1308 - Robert Hodde of Alverthorpe

Record
Date	1308
Topic	Robert Hodde of Alverthorpe injured Henry Archur's wife and Juliana Horsse.

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Alverthorpe, now a Wakefield suburb.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2015-09-15. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-09-18.

Record

[1308:]
Robert Hodde drew blood from the wife of Henry Archur; 12d. And from Juliana Horsse; 12d.

Source notes

Wakefield Manor court rolls; court held at Wakefield (West Riding of Yorkshire), 13 December 1308. MS heading: 'Alverthorpe'.

IRHB comments

I believe accidentally injuring someone would have resulted in a fine at this time, so the incident(s) referred to did not necessarily involve any acts of violence.

Lists

• Not included in 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.

Sources

• Baildon, William Paley, ed. Court Rolls of the Manor of Wakefield, vol. II: 1297 to 1309 (The Yorkshire Archæological Society, Record Series, vol. XXXVI) (Leeds, 1906), p. 191, and see p. 190.

Background

• Wikipedia: Alverthorpe.

Also see

• Robin Hoods in Wakefield Manor Court Rolls (links)
• Wakefield.

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