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April 01, 2011
Robbing hood
Retired author and lecturer David Baldwin believes he has identified a 13th-century yeoman farmer as the man behind the Robin Hood legend.
'His name is Roger Godberd and he was an outlaw who was active in the late 1260s. Quite a number of his activities seem to be replicated in the stories found in the earliest Robin Hood ballads.
He poached deer in Sherwood Forest, was captured by the Sheriff of Nottingham, was imprisoned in Nottingham Castle and had the assistance of a friendly knight who helped him stay one step ahead of the law. He certainly robbed churchmen, just as the legendary Robin Hood did.
He poached deer in Sherwood Forest, was captured by the Sheriff of Nottingham, was imprisoned in Nottingham Castle and had the assistance of a friendly knight who helped him stay one step ahead of the law. He certainly robbed churchmen, just as the legendary Robin Hood did.
Posted by Ghost of a flea at April 1, 2011 02:07 PM