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Stepney. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-11. Revised by … At a tournament at Stepney on 29 May 1309, Giles Argentine (c.1280-1314) was announced as King of the Greenwood. He was an illustrious knight who got himself illustriously killed at the battle of Bannockburn. In his time he was – at least in Britain – considered one of the greatest knights in Europe, but he was also a reckless youth who frequently got himself into trouble, now with the law, now with the king, now with the fishermen of London, etc. Kathryn Warner, who has written an excellent biographical blog post about Giles Argentine, renders the Latin "dicebatur" in the chronicle entries cited below as "was crowned 'King of the Greenwood'". While this seems right at first sight, I do not believe it is exactly what the chroniclers meant. Ian Lancashire catalogued the event as a "[t]ournament in which Giles Argentine entered as King of the Greenwood". Lancashire, Ian 1984a, No. 1413. This is an …

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-08-17. Revised by … Allusion Source notes The Annales Paulini are the annals of St Paul's Cathedral, London. Marginal note (MS): "Hastiludium apud Stebenhethe". Marginal note (editorial): "May 28. Tournament at Stepney." IRHB comments There is an almost identical entry in the Annales Londonienses. See this for discussion, comments, references to literature etc. Lists ⁃ Lancashire, Ian 1984a, No. 1413. ⁃ Outside scope of Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 315-19. ⁃ Not included in Sussex, Lucy 1994a. Sources ⁃ Stubbs, William 1882a, pt. 1, p. 267. Notes

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-01. Revised by … Allusion Source notes The passage occurs on sig. C2v in the original pamphlet. "This passage was apparently suggested by one in The Just Censure, where 'Martin Senior' proposes various persons for offices in Whitgift's household: John Bridges, dean of Sarum, is to be his fool, Doctor Underhill his almoner, Bancroft and drunken Gravate the yeomen of his cellar [...]". IRHB comments Given the ballad and play of Robin Hood and the Potter, it seems likely the allusion to a Morris dance featuring a potter character is somehow Robin Hood-related. Lists ⁃ Not included in Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a, pp. 293-11. ⁃ Sussex, Lucy 1994a; see p. 283. Editions ⁃ Nashe, Thomas 1966a, vol. IV, p. 56. Notes

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-08-21. Revised by … Allusion Source notes Marginal note (MS): "De domino Egidio Argentein". Marginal note (editorial): "Tournament at Stepney, May 28." IRHB comments There is an almost identical entry in the Annales Paulini. Giles Argentine (c.1280-1314) was an illustrious knight who got himself illustriously killed at the battle of Bannockburn. In his time he was – at least in Britain – considered one of the greatest knights in Europe, but he was also a reckless youth who frequently got himself into trouble, now with the law, now with the king, now with the fishermen of London. See Stubbs. loc. cit. for the fishermen, and see Kathryn Warner's blog post about Giles Argentine Kathryn Warner, who has written an excellent biographical blog post about Giles Argentine, renders the Latin "dicebatur" in the chronicle entry as "was crowned". While this may be right, I do not believe it is exactly what the chronicler meant. Ian …

Short introduction We hope that this wiki will in due course come to live up to its somewhat grand name. It is called 'International' because in addition to the vast amount of material that exists in English, we intend to add information about materials in other languages such as translations of ballads, secondary literature, children's fiction, literature on foreign analogues of Robin Hood etc. Arguably 'Bibliography' is a misnomer as the site already includes a wealth of all sorts of information one would not nor­mally expect to find in a biblio­gra­phy, but the biblio­gra­phical aspect is in all cases taken quite seriously, and there is already a wiki named the Robin Hood Wiki, so another name had to be found for the site. Latest news NEW subsite: IRHB Editions, currently with a single edition: A Gest of Robyn Hode ⁃ 2024-03-12: All tithe awards for the following English counties have now been searched for Robin Hood-related place names: …

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-01. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-07-01. Allusion Source notes P. 83: The May-game of Martinisme] Another book which never appeared. 2. defflie] A frequent form of 'deftly'. [p. 55:] 5. Paris-garden] See Collier, Hist. E. Dr. Poet., 1831, iii. 278, &c.; a paper by W. Rendle in Harrison's Descr. of Eng., ed. N. S. S., Pt. iii, apx. I; Mr. Ordish's Early London Theatres, cap. 5, and Henslowe's Diary, ed. W. W. Greg, pt. ii, p. 35. The whole subject of Paris Garden is somewhat complicated, but it seems fairly safe to say that originally bear-baitings were held within the manor of Paris (or Parish) Garden, a district of considerable size, and that when later – though many years before Nashe wrote – they were transferred to the Bear Garden, an amphitheatre on the Bankside, near, but not within, the manor, the name of the Parish Garden baitings still clung to them. Thus, at the end of the sixteenth century, 'Parish Garden' generally meant …