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- Blyth. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-10-10. Revised by … The north Nottinghamshire village of Blyth is mentioned twice in the Gest (see Evidence below). It is first mentioned in Domesday Book (1086), where … two leper hospitals, a priory, three hermitages as well as markets and fairs. of its former glory little now remains. See Nottinghamshire History: The departed glories of Blyth. Quotations Sources ⁃ A Gest of Robyn Hode (Child 117), sts. 27, 259. ⁃ Gover, John Eric Bruce 1940a, pp. 68-69. Maps ⁃ O.S. 6" Nottinghamshire V.SE (1885; surveyed 1885) ⁃ O.S. 6" Nottinghamshire V.SE (1900; rev. 1897) ⁃ O.S. 6" Nottinghamshire V.SE (1922; rev. 1918) ⁃ O.S. 6" Nottinghamshire V.SE (1950; rev. 1948). Background ⁃ Wikipedia: …4 KB (480 words) - 00:28, 6 January 2021
- , 1874).]] By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-07-28. Revised by … Allusion IRHB comments Alexander Barclay's work The Sip of Fools, published 1509, is a Scots rendering of Sebastian Brandt's Narrenschiff. Notes Editions ⁃ Barclay, … 1976a. ⁃ Sussex, Lucy 1994a, see p. 269. Cites the three Robin Hood Allusions that occur in this work. Background ⁃ Schultz, John Richie 1919a. ⁃ Wikipedia: Alexander Barclay2 KB (233 words) - 18:40, 7 January 2021
- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-08. Revised by … This is the first of two plays appended to William Copland's (c. 1560) and Edward White's (c. 1590?) printings of the Gest of Robyn Hode. Scholarly editions ⁃ Blackstone, Mary A 1981a ⁃ Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 208-14 ⁃ Parfitt, George 1978a, see pp. 6-9. Modernized text ⁃ Dacre, Michael 2013a, pp. 151-60 ⁃⁃ Dacre, Michael 2015a, pp. 151-60.914 bytes (117 words) - 05:33, 27 May 2022
- , 1874).]] By Henrik Thiil Nielsen. 2013-07-28. Revised by … Allusion IRHB comments Alexander Barclay's Ship of Fools, published 1509, is a Scottish rendering of Sebastian Brandt's Narrenschiff. Jamieson, the editor of the 1874 edition of The Ship of Fools, discusses Barclay's animosity towards Skelton op. cit., vol. I, pp. … the Sparrow – and mentions Barclay's lost work Contra Skeltonum. He sugGests Barclay may have been irked by Skelton's satirical comments on priests. This … appearance as a character in Anthony Munday and Henry Chettle's Downfall of Robert Earle of Huntington (1599) led Paula Neuss, Skelton, John 1980a, p. 88, n. to l. 357. See 1515 - Skelton, John - Magnificence. among others, to sugGest that Skelton had written something about Robin Hood. The explicit mention of a "iest" of Robin Hood makes it tempting to go further and sugGest …4 KB (601 words) - 18:38, 7 January 2021
- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-09-12. Revised by … Allusion Source notes Holt includes a reproduction of the MS page. Holt (1982), p. 70. IRHB comments Unusually for an allusion to … in this one is a keyword. As Holt notes, this acrostic is the first mention of Adam Bell and his two comrades. In the parliamentary return for the following year, the scribe "arranged the sureties of the members returned for the county and borough of Wiltshire so that the initials of the names, which were entirely fictional, formed an acrostic making up a benign prayer for the well-being of those representing the local communities at Westminster." Holt (1982), p. 69. … and secular tendency. There are vague similarities with the first few stanzas of the Gest. With "Robyn Hode Inne Grenewode Stode" compare st. 3 1: "Robyn stode in Bernesdale". With "Godeman was hee" compare st. 2 2-3: "I …5 KB (717 words) - 18:38, 7 January 2021
- The pointer put at a random spot in Holderness. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-07-17. Revised by … Holderness is an area, originally a wapentake, whose boundaries are defined by the Yorkshire Wolds to the north and west, the North Sea to the east and the Humber Estuary to the south. In the Gest (see Quotation below), Little John gets employed by the sheriff of Nottingham under the false identity of Reynold Greenleaf, pretending to be a native of Holderness. Holderness is first mentioned in Domesday Book (1086) as … The etymology is supposed to be ON "hǫldr" (a "higher yeoman", an "owner of allodial land") + OE "næss" (cape, headland). Smith, Albert Hugh 1970a, pp. … may be noted that there are a Holderness and Holderness Wood c. 1.75 km south of Mytholmroyd, West (Riding of) Yorkshire. 6" O.S. map YorkshireCCXXX.SW (1894; surveyed 1892). It is, however, very unlikely that this Holderness should be the one intended in the Gest. If it …4 KB (500 words) - 00:28, 6 January 2021
- , 1874).]] By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-07-28. Revised by … Allusion IRHB comments Alexander Barclay's work The Sip of Fools, published 1509, is a Scots rendering of Sebastian Brandt's Narrenschiff. Editions ⁃ Barclay, Alexander … 1976a. ⁃ Sussex, Lucy 1994a, see p. 269. Cites the three Robin Hood Allusions that occur in this text. Background ⁃ Schultz, John Richie 1919a. ⁃ Wikipedia: Alexander Barclay Notes2 KB (254 words) - 18:40, 7 January 2021
- Doncaster. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by … The town of Doncaster (formerly in the West Riding of Yorkshire, now administratively in South Yorkshire) is mentioned four times in the Gest (see Quotations below). According to Smith, the town is first referred to in … 800 as CairDaun and from 1086 on as 'Donceastre' (or similar). The etymology of the name is ' [f]ortification on the Don '. The form 'Donkesly', used in De Worde's edition of the Gest (st. 456), is not recorded by Smith who does, however, cite the form … 1248, the town was granted a market to be held in the area around the Church of St Mary Magdalene; the market is still held. Major institutions in later medieval Doncaster were the Hospital of St Nicholas, the Hospital of St James (which housed a leper colony), a moot hall, grammar school, and a stone bridge with a chapel, Our Lady of …7 KB (1,005 words) - 18:18, 27 August 2021
- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-07-17. Revised by … Allusion IRHB comments Given the context, "jest" and "rob" may be Allusions to Robin Hood and the Gest. The ballad of John Dory is No. 284 in Child. Child, Francis James 1882a, vol. V, pp. … Not in Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 315-19. ⁃ Outside scope of Sussex, Lucy 1994a. Sources ⁃ Taylor, John (1578-1653) 1644a. Not seen. ⁃ Taylor, John (1578-1653) 1870a, Second Collection, Mad Verse, Sad Verse, Glad Verse and Bad Verse, pp. 6-7 (separate pagination). Notes2 KB (299 words) - 18:40, 7 January 2021
- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-07-16. Revised by … Allusion Source notes P. 69, Marginal note to "holy Hayles": "An ancient Pilgrimage in Glostershire, called the holy rood of Hayles." IRHB comments The two shepherds in this eclogue are named Garbo and Winken de word. Wynkyn de Worde, William Caxton's successor, was the printer of the earliest edition of the Gest that survives in toto. "Clim a Clough" is one of the three heroes of the ballad of Adam Bell, Clim of the Clough, and William of Cloudesly. Sir Guy is presumably Guy of Warwick. The word "boord" in line four is run over from line three (as in … included in Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 293-11. ⁃ Outside scope of Sussex, Lucy 1994a. Sources ⁃ Drayton, Michael 1606a. Not seen. Notes3 KB (470 words) - 18:38, 7 January 2021
- Nottingham. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by … Nottingham, the hometown of the sheriff, is the (or a) locale in the vast majority of Robin Hood ballads, beginning with Robin Hood and the Monk (c. 1450). First recorded as "Snotengaham" in A.D. 895, the accepted etymology of "Nottingham" is "[t]he ham [homestead] of the people of Snot ", Gover, John Eric Bruce 1940a, p. 13. IRHB's brackets. Italics and bold type as in source the latter being a man's name. Nottingham in the ballads Gazetteers ⁃ Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 300-301. Sources ⁃ Gover, John Eric Bruce 1940a, p. 13. Maps ⁃ 6" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XLII.NW (1885; surveyed 1880-81) ⁃ 6" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XLII.NW (1899; rev. 1901) ⁃ 6" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XLII.NW (1920; rev. 1919) ⁃ 6" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XLII.NW (c. 1947; rev. 1938). Notes geograph-4958979-by-John-Sutton.jpg|Nottingham skyline from Sneinton / …3 KB (419 words) - 13:51, 7 January 2021
- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by … Editions Scholarly and literary collections ⁃ Allingham, William 1865a, pp. 160-236. Title: A Lytell Geste of Robyn Hode ⁃⁃ Allingham, William 1886a, pp. 160-236. Title: A Lytell Geste of Robyn Hode ⁃⁃ Allingham, William 1898a, pp. 160-236. Title: A Lytell Geste of Robyn Hode ⁃ Arber, Edward 1877a, vol. VI, pp. 423-68 ⁃⁃ Arber, … VI, pp. 423-68 ⁃ Campbell, William W 1853a, pp. 23-93: 'The Lytell Geste of Robin Hood'. Heavily modernized text ⁃ Child, Francis James 1882a, vol. III, pp. 39-89. Additions and corrections: vol. III, p. 519; vol. IV, pp. 496-97; vol. V, pp. 240, 297 ⁃ Eliot, Charles W 1910a, pp. 128-86 ⁃ Flügel, Ewald 1895a, pp. 171-86, notes pp. 449-56 ⁃ Gummere, Francis Barton 1894a, pp. 1-67; notes, pp. 313-20 ⁃⁃ Gummere, Francis Barton 1914a, pp. 1-67; notes, pp. 313-20 ⁃ …8 KB (1,109 words) - 20:11, 18 September 2023
- 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", … 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
- 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 … 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 … 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, 2017-02-15. Revised by … Based on information from Robert Lynley. Allusion Source notes The quoted passage is part of a letter written by Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (c. 1500–1552), in response to a letter of 21 May 1547 from Stephen Gardiner (c. 1483–1555), bishop of Winchester, 1531-55. Seymour was Lord Protector of England during the minority of his nephew, Edward VI (1547–49). IRHB comments "The people buy those foolish ballads of Jack-a-Lent. So bought they in times past pardons, and carols, and Robin … At this time there was certainly nothing new about the claim that tales of Robin Hood were the literature or entertainment of the foolish and ignorant. Nonetheless this allusion is significant for at least two reasons. The tales of Robin Hood were "bought", i.e. they were cheap, mass-produced literature rather than what a much later romantic age would term "folk" songs or "folk" literature. The coupling with …5 KB (830 words) - 18:40, 7 January 2021
- Wentbridge. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-06-04. Revised by … Several photos courtesy Richard Hawlor. Referred to in the Gest of Robyn Hode and Robin Hood and the Potter, Wentbridge is the name both of a bridge – first mentioned in 1190 as "pontem de Wente" Smith, Albert … river Went and the village that grew up around it at the northern boundary of Barnsdale. The village lies athwart the original Great North Road and hence would have been well known to travellers along this main road from London to the north and Scotland. Before the modern road was constructed, the deep incline at Wentbridge, 1 in 16, made this a dangerous place for travellers on horseback or in a horse driven carriage. Passengers would generally have had to leave the carriage during descent, as braking was dangerous, and during ascent in order to lighten the burden for the horses. Hence this was a very well chosen locale for a tale about a …13 KB (2,013 words) - 21:38, 22 November 2021
- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-07-14. Revised by … Essential ⁃ Gable, John Harris 1939a. With some 950 works in a total of c. 1550 editions/printings Gable's bibliography remains an essential … sources. However, the bibliography is by no means exhaustive. A wealth of materials in sources that do not belong to the Robin Hood tradition proper, especially Allusions, dramatic records, and primary soruces for Robin Hood place-names, was left untapped. Coverage of sources in languages other than English is also extremely patchy. … at: The Robin Hood Project: a Robbins Library Digital Project (University of Rochester). Extensive selection, …3 KB (382 words) - 01:58, 1 June 2022
- N to S: Castle Hill, Inch Lane, Burghwallis (Barnsdale Lodge), and Styrrup. Green ribbon meandering from Conisbrough (W of Doncaster) to Holmfirth is River Dearne. Waypoints for River Dearne provided … Dykan Hayes, Sundance, sc71, Paul Berry, Steeley, Firefishy, myfanwy, Warofdreams, denbydale, The Trautbec, and Med; adapted by Henrik Thiil … By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-10-08. Revised by … In my discussion of Wentbridge, I note that the cryptic allusion to it in the Gest, "But as he went at a brydge ther was a wraste-lyng", Gest, st. 135. may be the result of an attempt at emendation by a printer who had not heard about the place See my discussion of Wentbridge. and therefore could not make sense of the line ⁃"But at wente brydge ther was a wrastelyng". The asterisk indicates a hypothetical reading. However, it is certainly …21 KB (3,440 words) - 22:03, 10 June 2022
- The marker indicates the probable centre of Barnsdale, at whose northern boundary lay Wentbridge. Barnsdale's extent in … By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by … Barnsdale was one of Robin Hood's two chief haunts in the medieval and early modern outlaw … North Road about halfway between Doncaster and Pontefract in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Following Dobson & Taylor (1972), Dobson, Richard Barrie 1972a, … 11-20. modern historians have tended to relocate it to an area somewhat north of its original location. However, a close reading of the Gest of Robyn Hode (see "Location and extent" below) sugGest this may not be necessary. The etymology of "Barnsdale" is "Beorn's valley", Smith, Albert Hugh 1961a, pt. II, p. 37. Beorn being an OE personal name, which occurs also in other place-names, for instance Barnsley (c. 18 km …31 KB (4,592 words) - 19:21, 12 February 2023
- By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by … Introduction Gover, Mawer and Stenton note in the English Place-Name Society's volume on Nottinghamshire that [a]s might be expected in the county of Nottingham references to the Robin Hood story are frequent but none of the names is recorded except in modern maps and documents. We may note Robin … (£). was completed on 3 Oct. 2020. Everything found in the course of this search has a page of …6 KB (861 words) - 05:06, 27 May 2022