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{{quote|[Letter from John Favour, vicar of Halifax, to John Savile, esq., one of the Barons of the Exchequer, asking him] to take order for punishing one Robert Smyth, <keyword>commonly called Robin Hood</keyword>, that hath bene a long tyme a sorcerer and a ffortune-teller, a blasphemer of God, and a seducer of poor people, ignorant but passing obstinate and wilful: getting of servants and children both monye and apparell to tell fortunes, and so following all ffayres and marketts — one of the first order of rogues, and so to be punished. The canons of the Church severely censuring such men[.] Dated Halifax this 7th day of August. 1598.<ref>{{:Walker, Walter James 1885a}}, p. 6.</ref>}}</onlyinclude> | {{quote|[Letter from John Favour, vicar of Halifax, to John Savile, esq., one of the Barons of the Exchequer, asking him] to take order for punishing one Robert Smyth, <keyword>commonly called Robin Hood</keyword>, that hath bene a long tyme a sorcerer and a ffortune-teller, a blasphemer of God, and a seducer of poor people, ignorant but passing obstinate and wilful: getting of servants and children both monye and apparell to tell fortunes, and so following all ffayres and marketts — one of the first order of rogues, and so to be punished. The canons of the Church severely censuring such men[.] Dated Halifax this 7th day of August. 1598.<ref>Quoted in {{:Walker, Walter James 1885a}}, p. 6.</ref>}}</onlyinclude> | ||
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John Favour was vicar of Halifax for thirty years. Born at Southampton, he was educated at Winchester and at New College, Oxford from 1576 to 92 (LL.S. 31 Apr. 1585; LL.D. 5 June 1592). He was instituted as vicar at Halifax on 3 Dec. 1593, became master of St Mary Magdalene's Hospital there in 1608, collated to the prebend of Oxton in the collegiate church of Southwell on 30 sep. 1611, resigned as vicar of Halifax in 1623, succeded by his son John. He became prebendary of Oswaldwick in York Minster on 2 sep. 1614, from which he resigned in 1617 on being made precentor of York with the prebend of Driffield annexed. He was chaplain to Archbishop Matthew and residentiary of York.<ref>{{:Walker, Walter James 1885a}}, p. 1, who has "Archbishop Matthews", which should be "Matthew" cf. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobias_Matthew Wikipedia: Tobias Matthew.]</ref> | |||
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Minster Wikipedia: Halifax Minster.] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Minster Wikipedia: Halifax Minster] | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobias_Matthew Wikipedia: Tobias Matthew.] | |||
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Revision as of 20:25, 29 October 2018
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-10-29. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-10-29. Allusion, background materials and comments kindly provided by Robert Lynley.
Allusion
[Letter from John Favour, vicar of Halifax, to John Savile, esq., one of the Barons of the Exchequer, asking him] to take order for punishing one Robert Smyth, commonly called Robin Hood, that hath bene a long tyme a sorcerer and a ffortune-teller, a blasphemer of God, and a seducer of poor people, ignorant but passing obstinate and wilful: getting of servants and children both monye and apparell to tell fortunes, and so following all ffayres and marketts — one of the first order of rogues, and so to be punished. The canons of the Church severely censuring such men[.] Dated Halifax this 7th day of August. 1598.[1]
Source notes
IRHB's brackets.
No reference is provided to the MS source of the cited passage.
John Favour was vicar of Halifax for thirty years. Born at Southampton, he was educated at Winchester and at New College, Oxford from 1576 to 92 (LL.S. 31 Apr. 1585; LL.D. 5 June 1592). He was instituted as vicar at Halifax on 3 Dec. 1593, became master of St Mary Magdalene's Hospital there in 1608, collated to the prebend of Oxton in the collegiate church of Southwell on 30 sep. 1611, resigned as vicar of Halifax in 1623, succeded by his son John. He became prebendary of Oswaldwick in York Minster on 2 sep. 1614, from which he resigned in 1617 on being made precentor of York with the prebend of Driffield annexed. He was chaplain to Archbishop Matthew and residentiary of York.[2]
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- 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.
- Outside scope of 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.
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Notes
- ↑ Quoted in Walker, Walter James; Walker, Edward Johnson, compil. Chapters on the Early Registers of Halifax Parish Church (Halifax, 1885), p. 6.
- ↑ Walker, Walter James; Walker, Edward Johnson, compil. Chapters on the Early Registers of Halifax Parish Church (Halifax, 1885), p. 1, who has "Archbishop Matthews", which should be "Matthew" cf. Wikipedia: Tobias Matthew.
Halifax Minster, formerly Halifax parish church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist / J.W: Holdsworth, 7 Sep. 2009, Creative Commons via Wikipedia.