topic | Little John de Cokcroft fined for not using the mill. |
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-07-24. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-07-24.
Record
Little John de Cokcroft, 2d; Henry de Cokcroft, 3d; John de Cokcroft, 4d; Henry de Godelay, d; Thomas s. of Robert de Risheword, 4d; William de Snape, 2d, and Robert de Walrunwalle, 6d, for withdrawing from suit of the mill.[1]
Source notes
Court held at Wakefield, on Friday 1 June [1324]. The entry occurs under the MS heading 'Sourby' (Sowerby).[2]
IRHB comment
The entry refers to a Little John de Cokcroft as well as a John de Cokcroft tout court. Robert, son of John de Cockecroft figures in the court rolls in 1326, and John de Cockecroft in 1327,[3] On these occasions there is no need to distinguish between two John de Cokcrofts as only one is mentioned. He may well have been the man figuring as John de Cokcroft tout court in 1324, but we cannot rule out the possibility that he was in fact Little John de Cokcroft. The 1324 Little John seems to have been overlooked by Yorkshire local historians and others scouring the Wakefield Manor court rolls for 'originals' of the characters of the early Robin Hood poems.
Lists
- Not included in Sussex, Lucy, compil. 'References to Robin Hood up to 1600', in: Knight, Stephen. Robin Hood: A Complete Study of the English Outlaw (Oxford, UK; Cambridge, Massachusetts: Blackwell, 1994), pp. 262-88.
Sources
- Walker, J.W., ed.; [Stokes, Ethel, transcr.], Court Rolls of the Manor of Wakefield. Vol. V. 1322-1331 (Yorkshire Archæological Society, Record Series, vol. CIX) (1945), p. 31; and see pp. 26, 83, 109.
Also see
Notes
- ↑ Walker, J.W., ed.; [Stokes, Ethel, transcr.], Court Rolls of the Manor of Wakefield. Vol. V. 1322-1331 (Yorkshire Archæological Society, Record Series, vol. CIX) (1945), p. 31.
- ↑ Lister, John, ed.; [Stokes, Ethel, transcr.]; [Longbotham, A.T., index.]. Court Rolls of the Manor of Wakefield. Vol. IV. 1315 to 1317 (Yorkshire Archæological Society, Record Series, vol. LXXVIII) (1930), pp. 26, 31; brackets as in printed source.
- ↑ Lister, John, ed.; [Stokes, Ethel, transcr.]; [Longbotham, A.T., index.]. Court Rolls of the Manor of Wakefield. Vol. IV. 1315 to 1317 (Yorkshire Archæological Society, Record Series, vol. LXXVIII) (1930), pp. 83, 109.