Robin hood the legend of sherwood forest

The King's Remembrancer's Memoranda Roll of Easter 1262 records the pardoning of the prior of Sandleford for seizing without warrant the chattels of one William Robehod, a fugitive. De Kyme is said to have held lands that had been taken by the Earl of Huntington and retreated to the forest to plot his revenge. The Saxon de Kyme was outlawed in 1226 for robbing the King and disturbing the peace. It appears most likely that several different outlaws built upon the reputation of a fugitive in the forest, and over time, the legend was born, as early as the thirteenth century, Robin Hood had become a common epithet for criminals.ДЄnother possible candidate for the real Robin Hood is Robert de Kyme. In 1266 the Sherrif of Nottingham, William de Grey, was in conflict with outlaws in Sherwood Forest. In the following year the assizes referred to him again as 'Robinhud', a bounty was placed on his head of 32 shillings and 6 pence.Д«y the year 1300 at least 8 people were called Robin Hood and at least 5 of which were fugitives from the law. for the chattels of one Robert Hod, fugitive. Penalties were recorded in the Michaelmas roll of the Exchequer, they included 32s.

Robin Hood Statue, NottinghamДocumentary proof survives in the Court records of the York Assizes of 25th July 1225, which refer to a 'Robert Hod'. Two other outlaws who operated at this time, Fulk fitzWarin and Eustace the Monk, were historical figures whose lives can be identified, Robin Hood himself presents more of a problem and the lines between fact and fiction, have become irrevocably blurred in the proceeding 800 years.

Robin hood the legend of sherwood forest