1484 - Robin Hood's Close (Nottingham)
From International Robin Hood Bibliography
Record | |
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Date | 1484-85 |
Topic | Robin Hood's Close (Nottingham) |
St Ann's Well a.h.a. Robin Hood's Well, close to which Robin Hood's Close was located.
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2016-10-09. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-04-05.
Record
[1484-85:]
Item paid, the xij. day of Maj to Richard Norys and
John' May for hedgyng at þe Copy and at Robyn-
hode Closse, by þe space of iiij. dayes, eider of
them takyng by þe day to mete and hier, iiijd.:
summa . . . . . . . . . ijs. viijd.[1]
Source notes
This occurs in Nottingham chamberlains' accounts under the heading: "Reparacions and Costes made on dioerse thinges both within þe town and without, as herafter apperith."[2] The editor notes, vol. III, p. 475, s.n. Robin Hood's Close: "This was near S. Ann's Well, formerly known as Robin Hood's Well."
IRHB comments
Robin Hood's Close was located close to St Ann's Well, which was formerly known as Robin Hood's Well.
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
- Stevenson, W.H.; Raine, James, transl.; Baker, W.T., ed.; Guilford, E.L., ed.; Gray, Duncan, ed.; Walker, V.W., ed. Records of the Borough of Nottingham, Being a Series of Extracts from the Archives of the Corporation of Nottingham (London; Nottingham, 1882-1956), vol. III, p. 230; and see vol. III, p. 229.
Brief mention
- Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), p. 301, s.n. 'Robin Hood's Close'.
Also see
- 1485 - Robin Hood's Close (Nottingham)
- 1499 - Robin Hood's Close (Nottingham)
- 1624 - Robin Hood's Acre (Nottingham)
- Robin Hood's Close (Nottingham)
- Robin Hood's Well (Nottingham).
Notes
- ↑ Stevenson, W.H.; Raine, James, transl.; Baker, W.T., ed.; Guilford, E.L., ed.; Gray, Duncan, ed.; Walker, V.W., ed. Records of the Borough of Nottingham, Being a Series of Extracts from the Archives of the Corporation of Nottingham (London; Nottingham, 1882-1956), vol. III, p. 230.
- ↑ Stevenson, W.H.; Raine, James, transl.; Baker, W.T., ed.; Guilford, E.L., ed.; Gray, Duncan, ed.; Walker, V.W., ed. Records of the Borough of Nottingham, Being a Series of Extracts from the Archives of the Corporation of Nottingham (London; Nottingham, 1882-1956), vol. III, p. 229.