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Revision as of 02:20, 1 June 2018
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By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-06-01.
Record
[1532/33:]
Recd xxxviijs iiijd of Richd Som: beyng Robyn Whode anno xxiiij[1]
Source notes
"In all probability the proceeds of a collection made by 'Robin Hood' on May Day."[2] The amount xxxviijs iiijd (38s. 4d.) equals £1.92.
IRHB comments
This reference seems to have been overlooked by previous writers on pre-Restoration drama and the Robin Hood tradition.
In preceding and subsequent years there were church ales, king ales and choosing of a king and prince, the last church ale being in 1603.[3] The forthcoming REED volume on Wiltshire, being edited by Rosalind Hays, will very likely reveal new facts about Robin Hood festivals at this locality.
Lists and gazetteers
- Not included in Lancashire, Ian, compil. Dramatic Texts and Records of Britain: a Chronological Topography to 1558 (Cambridge, 1984).
- Not included in Wiles, David. The Early Plays of Robin Hood (Cambridge, 1981), Appendix I.
Sources
Notes
- ↑ Marsh, A.E.W.; Brakspear, Harold; Goddard, E.H., introd. A History of the Borough and Town of Calne (Calne and London, [1903]), p. 369.
- ↑ Marsh et al. op. cit., p. 369 n. 4.
- ↑ Marsh et al. op. cit., pp. 368-73.