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Revision as of 13:25, 7 January 2021
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By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2015-08-27. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-07.
Records
[1540/41:]
And thereof payde ffor Robert Hode & lytyll lohn
Cott viij s & ffor ther Wardyns Labor as the Custom
ys ij s[1]
[1573/74:]
Item that Willyam Downam beynge Robyn Hoode &
Water Holwill lytle lohn made an ale & gatheringe & xl s
brought yn redie monye
ij[2]
[1574/75:]
Item p for xxvty yeardes of canvas after x pens the yeard xx s x d
Item p to androw peyrs for maken of Roberte
Hoodes Howse xvj d[3]
[1576/77:]
Item receaued of William Dounom & Water Holwill the
monye that they made with ale when he was
Roberte Hood &c xl s[4]
[1581/82:]
Source notes
All items from St Switbin's Churchwardens' Accounts.
1540/41: accounts rendered 8 October; ale wardens' account.
1573/74: ale wardens' account.
1574/75: under heading "Payments". Both items: "p" = 'payd'; abbreviation mark missing
1576/77: under heading "Receipts".
1581/82: under heading "Receipts.
IRHB comments
The Woodbury accounts for this period also include payments for gear and costume for a fool.[6] There were church ales in the period 1541-1606.[7]
Lists and gazetteers
- Lancashire, Ian, compil. Dramatic Texts and Records of Britain: a Chronological Topography to 1558 (Cambridge, 1984), No. 1525.
- 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, see pp. 274, 280, 282.
- Wiles, David. The Early Plays of Robin Hood (Cambridge, 1981), Appendix I, No. 12.
MS sources
- Anonymous. St Swithin's, Wodbury, Churchwardens' Accounts. Devon Record Office, Exeter; East Devon Record Office, Woodbury. PW1. 1537-1792, ff. 5, 42v*, pp. 221, 230, 254.
Printed sources
- Wasson, John M., ed. Devon. (Records of Early English Drama) (Toronto; Buffalo; London, ©1986), pp. 284-86, and see pp. xxv (bis), xxvi, livf, lxii.
Background
Notes