Little John's Chain Mail (Hathersage Church)
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Hathersage Church where the Little John relics were found before c. 1750.
[[File:|thumb|right|500px|The chain mail has disappeared, but Hathersage Church is still in its place / Colin Jackson, Creative Commons, via Panoramio.]]
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-01-05. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-04-05.
Part of Little John's chain mail with his bow, helmet and arrows hung in Hathersage Church until the mid-18th century. The subsequent fate of the chain mail is unknown.Template:PnItemQry
Sources
- HopeValley.org.uk: Little John - 3 - the great bow.
- Hulbert, Martin F.H. Let these Stones live: Little John and St. Michael and All Angels, Hathersage ([Hathersage], 1981) (not seen, but cf. HopeValley.org.uk).