1540 - Leland, John - Collectanea

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Kirklees

Bust of John Leland (from Leland, John; Smith, Lucy Toulmin, ed. The Itinerary of John Leland in or about the Years 1535-1543 (London, 1906-10), vol. I, plate facing p. 36).

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-07-12. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-06-23.

Allusion

Kirkley monasterium Monialium, ubi Ro: Hood nobilis ille exlex sepultus.

[IRHB translation:]

Kirkley Nunnery, where that noble outlaw, R. Hood, is buried.

Editions

• Leland, John; Hearne, Thomas, ed. Joannis Lelandi antiquarii de rebus Britannicis collectanea. Editio altera (Londini, 1774). See vol. I, p. 54.

Lists

• Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), p. 315.
• 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, see p. 273. Sussex incorrectly refers to "John Leland Collectanea Itinerary".

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