1730 - Gent, Thomas - History of York (3)

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-07-06. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-07-12.

Allusion

So likewise a Part of the Sea takes its Name from this famous Robber, call'd Robin Hood's Bay, not very far from Whitby.

IRHB comments

Gent's text continues immediately from allusion 1730 - Gent, Thomas - History of York (2).

Lists

• Not in Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976).
• 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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