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Revision as of 22:49, 6 June 2018
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-07-31. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-06-06.
Allusion
The humble peticion of the students of Graies Inne.— That whereas we Thomas Lutterell and others students in Grayes Inne throughe or unadvised facte in defacinge Woods stake [a.k.a. Robin Hood's stake] have incurred yor honors heavye displeasure for wch we are more greeved then for our present imprisonment Wee therefore wth sorowfull & submissive myndes most humblie beseache your Lps of your accustomed goodnesses to have favourable consideracion of us in this case and to measure the matter wth our meaninge wch was voyde of gyvinge any cause of offence unto your honours.[1]
Source notes
Editor's brackets. Editor cites source as "Burleigh papers, cvi. 20, Lansdowne MSS", noting that the letter evidently refers to the defacing of Robin Hood's stake (for which see entry of the allusion 1585 - Buck, John - Pension Book of Gray's Inn).
IRHB comments
The archery targets, "stakes", on Finsbury Fields had names. One of them was Robin Hood's Stake;[2] presumably this was the object of the vandals' attention. This item has not been mentioned in previous studies.
Notes
Lists
- Not included in Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), pp. 315-19.
- 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
- Fletcher, Reginald James, ed. The Pension Book of Gray's Inn (Records of the Honourable Society) 1569-1669 (London, 1901-10), vol. I, p. 489 n. 1.
Background
- K., A. J. 'Archery in Finsbury Fields', Gentleman's Magazine, vol. CII (1832), pp. 209-13; see especially p. 210 & n. ✝.