This ancient forest is abutted by Nottingham to the South. He releases the knights when they tell him they are supporters of King Richard the Lionheart. Robin Hood accosts some knights returning from the crusade. However, the Forest also has some interesting myths and legends of its own and BOB WHITE, Chairman of the World Wide Robin Hood Society, takes a closer. Robin Hood and Maid Marian are married in Sherwood Forest by Friar Tuck. The popular tales of Robin Hood’s adventures in Sherwood Forest are the heart and soul of the most famous legend in English folklore. His capture by the Sheriff of Nottingham and his escape.
There are several versions of the Robin Hood story. The tales of Robin Hood take place in and around Sherwood Forest, AKA the merry greenwood. The legend of Robin Hood describes his adventures.
The Hollywood one is that of an incredibly handsome man – Errol Flynn – clothed in garments of Lincoln green, fighting for the rights of the oppressed and outwitting the evil Sheriff of Nottingham. However the first known literary reference to Robin Hood and his men was in 1377, and the Sloane manuscripts in the British Museum have an account of Robin’s life which states that he was born around 1160 in Lockersley (most likely modern day Loxley) in South Yorkshire. Another chronicler has it that he was a Wakefield man and took part in Thomas of Lancaster’s rebellion in 1322. One certain fact is that he was a North Country man, with his traditional haunts as an outlaw in Sherwood Forest and a coastal refuge at Robin Hood’s Bay in Yorkshire. One well known story about Robin that places him in Whitby, Yorkshire, is about him and Little John having a friendly archery contest. Both men were skilled at archery and from the roof of the Monastery they both shot an arrow. Versions of the Robin Hood story are found in collections of traditional ballad literature. The origins of his legend owe more to folklore and literature than historical record, and other northern forests also lay claim to be his home. The arrows fell at Whitby Lathes, more than a mile away. Nottingham and Sherwood Forest are famous throughout the world as the place of Robin Hoods daring exploits. Afterwards the fields where the arrows landed were known as Robin Hood’s Close and Little John’s Close. Robin became a popular folk hero because of his generosity to the poor and down-trodden peasants, and his hatred of the Sheriff and his verderers who enforced the oppressive forest laws, made him their champion. Some chroniclers date his exploits as taking place during the reign of Edward II, but other versions say the king was Richard I, the Lionheart.
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