1344 - Robhodway (Walsham le Willows) (2)

Record
Date	1344
Topic	Robhodway [Walsham-le-Willows]

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Walsham le Willows.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2016-12-10. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-10-18.

Record

[12 Apr. 1344:]
Roger the Prior of Ixworth amerced 3d. for making an encroachment at Robhodway, digging a claypit on the common.¹⁰

IRHB comments

This and another 1344 entry in the court rolls are the only known records of this place-name. Presumably the road was named after the local Robhod family.

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

• Lock, Ray, ed.; Bailey, Mark, general ed. The Court Rolls of Walsham le Willows 1303-1350 (Suffolk Records Society, vol. XLI) (Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1998), p. 271.

Background

• Walsham le Willows: History Group.
• Wikipedia: Walsham le Willows.

Also see

• 1344 - Robhodway (Walsham le Willows) (1)
• Robhoods of Walsham le Willows (links)
• Robhodway (Walsham le Willows).

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