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[[File:Fountains Abbey view02 2005-08-27.jpg|500px|thumb|right|Fountains Abbey from the south-west.]]
[[File:Fountains Abbey view02 2005-08-27.jpg|500px|thumb|right|Fountains Abbey from the south-west.]]
[[File:Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire, UK - Diliff.jpg|500px|thumb|right|Fountains Abbey viewed from the west / Photo by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountains_Abbey#/media/File:Fountains_Abbey,_Yorkshire,_UK_-_Diliff.jpg David Iliff. License: CC-BY-SA 3.0.]]]
[[File:Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire, UK - Diliff.jpg|500px|thumb|right|Fountains Abbey viewed from the west / Photo by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountains_Abbey#/media/File:Fountains_Abbey,_Yorkshire,_UK_-_Diliff.jpg David Iliff. License: CC-BY-SA 3.0.]]]
[[File:hodges_george_1904a_facing_p52.jpg|500px|thumb|right|Fountains Abbey  / From Hodges's 1904 book.]]
[[File:hodges_george_1904a_facing_p52.jpg|500px|thumb|right|Fountains Abbey  / From Hodges's 1904 book.]]
[[File:gasquet_francis_aidan_1908a_fountains_abbey.jpg|500px|thumb|right|Fountains Abbey  / From Gasquet, 1908.]]
[[File:gasquet_francis_aidan_1908a_fountains_abbey.jpg|500px|thumb|right|Fountains Abbey  / From Gasquet, 1908.]]
[[File:StudleyAbbey1.JPG|500px|thumb|right|Interior of the abbey church looking down the nave.]]
[[File:Fountains Abbey view02 2005-08-27.jpg|500px|thumb|right|Interior of the abbey church looking down the nave.]]
[[File:Walbran john richard 1863b.jpg|500px|thumb|right|Fountains Abbey from the east / From: Walbran (Surtees Soc.), 1863.]]
[[File:Walbran john richard 1863b.jpg|500px|thumb|right|Fountains Abbey from the east / From: Walbran (Surtees Soc.), 1863.]]
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Fountains Abbey is the home of the "Curtal Friar" and the scene of the main action of the ballad of [[Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar]] (Version A in MS of c. 1650, version B first printed 1663). This Cistercian monastery was founded in 1132 and dissolved in 1539. The ruins are a grade I listed building owned by the National Trust. Together with the gardens and adjacent deer park they form the UNESCO World Heritage site ''Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey''.<ref>[http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/fountains-abbey/ Fountains Abbey website.]</ref>
Fountains Abbey is the home of the "Curtal Friar" and the scene of the main action of the ballad of [[Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar]] (Version A in MS of c. 1650, version B first printed 1663). This Cistercian monastery was founded in 1132 and dissolved in 1539. The ruins are a grade I listed building owned by the National Trust. Together with the gardens and adjacent deer park they form the UNESCO World Heritage site ''Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey''.<ref>[http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/fountains-abbey/ Fountains Abbey website.]</ref>


Although the play of [[Anonymous_-_Robin_Hood_and_the_Friar|''Robin Hood and the Friar'']] (printed c. 1560) has essentially the same plot as the ballad of ''[[Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar]]'' it never mentions Fountains Abbey or refers to Robin Hood's adversary as the Curtal Friar. The ballad is the first known source to connect the friar with Fountains Abbey.
Although the play of [[Anonymous_-_Robin_Hood_and_the_Friar|''Robin Hood and the Friar'']] (printed c. 1560) has essentially the same plot as the ballad of ''[[Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar]]'' it never mentions Fountains Abbey or refers to Robin Hood's adversary as the Curtal Friar. The ballad is the first known source to connect the friar with Fountains Abbey.


Within the abbey grounds lie (or lay) two places named after Robin Hood: [[Robin Hood's Wood (Fountains Abbey)|Robin Hood's Wood]] and [[Robin Hood's Well (Fountains Abbey)|Robin Hood's Well]], while a third, [[Lady Chapel (Fountains Abbey)|the Lady Chapel]], has Robin Hood associations. In Nidderdale, some 12 km west of the abbey grounds, Fountains Abbey owned an extensive, mainly moorland, area known as Fountains Earth, within which was found a place named [[Robin Hood's Park (Fountains Earth)|Robin Hood's Park]] and another [[Robin Hood's Well (Fountains Earth)|Robin Hood's Well]].
Within the abbey grounds lie (or lay) two places named after Robin Hood: [[Robin Hood's Wood (Fountains Abbey)|Robin Hood's Wood]] and [[Robin Hood's Well (Fountains Abbey)|Robin Hood's Well]], while a third, [[Lady Chapel (Fountains Abbey)|the Lady Chapel]], has Robin Hood associations. In Nidderdale, some 12 km west of the abbey grounds, Fountains Abbey owned an extensive, mainly moorland, area known as Fountains Earth, within which was found a place named [[Robin Hood's Park (Fountains Earth)|Robin Hood's Park]] and another [[Robin Hood's Well (Fountains Earth)|Robin Hood's Well]].{{PnItemQry}}
=== Quotations ===
== Quotations ==
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Every Sunday throughout the year,<br/>
Every Sunday throughout the year,<br/>
A noble shall be thy fee.<ref>''Curtal Friar B'', sts. 6-7, 39.</ref></p></div>
A noble shall be thy fee.<ref>''Curtal Friar B'', sts. 6-7, 39.</ref></p></div>
 
== Gazetteers ==
=== Allusions ===
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=== Gazetteers ===
* Not included in {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, pp. 293-311.
* Not included in {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, pp. 293-311.


=== Sources ===
== Sources ==
* {{:Child, Francis James 1882a}}, vol. III, p. 123.
* {{:Child, Francis James 1882a}}, vol. III, p. 123.
* {{:Child, Francis James 1882a}}, vol. III, pp. 124, 126.
* {{:Child, Francis James 1882a}}, vol. III, pp. 124, 126.
* {{:Smith, Albert Hugh 1961a}}, pt. V, p. 191.
* {{:Smith, Albert Hugh 1961a}}, pt. V, p. 191.


=== Maps ===
== Maps ==
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/102344587#zoom=7&lat=2059&lon=1850&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Yorkshire 119'' (1856; surveyed 1849-53)]
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/102344587#zoom=7&lat=2059&lon=1850&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Yorkshire 119'' (1856; surveyed 1849-53)]
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/100944440#zoom=6&lat=2754&lon=2325&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Yorkshire CXIX.SW'' (1910; surveyed 1907)]
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/100944440#zoom=6&lat=2754&lon=2325&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Yorkshire CXIX.SW'' (1910; surveyed 1907)]
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* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/100944434#zoom=5&lat=2717&lon=2213&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Yorkshire CXIX.SW'' (1947; surveyed 1938)]
* [http://maps.nls.uk/view/100944434#zoom=5&lat=2717&lon=2213&layers=BT 6" O.S. map ''Yorkshire CXIX.SW'' (1947; surveyed 1938)]


=== Photos ===
== Photos ==
* [http://www.mypennines.co.uk/nidderdale/walks/270211.html#sthash.w0KnJd95.dpbs My Pennines: Fountains Abbey (27 Feb. 2011)]
* [http://www.mypennines.co.uk/nidderdale/walks/270211.html#sthash.w0KnJd95.dpbs My Pennines: Fountains Abbey (27 Feb. 2011)]
* [http://www.mypennines.co.uk/nidderdale/walks/071012.html#sthash.Bkwmyevd.dpbs My Pennines: Fountains Abbey (7 Oct. 2012).]
* [http://www.mypennines.co.uk/nidderdale/walks/071012.html#sthash.Bkwmyevd.dpbs My Pennines: Fountains Abbey (7 Oct. 2012).]


=== Background ===
== Background ==
Many items here have not been seen. Although several briefly mention the Robin Hood traditions connected with the abbey, they are of more interest for the general background information they provide on the abbey.
Many items here have not been seen. Although several briefly mention the Robin Hood traditions connected with the abbey, they are of more interest for the general background information they provide on the abbey.
* {{:Anonymous 1806a}}.
* {{:Anonymous 1806a}}
* {{:Anonymous 1806b}}.
* {{:Anonymous 1806b}}
* {{:Anonymous 1828a}}.
* {{:Anonymous 1828a}}
* {{:Anonymous 1828b}}.
* {{:Anonymous 1828b}}
* {{:Anonymous 1838a}}.
* {{:Anonymous 1838a}}
* {{:Anonymous 1839a}}.
* {{:Anonymous 1839a}}
* {{:Anonymous 1895a}}.
* {{:Anonymous 1895a}}
* {{:Anonymous 1949a}}.
* {{:Anonymous 1949a}}
* {{:Anonymous 1950a}}.
* {{:Anonymous 1950a}}
* {{:Anonymous 1988a}}.
* {{:Anonymous 1988a}}
* {{:Armstrong, J L 1905a}}, pp. 82-85.
* {{:Armstrong, J L 1905a}}, pp. 82-85
* {{:Baddeley, Mountford John Byrde 1890a}}, pp. 55-61.
* {{:Baddeley, Mountford John Byrde 1890a}}, pp. 55-61
* {{:Barber, Fairless 1874a}}.
* {{:Barber, Fairless 1874a}}
* {{:Beckett, Lucy 1998a}}.
* {{:Beckett, Lucy 1998a}}
* {{:Bell, Charles Carlyle 1932a}}.
* {{:Bell, Charles Carlyle 1932a}}
* {{:Black, Adam 1858a}}, pp. 216-23.
* {{:Black, Adam 1858a}}, pp. 216-23
* {{:Black, Adam 1871a}}, pp. 36-53.
* {{:Black, Adam 1871a}}, pp. 36-53
* {{:Borough of Harrogate 1986a}}.
* {{:Borough of Harrogate 1986a}}
* {{:Bunnett, Reginald James Albert 1953a}}.
* {{:Bunnett, Reginald James Albert 1953a}}
* {{:Collins, Henry 1866a}}.
* {{:Coppack, Glyn 1993a}}
* {{:Coppack, Glyn 1993a}}.
* {{:Coppack, Glyn 2003a}}
* {{:Coppack, Glyn 2003a}}.
* {{:Flower, Robert 1866a}}
* {{:Fry, Plantagenet Somerset 1981a}}.
* {{:Fry, Plantagenet Somerset 1981a}}
* {{:Goldsmith, Tessa 2011a}}.
* {{:Goldsmith, Tessa 2011a}}
* {{:Grainge, William 1880a}}.
* {{:Grainge, William 1880a}}
* {{:Henderson, Arthur Edward 1948a}}.
* {{:Henderson, Arthur Edward 1948a}}
* {{:Hodges, George 1904a}}. Has several atmospheric "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photogravure photogravures]" of the abbey ruins and surroundings.
* {{:Hodges, George 1904a}}. Has several atmospheric "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photogravure photogravures]" of the abbey ruins and surroundings
* {{:Hope, William Henry St John 1900b}}.
* {{:Hope, William Henry St John 1900b}}
* {{:Lefroy, William Chambers 1891a}}, pp. 77-122.
* {{:Lefroy, William Chambers 1891a}}, pp. 77-122
* {{:Lowther, Kenneth Ernest 1980a}}.
* {{:Lowther, Kenneth Ernest 1980a}}
* {{:Macquoid, Thomas R 1894a}}, pp. 246-57; Robin Hood pp. 248-49.
* {{:Macquoid, Thomas R 1894a}}, pp. 246-57; Robin Hood pp. 248-49
* {{:Michelmore, David John Harold 1974a}}.
* {{:Michelmore, David John Harold 1974a}}
* {{:Michelmore, David John Harold 1981a}}.
* {{:Michelmore, David John Harold 1981a}}
* {{:Moody, Charles Harry 193xa}}.
* {{:Moody, Charles Harry 193xa}}
* {{:Moody, Charles Harry 1978a}}.
* {{:Moody, Charles Harry 1978a}}
* {{:National Trust, The 1984a}}
** {{:National Trust, The 1985a}}
** {{:National Trust, The 1986a}}
** {{:National Trust, The 1987a}}
** {{:National Trust, The 1989a}}
** {{:National Trust, The 1992a}}
* [http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=5&cad=rja&ved=0CEMQFjAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationaltrust.org.uk%2Fdocument-1355766967731%2F&ei=idXtUcOMKZHVsgbZzoDYDg&usg=AFQjCNFTy184XNsEiPD6WoHkgjtUQXqrGw&sig2=RA0Abdi7bFbBcfUlLL-xJw National Trust: Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal World Heritage Site Management Plan 2009-2014]
* [http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=5&cad=rja&ved=0CEMQFjAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationaltrust.org.uk%2Fdocument-1355766967731%2F&ei=idXtUcOMKZHVsgbZzoDYDg&usg=AFQjCNFTy184XNsEiPD6WoHkgjtUQXqrGw&sig2=RA0Abdi7bFbBcfUlLL-xJw National Trust: Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal World Heritage Site Management Plan 2009-2014]
* {{:Newman, Mark A 1996a}}; not seen.
* {{:Newman, Mark A 1996a}}; not seen
* {{:Newman, Mark A 2009a}}; not seen.
* {{:Newman, Mark A 2009a}}; not seen
* {{:Oxford, Arnold Whitaker 1926a}}.
* {{:Oxford, Arnold Whitaker 1926a}}
* {{:Oxford, Arnold Whitaker 1954a}}.
* {{:Oxford, Arnold Whitaker 1954a}}
* {{:Parker, George 1902a}}.
* {{:Parker, George 1902a}}
* {{:Parker, George 1905a}}.
* {{:Parker, George 1905a}}
* {{:Parker, George 1910a}}.
* {{:Parker, George 1910a}}
* {{:Phillips, Alan 1970a}}, see especially p. 39.
* {{:Phillips, Alan 1970a}}, see especially p. 39
* {{:Pickford, John 1882a}}, pp. 13-14.
* {{:Pickford, John 1882a}}, pp. 13-14
* {{:Reeve, J 1892a}}.
* {{:Reeve, J A 1879a}}
* {{:Robson, Peter 1983a}}.
* {{:Reeve, J A 1892a}}
* {{:Sopwith, J 1832a}}.
* {{:Robson, Peter 1983a}}
* {{:Storer, James Sargant 1820a}}.
* {{:Sopwith, J 1832a}}
* {{:Thomas, Cyril Leonard Ross 1916a}}.
* {{:Storer, James Sargant 1820a}}
* {{:Tute, J S 1890a}}.
* {{:Thomas, Cyril Leonard Ross 1916a}}
* [http://medieval.ucdavis.edu/FOUNTAINS/index.html University of California Davis: Fountains Abbey]. Excellent series of photographs.
* {{:Tute, J S 1890a}}
* {{:Walbran, John Richard 1847a}}, pp.25-31; Robin Hood: pp. 26-27.
* [http://medieval.ucdavis.edu/FOUNTAINS/index.html University of California Davis: Fountains Abbey]. Excellent series of photographs
* {{:Walbran, John Richard 1851a}}, pp. 63-91: 'Fountains Abbey'.
* {{:Walbran, John Richard 1847a}}, pp.25-31; Robin Hood: pp. 26-27
* {{:Walbran, John Richard 1854a}}.
* {{:Walbran, John Richard 1851a}}, pp. 63-91: 'Fountains Abbey'
* {{:Walbran, John Richard 1856a}}, pp. 65-100: 'Fountains Abbey'.
* {{:Walbran, John Richard 1852a}}
* {{:Walbran, John Richard 1863a}}.
** {{:Walbran, John Richard 1854a}}
* {{:Walbran, John Richard 1863b}}.
* {{:Walbran, John Richard 1856a}}, pp. 65-100: 'Fountains Abbey'
* {{:Walbran, John Richard 1873a}}.
* {{:Walbran, John Richard 1863a}}
* {{:Walbran, John Richard 1875a}}, pp. 90-136: 'Fountains Abbey'.
* {{:Walbran, John Richard 1863b}}
* {{:Wardrop, Joan 1987a}}.
* {{:Walbran, John Richard 1873a}}
* {{:White, Walter 1858a}}, pp. 302-306.
* {{:Walbran, John Richard 1875a}}, pp. 90-136: 'Fountains Abbey'
* {{:Whone, Herbert 1987a}}.
* {{:Wardrop, Joan 1987a}}
* [http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/fountains-abbey/ Fountains Abbey website.]
* {{:White, Walter 1858a}}, pp. 302-306
* {{:Whone, Herbert 1987a}}
* [http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/fountains-abbey/ Fountains Abbey website]
* {{:Wood, E S 1946a}}.
* {{:Wood, E S 1946a}}.


=== Also see ===
== Brief mention ==
* [[Fountains Abbey place-name cluster]]
* {{:Brentnall, Margaret 1963a}}, see p. 58.
* [[Fountains Earth place-name cluster]]
 
* [[Places named after Friar Tuck]].
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<gallery widths="195px">File:Fountains Abbey view02 2005-08-27.jpg|500px|thumb|right|Fountains Abbey from the south-west.
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File:Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire, UK - Diliff.jpg|500px|thumb|right|Fountains Abbey viewed from the west / Photo by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountains_Abbey#/media/File:Fountains_Abbey,_Yorkshire,_UK_-_Diliff.jpg David Iliff. License: CC-BY-SA 3.0.]
File:Shurey's Publications 19xxb-r.jpg|{{:Shurey's Publications 19xxb}} / Private collection.
File:hodges_george_1904a_facing_p52.jpg|500px|thumb|right|Fountains Abbey / From Hodges's 1904 book.
File:Fountains Abbey view02 2005-08-27.jpg|Fountains Abbey from the south-west / [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fountains_Abbey_view02_2005-08-27.jpg Wikipedia.]
File:gasquet_francis_aidan_1908a_fountains_abbey.jpg|500px|thumb|right|Fountains Abbey  / From Gasquet, 1908.
File:Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire, UK - Diliff.jpg|Fountains Abbey viewed from the west / [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountains_Abbey#/media/File:Fountains_Abbey,_Yorkshire,_UK_-_Diliff.jpg David Iliff, Creative Commons, via Geograph.]
File:StudleyAbbey1.JPG|500px|thumb|right|Interior of the abbey church looking down the nave.
File:hodges_george_1904a_facing_p52.jpg||Fountains Abbey / From Hodges's 1904 book; private collection.
File:Walbran john richard 1863b.jpg|500px|thumb|right|Fountains Abbey from the east / From: Walbran (Surtees Soc.), 1863.
File:gasquet_francis_aidan_1908a_fountains_abbey.jpg|Fountains Abbey  / From Gasquet, 1908.
File:Plan of Fountains Abbey.jpg|500px|thumb|right|Plan of Fountains Abbey / From early 20th century encyclopedia.
File:Fountains Abbey view02 2005-08-27.jpg|Interior of the abbey church looking down the nave.
File:Black adam 1858a fountains abbey.jpg|500px|thumb|right|Fountains Abbey / From Black's Picturesque Guide to Yorkshire, 1858.
File:Walbran john richard 1863b.jpg|Fountains Abbey from the east / From: Walbran (Surtees Soc.), 1863.
File:macquoid_thomas_r_1894a.jpg|500px|thumb|right|Fountains Abbey / Drawing by Thomas Macquoid.
File:Plan of Fountains Abbey.jpg|Plan of Fountains Abbey / From early 20th century encyclopedia.
File:walbran_john_richard_1847a_1.jpg|500px|thumb|right|Fountains Abbey / From Walbran, 1857.
File:Black adam 1858a fountains abbey.jpg|Fountains Abbey / From Black's Picturesque Guide to Yorkshire, 1858.
File:walbran_john_richard_1847a_2.jpg|500px|thumb|right|Fountains Abbey / From Walbran, 1857.
File:macquoid_thomas_r_1894a.jpg|Fountains Abbey / Drawing by Thomas Macquoid.
File:Macquoid 1883 fountains south transept.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Fountains Abbey, south transept doorway / From {{:Macquoid, Thomas R 1894a}}, p. 254.
File:walbran_john_richard_1847a_1.jpg|Fountains Abbey / From Walbran, 1857.
File:walbran_john_richard_1847a_2.jpg|Fountains Abbey / From Walbran, 1857.
File:Macquoid 1883 fountains south transept.jpg|Fountains Abbey, south transept doorway / From {{:Macquoid, Thomas R 1894a}}, p. 254.
File:lefroy-william-chambers-1891a-frontis.jpg|{{:Lefroy, William Chambers 1891a}}, ''frontis.''
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Fountains Abbey.
Fountains Abbey from the south-west.
Fountains Abbey viewed from the west / Photo by David Iliff. License: CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Fountains Abbey / From Hodges's 1904 book.
Fountains Abbey / From Gasquet, 1908.
Interior of the abbey church looking down the nave.
Fountains Abbey from the east / From: Walbran (Surtees Soc.), 1863.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-07-20. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-08-11.

Fountains Abbey is the home of the "Curtal Friar" and the scene of the main action of the ballad of Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar (Version A in MS of c. 1650, version B first printed 1663). This Cistercian monastery was founded in 1132 and dissolved in 1539. The ruins are a grade I listed building owned by the National Trust. Together with the gardens and adjacent deer park they form the UNESCO World Heritage site Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey.[1]

Although the play of Robin Hood and the Friar (printed c. 1560) has essentially the same plot as the ballad of Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar it never mentions Fountains Abbey or refers to Robin Hood's adversary as the Curtal Friar. The ballad is the first known source to connect the friar with Fountains Abbey.

Within the abbey grounds lie (or lay) two places named after Robin Hood: Robin Hood's Wood and Robin Hood's Well, while a third, the Lady Chapel, has Robin Hood associations. In Nidderdale, some 12 km west of the abbey grounds, Fountains Abbey owned an extensive, mainly moorland, area known as Fountains Earth, within which was found a place named Robin Hood's Park and another Robin Hood's Well.Template:PnItemQry

Quotations

[c. 1650:]
When Robin came to Fontaines Abey,
Wheras that fryer lay,
He was ware of the fryer where he stood,
And to him thus can he say.[2]

[1663:]
That causd Will Scadlock to laugh,
He laughed full heartily:
'There lives a curtal frier in Fountains Abby
Will beat both him and thee.

'That curtal frier in Fountains Abby
Well can a strong bow draw;
He will beat you and your yeomen,
Set them all on a row.'

'If thou wilt forsake fair Fountains Dale,
And Fountains Abby free,
Every Sunday throughout the year,
A noble shall be thy fee.[3]

Gazetteers

Sources

Maps

Photos

Background

Many items here have not been seen. Although several briefly mention the Robin Hood traditions connected with the abbey, they are of more interest for the general background information they provide on the abbey.

Brief mention

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Notes

  1. Fountains Abbey website.
  2. Curtal Friar A, st. 5.
  3. Curtal Friar B, sts. 6-7, 39.


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