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- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-08-20. Revised by … Allusion Lists ⁃ Not included in Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 293-11. ⁃ Sussex, Lucy 1994a; see p. 267, dated c. 1500. Editions ⁃ Roberts, Edward Stanton 1927a; see pp. 51-52. Sources ⁃ Holt, James Clarke 1982a, p. 108, and see p. 194, n. 8 to ch. V. Notes1 KB (134 words) - 18:38, 7 January 2021
- Calais. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-11-04. Revised by … A ship named the 'Litell John' hailed from the Pale of Calais in 1447. See Record below. Calais was English from 1347 to 1558. Background ⁃ Wikipedia: Calais ⁃ Wikipedia: Pale of Calais. Also see ⁃ Ship names. Notes2 KB (278 words) - 12:39, 17 June 2022
- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-05-18. Revised by … Allusion Source notes The text cited above is from Stephen Morrison's edition (see Editions below). Brackets and " | " as in printed source. Brackets "enclose editorial emendations to the base text from any source"; Morrison, Stephen 2012a, vol. I, p. lxxx. " | " indicates change of MS folio. Omitted in the base text, the words "or Robyn Hoode" are supplied by Morrison from another manuscript which, like the main text witness, is probably of late 15th century date. Another MS has "and robyn hoode". The other variants for the passage cited are hardly significant for our purpose. Singing the middle part of our song refers to the theme of the sermon: Now, syne it is so that every song hathe iij partis, a trebil, a mene, and a tenor, therefore I purpose withe the gostly comforthe of almyȝti God to apply these iij partis of song vnto þe iij ordurs of the chirche: the tenor vnto presthode, the mene vnto wedloke, | …4 KB (654 words) - 18:38, 7 January 2021
- The Robin Hood Inn, Monmouth. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-07-08. Revised by … The Robin Hood Inn (Welsh: Gwesty Robin Hood) is a listed 15th century building. It has a beer garden and children's play area. Gazetteers ⁃ British Listed Buildings ⁃ Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales: Robin Hood Inn, 126 Monnow Street, Monmouth ⁃ UK Pub Finder: Robin Hood Inn, Monmouth, Gwent Sources ⁃ Wikipedia: Robin Hood Inn, Monmouth. Postcards File:Gwent Federation of Women's Institutes xxxxa-r.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Gwent Federation of Women's Institutes. The Robin Hood, Monmouth ([s.l], [s.d]) / HTN collection. File:Robin Hood Inn (Monmouth).jpg|thumb|right|500px|The Robin Hood / philbly.2 KB (301 words) - 04:46, 27 May 2022
- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-08-14. Revised by … Allusion Source notes The printed source includes a facsimile of the MS as well as a transcript. I follow the MS facsimile with regard to line divisions and capitalization. Holt and Takamiya divide the text into four quatrains. IRHB comments The MS in which this song is found was used as a fly leaf in a book but was originally part of a royal household account. The song was written after the accounts; this would have been after 1457 since two royal servants listed as recipients of payments appear to have died that year. Holt and Takamiya (1989), p. 214. When the piece of account roll was later folded and inserted into a book to serve as a fly leaf, this was done in such a way that the account entries and the verse lines were now oriented vertically, i.e. perpendicularly to the line orientation of the body of the book. A few notations and jottings were made on the fly leaf after it was fitted in the book. These follow the …4 KB (758 words) - 16:33, 15 May 2022
- Walsham le Willows. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-08-02. Revised by … The road name Robhodway occurs in two entries in the Walsham le Willows (Suffolk) court rolls for 1344 (see Evidence below). "Robhood" is recorded as a family name in Walsham le Willows from 1283 to 1628. See the page on the Robhoods of Walsham le Willows. By 1577 and probably already by the mid-15th century, "Robwood" had become the standard form of the name. As is the case with other surnames of the "Robinhood" type, the etymology is unknown, and it is not entirely certain that this surname has anything to do with Robin Hood. Although it seems more likely Robhodway was named after the local Robhood family than vice versa, this also cannot be regarded as certain. It is, however, difficult to imagine what circumstance or natural or manmade feature could have given the road its name if not the simple fact that it was the road where the Robhood family lived. Whether Robhodway is in any way a Robin …3 KB (437 words) - 11:27, 11 January 2021
- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-06-01. Revised by … The important place-name 'Barnsdale' developed from OE 'Beornsdale' to ME 'Bern(e)sdale' to ModE 'Barnsdale'. According to the foremost authority on Yorkshire place-names, the etymology of "Barnsdale" is "Beorn's valley" (dale), Beorn being an Old English personal name, which occurs also in other place-names, for instance Barnsley (c. 18 km WSW of Barnsdale). Smith, Albert Hugh 1961a, pt. II, p. 37. Here is in outline the process by which "Beorn" became "Barn": # Through an isolative sound change – a change that a sound undergoes irrespectively of the phonetic environment in which it occurs – the Old English diphthong /eo/ See Wikipedia: Old English Phonology. For simplicity's sake I ignore the distinction between short and long Old English diphthongs which, I believe, is not relevant here. Since it does no harm here, I also do not uphold a terminological distinction between 'phoneme' and 'sound'. Phonemes are put …3 KB (461 words) - 15:17, 17 May 2022
- West to east: Salford Museum and Art Gallery, and Chetham's Library. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-03-02. Revised by … Until the mid-19th century, Chetham's Library included a veritable cabinet of curiosities, among whose highlights – as they must seem to us – were several 'arrows [that] once belonged to Robin Hood'. Some time before 1866 most of this assortment of knick knack was gifted to Salford Museum and Art Gallery, which opened in 1850. See 1827 - Gregson, J S - Museum Chethamiense. This new cultural institution cannot have been too happy with its mass-acquisition, for the collection was further disbanded, and the present whereabouts of many objects are unknown. Chetham's Library: Curioser and Curioser. For more about the collection, see the page on 1827 - Gregson, J S - Museum Chethamiense. It was one of the duties of the 'blue-coat' boys from the 'Hospital', a charity school founded in tandem with Chetham's library, to act as cicerones to visitors when summoned …5 KB (637 words) - 13:50, 7 January 2021
- The Robin Hood Inn. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by … The Robin Hood Inn in Mawdesley is located at the junction of Blue Stone, Tannersmith, Tincklers and Sydbrook lanes. Its history goes back to 1841 if not earlier. According to a recent advert, the history of the pub goes back to the 15th century, but Richard Langford, a local researcher, has found no evidence to support this claim. The earliest landlord we know about is a Hugh Swift in 1841. There is no record of the inn's name at the time, See Chorley's Inns and Taverns: Mawdesley - Robin Hood Inn. but the pub is included as "Robin Hood" on the 6" O.S. map of the area published in 1847, based on a survey carried out 1845-46 (see Maps below). Gazetteers ⁃ Not included in Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 293-11. Source ⁃ Chorley's Inns and Taverns: Mawdesley - Robin Hood Inn. Maps ⁃ 25" O.S. map Lancashire LXXVI.12 (c. 1894; rev. c. 1892-93).] No copy in NLS ⁃ 25" O.S. …5 KB (610 words) - 01:13, 13 February 2021
- The Robin Hood. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by … Housed in a Grade II listed, altered 18th century building, the Robin Hood at 11 Market Hill in St Ives traded under that name … the Angel and the Swan. At least one of these may have dated back to the 15th century, for during work on the building in 2014 part of a roof of that date was found incorporated into the present structure. By 1789, when the properties were purchased by Thomas Tenison, archbishop of Canterbury, the Angel had become the White Swan and the previously single Swan had become the Three Swans. The Angel/White Swan, the eastern half of the present structure, was occupied by other businesses from 1806, being a hairdresser's from the …5 KB (761 words) - 15:31, 5 May 2022
- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-06-28. Revised by … The list includes sources discussing festivals in England and/or Scotland in general or in specific historical counties or other similar areas. Sources dealing only with specific localities are found under the localities in question. Significant ⁃ Axon, William E A 1881a, see especially pp. 57-60. Excellent discussion of Robin Hood festivals, morris dancing, and May games. Subsequent pages are devoted to a discussion of Puritan opposition to such pastimes and the "moderating" influence of James I's Book of Sports. Though dated, this paper is still of interest. ⁃ Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 37-43. Excellent discussion of Robin Hood games. ⁃ Clark, Robert L A 1997a ⁃ Fisher, Keely 1999a ⁃ Judge, Roy 1997a ⁃ Kaler, Anne K 1997a ⁃ Knight, Stephen Thomas 1993a ⁃ Marshall, John 1998a ⁃ Marshall, John 2001a ⁃ Marshall, John 2006a ⁃ …7 KB (929 words) - 22:54, 5 April 2023
- The former Plumpton Park. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-04-26. Revised by … The parking lot behind the Coach and Horses in the village of Robin Hood near Rothwell was once (part of) a garden known as Plumpton Park. The same place-name appears in the Gest of Robyn Hode (probably late 15th century). In the tithe award for the township of Lofthouse in the parish of Rothwell, drawn up 1838-1841, Plumpton Park is listed as a garden with an area of 2 roods and 32 perches ( m 2 ). Its occupier was a George Cuthwaite, the owner a Kirkby Fenton, Esq. 1838-41 tithe award for the township of Lofthouse in the Parish of Rothwell, online at the Genealogist.com, Piece 43, sub-piece 268, Image 207, item 302; also see Piece 43, Sub-Piece 268, Image 196; 1841 tithe map for the township of Lofthouse in the Parish of Rothwell, online at the Genealogist.com, Piece 43, sub-Image 001, item 302 (£). That this name should have been chosen for a garden at a place that was at that time probably …5 KB (688 words) - 17:28, 17 May 2022
- Kirklees Priory. ] By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-07-05. Revised by … Kirklees Priory was a small Cistercian priory, founded in the early 12th century Clay, C T 1954a, see p. 355. or during the reign of Henry II (1154-89), certainly in existence by 1211. Chadwick, S J 1901a, p. 323 n. 1. The only surviving part of the buildings is the Gatehouse, rebuilt in the Elizabethan period and situated on the outskirts of Kirklees Park, c. 650 m. NE of Robin Hood's Grave. According to the Gest (see Evidence below) and later sources, it was at Kirklees that Robin Hood was killed through the treachery of his cousin the prioress. Kirklees is in the township of Hartshead-cum-Clifton and in the ancient parish of Dewsbury. It occurs in the records from 1202 on as "Kirkeley", "Kyrkeleis", "Kyrkesley" and through metathesis as "Crickeleys". The strange form "Kuthelaga" has also been recorded. The etymology of the name, a compound of ON kirkja and OE lēah, is "church clearing(s)", …10 KB (1,476 words) - 23:40, 28 January 2021
- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-03-08. Revised by … On this page are found records relating to the Little John who was in royal employ as a mariner during much of the reign of Edward II. That the records listed below all refer to one and the same Little John is quite clear from the following table of facts and associations: Six of the records refer to Little John as master of one of the king's ships; two refer to him as a mariner. On the two occasions when he allegedly participates in acts of piracy or privateering, he acts in association with fellow ship's masters and sailors of the royal fleet. The home port of the royal vessels is Westminster according to the records of 1312, 1313, 1316 (both), 1317 and 1324. In the record dated 22 July 1315, our intrepid mariner is referred to as "John Petit of Westminster". The name 'atte Wose', 'atte Wase' or 'de la Woses', which occurs together with that of Little John in several of the records, has appropriately maritime connotations, …6 KB (902 words) - 12:46, 30 August 2022
- Robin Hood's Grave. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-07-06. Revised by … Situated in a wooded spot within Kirklees Park, c. 650 m. SW of Kirklees Priory gatehouse, in the grounds of the long gone Kirklees Priory, this is one of the most well known and important localities connected with Robin Hood. As noted under Kirklees Priory, traditions connecting Robin Hood with the priory go back at least to the late 15th century. It is possible that there was originally at Kirklees a grave in which a person named Robert Hood (or similar) was buried. If this was the case, the belief that this was the grave of the famous outlaw may have originated as an etiological myth, a myth of origins See Wikipedia: Myth of origins. . It does not seem anybody was ever buried under the existing monument, but it is likely the original grave was located elsewhere within the priory grounds. The garland version of the ballad of Robin Hood's Death (c. 1767) includes the earliest version of the famous …7 KB (928 words) - 02:03, 31 May 2021
- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-08-16. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, - -. Allusion Source notes Latin translation as in the MS. G.E. Morris, who published the above, added full stop after each line. I have removed them and put his ellipsis in brackets. Letters in italics (as in Morris) expand MS abbreviations. Morris has "hit" in "In hits hondus", but he notes that the MS possibly reads "hits". I have assumed the latter is the correct reading. IRHB comments The above lines of doggerel are scribbled on the verso of a blank leaf in Lincoln Cathedral MS 132, a vellum book written during the 13th and 14th centuries containing miscellaneous texts by ancient writers and medieval scholars such as Maximianus, Claudian, Alexander Neckham, John of Garland etc. G.E. Morris finds that "[o]bscurities in the Latin version suggest that the writing is a copy of an original made by a person who scarcely understood Latin." Thus one "scribble probably conceals a misunderstood contraction mark …5 KB (708 words) - 04:39, 17 January 2021
- Barnsdale Bar where the Great North Road forks; both branches were called Watling Street during the Medieval period. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-17. Revised by … In the Gest of Robyn Hode, Robin Hood sends his men to 'Watlinge Strete' to look out for wayfarers. 'Watling Street' is of course the name of the Roman (and pre-Roman) road from Dover to Wroxeter, but during the Middle Ages and the early modern period the name was also applied, at least locally, to several other stretches of Roman road, including two or three in Barnsdale. Since the 1970s it has been generally assumed that the Sayles to which Robin Hood sends three of his men to look out for wayfarers should be identified with Sayles Plantation near Wentbridge. In Barnsdale, at Barnsdale Bar, the Great North road forks into a north-westerly and a north-easterly branch, both of which were called Watling Street and both of which pass through Wentbridge. The name is recorded for the north-westerly branch (now …13 KB (1,878 words) - 19:19, 22 April 2022
- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-07-11. Revised by … Some twenty examples of ancient burial mounds or hillocks named 'Robin Hood's Butts' are known, with a concentration in the north and the southwest of England. It has been suggested, with special reference to such mounds on Danby Low Moor and Gerrick Moor in North Yorkshire, that Robin Hood's Butts may in fact owe their name to their having been used as archery butts. Midgley – A Yorkshire One-Name Study: Places which carry the name Robin Hood. They would have been targets in what is known as hoyle-shooting. According to a classic work on longbow archery: The Archery Library: The Archer's Guide: Chapter VI, 'The different Kinds of Shooting'. Hoyle is an old North-country word, signifying a small eminence as a mole-hill, and the like; which, when of sufficient prominence, may be made a mark to shoot at. In this kind of shooting there is generally a leader, who fixes on the objects to be aimed at; and it is frequently …12 KB (1,853 words) - 05:13, 27 May 2022
- Barnsdale, formerly Bernard's Hill, near Exton, Rutland. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-05-23. Revised by … Barnsdale near Exton in Rutland, a locality now largely covered by a large water reservoir known as Rutland Water, does not have any connection with Robin Hood, except the rather tenuous one that it may conceivably have been renamed after the area of the same name near Doncaster, which is one of Robin Hood's chief haunts in the earliest tales. In his 1994 monograph on Robin Hood, Stephen Knight advanced the remarkable but untenable idea that this Rutland Barnsdale was, if not the original, then at least an earlier scene of the outlaw's adventures or an alternative locale coeval with Barnsdale in South Yorkshire. It is uncertain which of these hypotheses he favoured, but he clearly felt that his discovery of this other Barnsdale was significant. He did not miss the opportunity to criticize 'empiricist historians' – often butts of his criticism – for not having …16 KB (2,405 words) - 20:51, 14 April 2022
- Thame. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-06-03. Revised by … Records Source notes The "same tyme" referred to in the 1596/97 entry is Whitsuntide. Singman, Jeffrey L 1998a, p. 181. IRHB comments It is perhaps just worth noting that the 1474/75 entry is ambiguous. A reader who was unaware that parish fundraising in late medieval and early modern times was not infrequently carried out in the name of Robin Hood would almost certainly read "hodg" as "Hodge" rather than "Hood", and if the entry had occurred on the expense side, it might conceivably have been taken to refer to a scot-ale organized by or for someone named Robin Hodge, and the use of the pet form 'Robin' would then be taken as indicating familiarity. Scot-ales, perhaps originally a means for manorial reeves and indirectly their lordly employers to wring money out of unwilling tenants, over time came to be used for raising money for various collective or private purposes, including as a means of augmenting, or in …11 KB (1,728 words) - 13:27, 7 January 2021