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was Robin Hood? Legendary Outlaw of Sherwood Forest.

Date and Place of
Birth: 1160, Lockesley in either Yorkshire or Nottinghamshire,
England.
Family Background:
Unknown.
Education:
From family members.
Chronology:
The first reference to Robin Hood by name appears
in "The Vision of Piers Plowman" written by William
Langland in 1377. Here a drunken priest admonishes himself for
knowing the famous medieval rhymes of Robin Hood better than his
prayers.
A Fifteenth Century manuscript held in Lincoln
Cathedral "Lytell Geste of Robyn Hode" was the first
ballad to tell the full Story of Robin and his merry men.
A manuscript in the British Museum places his
birth in the twelfth Century and he must have lived during the
reigns of King Richard the Lionheart and his brother John. The
costs of the Crusades in the Holy Land began to cripple the economy
of the country at this time and brought about political chaos.
It is likely that a figure such as Robin Hood could have taken
advantage of such political upheaval.
Marriage:
To Maid Marion.
Places of Interest:
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE:
Nottingham Castle.
Tales of Robin Hood Visitor Centre .
Date and Place of
Death: Murdered or died from an exsanguinating haemorrhage.
24th December 1247.
Age at Death:
87!
Site of Grave:
Kirklees Abbey, Mirfield, Yorkshire, England.
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