1379 - Robert Hode of Wakefield

Record
Date	1379
Topic	Robert Hode of Wakefield

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Wakefield.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-07-18. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-07-18.

Record

[1379:]
Robertus Hode & Johanna vx˜ ejus  . . iiij.d.

[IRHB translation:]
Robert Hode and his wife . . iiij.d.

Source notes

Robert Hode and his wife pay 4d. in Poll Tax. Listed under the village of 'Wakefeld', Wapentake of 'Aggebrig' (Agbrig).

IRHB comments

This tax was the infamous Poll Tax that precipitated the 1381 social revolt. For Robert Hoods in Wakefield, see Robin Hoods in Wakefield Manor Court Rolls (links).

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

• Anonymous, ed. 'Rolls of the Collectors in the West-Riding of the Lay-Subsidy (Poll Tax) 2 Richard II., Wapentake of Aggebrig'', Yorkshire Archæological and Topographical Journal, vol. VI, part XXII (1880), pp. 150-71; see p. 152.

Background

• Wikipedia: Wakefield.

Also see

• Robin Hoods in Wakefield Manor Court Rolls (links).

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