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- Wakefield. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by … Richard Braithwaite in his Strappado for the Diuell mentions May games at Wakefield. Born in Kendall (Cumberland) and educated at Oxford, he may not have known much about Wakefield, and it is possible he invented these annual May games and dances "vpon Wakefield greene" as a punning allusion to George à Greene, the Pinder of Wakefield. On the other hand, he may have had first or second hand knowledge of such festival traditions in Wakefield. Allusions Lists and gazetteers ⁃ Outside scope of Lancashire, Ian 1984a. ⁃ Outside scope of Wiles, David 1981a, Appendix I. Background ⁃ Wikipedia: Wakefield Notes2 KB (291 words) - 13:27, 7 January 2021
- Anonymous. [Collection of English metrical romances and ballads, with marginal notes by Thomas Percy, Bishop of Dromore; being the volume from which he selected his "Reliques of Ancient Poetry," published in 1765]. Paper. Mid-16th century. [c. 520 pp.]. Oblong Folio. Add MS 27879. Repository ⁃ BL. Bibliographical sources ⁃ BL: Explore Archives and Manuscripts ⁃ Wikipedia: Percy Folio. Citation ⁃ Anonymous. [Percy Folio MS]. Add MS 27879 (c. 1650) .829 bytes (97 words) - 20:56, 22 March 2021
- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-08. Revised by … The phrase Robin Hood's pennyworths signifies something bought at a much lower price than usual, at a robber's price. This proverb was in vogue from around the middle of the 16th century to the early years of the 18th century. Collection and lists ⁃ Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, p. 291. ⁃ Walker, William 1672a, sig. D4 v. Brief mention ⁃ Gilchrist, Robert Murray 1913a, p. 24. ⁃ Heywood, John 1906a, p. 191. ⁃ Turner, Joseph Horsfall 1893a, p. 203: '"To sell Robin Hood pennyworths," is to sell at half value.' Notes1 KB (143 words) - 06:34, 12 March 2021
- The site of Robin Hood Green. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-01-17. Revised by … Located in Lostock Gralam, Robin Hood Green is first recorded on Andrew Bryant's 1831 Map of Cheshire. Bryant, A, Map of Cheshire (1831) (Cheshire Local History Association: 16th - 19th century maps of Cheshire). According to Dodgson, John McNeal 1970a, vol. I, p. xxv, incorrectly cites Bryant's first name initial as W. Dodgson lists this place-name under 'Lostock Green', probably regarding it as another name for that hamlet, Dodgson, op.cit., vol. II, p. 190, but Bryant's map has it immediately west of Lostock Gralam, whereas Lostock Green is located c. 1 km south of Lostock Gralam. The two Greens can thus hardly be identical, unless Bryant's map has Robin Hood Green in the wrong place. The place-name would seem to be defunct, for as of January 2017 we found no mention of it on the Web. Gazetteers ⁃ Not included in Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 293-311. Sources ⁃ …3 KB (446 words) - 01:25, 1 March 2021
- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-07-05. Revised by … Revised on the basis of comments from Geoff Spencer. Allusion Source notes The MS source is 'M [vol. 160] 16'. Holmes, Richard 1894a, p. 111. Brackets as in prinetd source. IRHB comments A. H. Smith appears to date this passage from one of Roger Dodsworth's notebooks to the 16th century. Smith, Albert Hugh 1933a, see p. 485, and Smith, Albert Hugh 1961a, pt. … shortly before 1600 that Smith would hardly simply have dated the note to the 16th century. Something like ' c. 1600' or 'late 16th cent.' would have been more natural. Dodsworth's first dated writing on antiquarian topics is from 1605, and few other dated items from his hand are as …5 KB (867 words) - 00:09, 5 June 2021
- Windsor Castle. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-10-16. Revised by … Allusions IRHB comments Since this event had to be filed under some place and date, I have assumed the celebration occurred on the wedding day and at Windsor Castle where the wedding took place, but this is of course not certain. The celebration in question may have taken shortly after the wedding, and it may have been in London or Brighouse. The latter is the township in which Kirklees Priory, the alleged scene of Robin Hood's death, was situated. In the 16th century, Kirklees Hall was built on the priory grounds, in part from materials from the priory buildings. Lists and gazetteers ⁃ Outside scope of Lancashire, Ian 1984a ⁃ Outside scope of Wiles, David 1981a, Appendix I. Sources ⁃ Turner, Joseph Horsfall 1893a, pp. 204-205. Background ⁃ Wikipedia: Alexandra of Denmark ⁃ Wikipedia: Brighouse ⁃ Wikipedia: Edward VII ⁃ Wikipedia: Kiklees …3 KB (370 words) - 13:27, 7 January 2021
- Locksley Drive. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-11-20. Revised by … A short bit of road which connects Robin Hood Road and Lockfield Drive about midway between Knaphill and St John's, Woking, is named Locksley Drive. As there are several other Robin Hood-related place-names in the vicinity, it seems very likely the name is inspired by the Robin Hood tradition. Since it is uncertain whether Locksley is here to be understood as the name of the place Robin Hood came from according to certain 16th century traditions or as an alias of the outlaw himself, it cannot really be classified as a bona fide Robin Hood name. Instead I have put it in the "Miscellaneous" category. Locksley Drive is not shown or labelled on any of the maps listed below, the latest dating from c. 1946. Gazetteers ⁃ Not included in Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 293-311. Maps Locksley Drive shown but not labelled on these maps. ⁃ 25" O.S. map Surrey XVI.11 (1916; rev. 1913) ⁃ 25" …4 KB (478 words) - 13:51, 7 January 2021
- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-06-12. Revised by … "Robin Hood" has occasionally been used as a common noun. It may mean a lie or tall tale or it may be used as a generic term for a rebel. Robin Hood = a lie Apparently "Robin Hood" has been used as a noun meaning "a daring lie". John S. Farmer notes in his edition of John Heywood's Dialogue that "[...] the story of Robin Hood ultimately grew so misty and traditional that the name became a generic byword for the marvellous that was not believable. Thus Robin Hood, subs. = a daring lie [...]". Heywood, John 1906a, p. 191. Unfortunately he cites no source or example, neither is this particular use of the name instanced in Heywood's Dialogue. Brief mention ⁃ Heywood, John 1906a, p. 191. Robin Hood = a rebel During the 1590's, the name "Robin Hood" enjoyed a brief vogue as a synonym for a rebel, traitor, enemy or criminal in the English state correspondence that was occasioned by the so-called Tudor conquest of …2 KB (377 words) - 06:40, 12 March 2021
- Nottingham Castle. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-10-10. Revised by … Nottingham Castle, built by William the Conqueror, sits in a commanding position on a promontory known as "Castle Rock", with 40 m high cliffs to the south and west. During the Middle Ages it was a major royal castle and an occasional royal residence. In decline by the 16th century, the castle was largely demolished in 1649. The Duke of Newcastle later built a mansion on the site, which was burnt down by rioters in 1831 and left as a ruin. This was later rebuilt to house an art gallery and museum, which are still in use. Thus not much of the original castle survives, but enough remains to give an impression of the layout of the site. Robin Hood-related art in the form of a statue, reliefs, and a topiary, is found within the castle grounds, mainly at or near the Castle's gatehouse. While it has connections with Robin Hood, these are not really close. There are local traditions to the effect that Robin was …4 KB (579 words) - 13:50, 7 January 2021
- The site of Robinhood. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-01-18. Revised by … A cluster of three buildings, probably a farmstead, immediately east of London Road (A523), in Sutton, south of central Macclesfield, is labelled 'Robinhood' on O.S. maps from 1842 on. Dodgson, John McNeal 1970a, vol. I, p. 123. And see Maps section on this page. As far as I can see, Dodgson, in the first English Place-name Society volume on Cheshire lists this locality under both Macclesfield and Sutton. Under the latter he notes that "Moss End or Robin Hood" is thus labelled on Bryant's 1831 map of Cheshire. Unfortunately the only version of this map available online is in such low resolution that I have not been able to locate 'Moss End or Robin Hood" on it (see Maps section below), Dodgson, op. cit., vol. I, pp. 123, 155. but it seems likely that the element 'moss' refers to Danes Moss, near which the Robinhood listed under Macclesfield is located, so we are probably here concerned with duplicate …4 KB (503 words) - 00:43, 6 January 2021
- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-07-12. Revised by … Fulk Fitz-Warin III (c. 1160-1258) was a Marcher Lord and heir to Whittington Castle in Shropshire, who in 1200, when he was denied the right to inherit the castle, went into rebellion against King John. He was pardoned and reinstated as lord of Whittington in 1203. His deeds and those of his ancestors were the subject of a 13th century Anglo-Norman narrative poem that was part ancestral romance, part outlaw tale. This is lost, but a very close 13th century prose paraphrase survives. There was also an ME metrical romance which was still extant in the mid-16th century, when John Leland made excerpts from it, supplementing it, where a couple of leaves were missing, with the Anglo-Norman version. The story of Fulk's outlawry, as told in these literary sources, is not only very interesting in it own right but also has many clear, sometimes very close, parallels to the early Robin Hood ballads, especially the Gest. Literary sources …3 KB (442 words) - 05:17, 27 May 2022
- Probable location of 'Callis'. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-07-31. Revised by … By the last quarter of the 18th century there was evidently a tradition in the Halifax area to the effect that Robin Hood had resided in a house at Callis, a locality on the south side of the Calder, c. 250 m south of Charlestown. John Watson who reports this tradition puts his entry on Callis under the township of Sowerby. Watson, John 1775a, p. 293. Callis is on the western side of Callis Wood, north of Erringden Moor. Among other localities in the vicinity with the element 'Callis' in their names are Callis Wood Bottom, Callis Bridge and Callis Nab. Smith, Albert Hugh 1961a, pt. III, pp. 171-72. The early 25" O.S. maps listed below have a 'Callis Wood House' c. 200 m east of Callis. A large, still existing farm there is known locally as Callis House Farm. Charlestown History Group: Callis Wood, Erringden and South Hillside. If not the farm itself then a predecessor was most likely the place …4 KB (636 words) - 18:59, 22 April 2022
- The former Robin Hood. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-05-24. Revised by … The Robin Hood at 12 New Street, the Barbican, Plymouth, already seems to have had a long if largely unrecorded (or undiscovered) history when it closed as a public house in 1931 to continue or be revived as the Robin Hood Club, a night club. The grade II listed 12 New Street is a beautiful 16th century building in Plymouth's oldest street. Historic England: The Robin Hood Club. … Hood and Little John at Prince Rock, which was in existence by the mid-19th century. Chris Robinson's Plymouth: Robin Hood (page no longer exists; website still online. ) Circa 2009, the Robin Hood nightclub gave way to Shirley Valentine's Taverna, which specialised in Turkish and Mediterranean cuisine Plymouth CAMRA: Shirley Valentine's Taverna. Still more recently this restaurant was replaced by Kapadokya, a …6 KB (722 words) - 13:53, 7 January 2021
- Loxley. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by … The village of Loxley, now a suburb of Sheffield, is first mentioned (as "Lokkeslay") in 1329. There are references also to Loxley Firth, Loxley Plain and Loxley Chase etc.; the latter still survives. See for instance 6" map Yorkshire 288 (1855; surveyed 1850-51) and the maps listed in the Maps section below. The etymology of Loxley is "Locc's forest-glade". Locc was an Old English personal name well-attested in both place-names and on coins. This is the Loxley most generally believed to be the locality connected with Robin Hood. Smith, Albert Hugh 1961a, pt. 1, pp. 225, 226; pt. VII, p. 73. Smith notes simply that "[t]his Loxley is the one associated with the Robin Hood ballads". Smith. op. cit., pt. I, p. 225. Although there must have been local traditions connecting Robin Hood with Loxley by the late 16th century, only a few late ballads associate him with the area. The first known source to connect Robin Hood …5 KB (683 words) - 02:30, 31 May 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
- Spur Bridge, Aunby, near which Robin Hood's Cross was probably located. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-17. Revised by … At least until the mid-16th century, a 'Robin Hood's Cross' stod on or near the Rutland–Lincolnshire county boundary, somewhere north of Stamford. It is recorded twice in the years 1524–35. The editor of State Papers Henry VIII Anonymous 1836a, p. 90. believed the "Robyn Hoddes Crosse" mentioned in a 1524 letter from Thomas Wolsey to Thomas Howard (1473-1554), 3rd Duke of Norfolk and Earl Marshall (see Allusion below), was situated somewhere in Northumberland, Ibid., p. 478. but this must be a mistake. First, for what it is worth, I have never seen any mention of such a place in Northumberland. Secondly, I believe the editor was led to conclude that the Duke was already in Northumberland by Wolsey's instructing the Duke to write to the King and Queen of Scotland that he "be commyn unto the Borders" to assist them. He may also have been …8 KB (1,170 words) - 07:52, 3 December 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
- Robin Hood's Well, Extwistle By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-02-10. Revised by … Robin Hood's Well in Extwistle, c. 400 meters west of Black Clough Head, is or was named after Robin Hood's House or vice versa. The well is located eight or ten meters north-east of the House. Robin Hood's Well in Extwistle is thus labelled on a 6" O.S. map published 1848 and based on a survey carried out in 1844 (see Maps below). Later 6" O.S. maps include Robin Hood's House, but not the well. The House is at the eastern edge of one 25" O.S. map sheet, the Well at the western edge of a neighbouring one. No edition of the latter is online as of 10 Feb. 2019. John A. Clayton wrote the following excellent account of the site c. 2005: The hamlet of Haggate is on the cross-roads from Nelson to Worsthorn and Burnley to Halifax. The route through the nearby hamlet of Lane Bottom follows the Thursden Valley to the slopes of Boulsworth Hill. At the head of this climb through the valley is an Iron Age …5 KB (798 words) - 13:50, 7 January 2021
- Bowstones a.k.a. Robin Hood's Bow Stones, Lyme Handley By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-02-20. Revised by … The Bowstones, situated beside the old Disley–Macclesfield ridgeway, overlooking Lyme Park, the Cheshire Plain, the City of Manchester and the Peak District, were known as Robin Hood's Stones, Bow Stones and Picking Stones in 1810. William Marriott noted these folk names (see Allusions below) in the course of an extensive discussion of these and other stones he believed to be related. He generally used their more common name 'Bow Stones' (now usually spelt 'Bowstones'). The stones originally formed the shafts of an Anglian cross, the western being 1.22 metres high, tapering from a diameter of c. 40 cm at the base to c. 27 cm at the top, the eastern being 98 cm high and c. 40 cm in diameter. The stones have interlaced carvings in a style indicating a date no later than the 10th century. It has been suggested that they were moved to their present location and fitted …9 KB (1,268 words) - 13:50, 7 January 2021
- Southampton, the homeport of the Petit John. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-04-22. Revised by … The Petit John was a royal ship, of a type known as a balinger or ballinger, whose homeport was Southampton. Figuring in the records from 1416 to 1423, this is the oldest vessel known to have been named 'Little John'. In his review of the work in which the records are found – they are cited below – J. R. Maddicott noted, as if this interpretation were certain, that 'the historian of popular culture may note the appearance in the accounts of a ship called the Little John, a rare and early allusion to the Robin Hood ballads'. Maddicott, John Robert 1982a. Apart from a few printed in appendixes the records are in fact inventories, not accounts, and not only can the bare mention of the name 'Little John' not be taken as an allusion to ballads, it is in fact also doubtful if the vessel was named after the traditional character, something Maddicott could hardly have failed to notice …7 KB (1,130 words) - 16:59, 30 July 2021