Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Wentbridge
He bare a launsgay in his honde,
And a man ledde his male,
And reden with a lyght songe
Unto Bernsydale.
But at Wentbrydge ther was a wrastelyng,
And there taryed was he,
And there was all the best yemen
Of all the west countree.
Stanza 540 Geste.
It was Francis James Child, 1825-96, born in Boston Massachusetts who amended the place of Wentbridge to "he went at a bridge" Child includes this alteration in his textual note, III, 79.
This is obviously an attempt to edit the text by a compositor who did not know Wentbridge.
Notice the late date.
(Rochester)
He bare a launsgay in his honde,
And a man ledde his male,
And reden with a lyght songe
Unto Bernsydale.
But at Wentbrydge ther was a wrastelyng,
And there taryed was he,
And there was all the best yemen
Of all the west countree.
Stanza 540 Geste.
It was Francis James Child, 1825-96, born in Boston Massachusetts who amended the place of Wentbridge to "he went at a bridge" Child includes this alteration in his textual note, III, 79.
This is obviously an attempt to edit the text by a compositor who did not know Wentbridge.
Notice the late date.
(Rochester)
Yorkshire Robin Hood
1. Just quickly there is the pardon given to the only known outlaw called Robin Hood and he was a Yorkshireman.
2. Robin Hood was outlawed for his part in the peasants revolt against the Lord Mayor of York called John Gisbourn. Ring any bells?
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica says the early medieval ballads such as the Geste, Robin Hood and the Monk, Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne, Robin Hood and the Potter; indicate that the action took place not in Nottinghamshire but chiefly in South Yorkshire."
4. Robin Hood's involvement in the peasant's revolt against authority bears witness to his support for the poor.
5. Robin Hood was an established figure whose life and deeds were known to the King's of England.
6. King Edward II in his visitation of the northern counties c. 1323 pursued Robin Hood after discovering the devastation caused to the king's deer in the northern counties. He went looking for Robin Hood in the north of the country, not in Sherwood or Nottingham.
7. The account of King Henry VII journey to Pontefract Castle in 1487 recorded "Robin Hood's Well" at Barnsdale between Pontefract and a little beyond Doncaster. This pinpoints Barnsdale's precise position.
8. Both King Henry VIII's printer Richard Grafton and the king's historian John Leyland placed Robin Hood in Yorkshire.
9. The Sloane manuscript tells us Robin Hood was born in Loxley which some people said was in Nottingham while others said Loxley was in Yorkshire. This was due to a border dispute. The same manuscript tells us Robin Hood died at Kirklees and Little John at Hathersage. This all ties in with the legend and the rhyme which we shall see later about Robin Hood being born in Nottinghams fair Loxley. This is further confirmation of both the border dispute and Robins birth place.
10. Roger Dodsworth the noted historian tells us Robert Lockesley aka Robin Hood was born in Loxley and fled to Clifton upon Calder in Barnsdale where he met Little John, this is what he says:-
"Robert Lockesley, born in the Bradfield Parish of Hallamshire (Loxley) wounded his stepfather to death at plough, fled into the woods and was relieved by his mother till he was discovered. Then he came to Clifton upon Calder, (Barnsdale) and became acquainted with Little John, that kept the kine. Which said John is buried at Hathersage in Derbyshire where he hath a fair tombstone with an inscription. Mr Long saith that Fabyan saith, Little John was Earl Huntley's son. After, he joined with Much the Miller's's son."
11. Robin Hood's death at Kirklees in the Calder Valley confirms Roger Dodsworth's account that says Robin fled to the Calder Valley.
12. John Harrison in his survey of the Manor of Sheffield confirmed Dodsworth's notes by saying:
"William Green who was one of my Lord's keepers did hold in regard of his office these parcels of land Item, Little Haggas croft wherein is ye foundation of a house or cottage where Robin Hood was born;"
13. At Monk Bretton were the 'black monks of St Mary's priory' who are mentioned in The Lytill Geste of Robin Hood. It is the Monk Bretton charter of 1422 that provides us with the first recorded mention of Robin Hood's Well on Watling Street at Barnsdale. The well is between Ferrybridge and Doncaster and is situated where the two parishes of Kirkby Smeaton and Burghwallis meet. Years ago at a nearby inn a leather bottle was preserved and the claim was made that it was originally the property of Robin Hood.."
14. King Henry VII In 1487, visited Pontefract Castle and was met by the earl of Northumberland with many Gentry and Nobles who were attached to the House of Lancaster. When they got to Barnsdale the account of the King's journey reads: "between Pontefract and Doncaster a littell beyonde Robyn Haddes Well are to be seen ruts and grooves on the surface of an ancient highway [Watling Street] made by Romans during their period of occupation." Evidence of this can be seen on nearby Blackstone Edge where on the paved Roman road between Ripponden and Littleborough there are ruts which were made by the wheels and groves were made by the poles that were used as brakes for the vehicles.
15. All the early rhymes place Robin Hood in Barnsdale, Yorkshire.
16. Most of the place names are in Yorkshire.
17. At one point in its history Barnsdale in Yorkshire was administered by the Sheriff of Nottingham.
18. There were three Nottingham sheriffs who administered Yorkshire.
19. This Rhyme confirms Robin's birthplace and childhood home. Mistakenly placing Loxley in Nottinghamshire confirms the boundary dispute.
"In Locksley town, in merry Nottinghamshire,
In merry sweet Locksley town,
There bold Robin Hood was born and was bred,
Bold Robin, of famous renown."
20. Richard Rolle who may have been the author of the early Rhymes was local to Barnsdale and the early rhymes show evidance of local knowladge. Rolle's books were printed by "Wynkin de Worde," the same people who printed the Geste of Robin Hood.
21. There is also Robin Hood's Well at Barnsdale.
22. There is Little John's Well at Hampole (Richard Rolle).
23. There is Robin Hood's stream in Hanging Wood near Hampole. The Robin Hood names in Yorkshire pre-date all others.
24. The Encyclopedia Britannica says, "The authentic Robin Hood ballads were the poetic expression of popular aspirations in the north of England during a turbulent era of baronial rebellions and agrarian discontent. This culminated in the Poll Tax Riots of 1381 when the peasants revolted and the stories of the free but persecuted outlaw who enjoyed the forbidden hunting of the forest and outwitted or killed the forces of law and order naturally appealed to the downtrodden populace."
Again this confirms what has gone before.
25. This is also from the Encyclopaedia Britannica and is what Nottingham use as the basis for Robert-de-Kyme.
"Numerous attempts have been made to prove that there was a historical Robin Hood, though references to the legend by medieval writers make it clear that the ballads themselves were the only evidence for his existence available to them. A popular modern belief that he was of the time of Richard I probably stems from a "pedigree" fabricated by an 18th-century antiquary, William Stukeley."
1. Just quickly there is the pardon given to the only known outlaw called Robin Hood and he was a Yorkshireman.
2. Robin Hood was outlawed for his part in the peasants revolt against the Lord Mayor of York called John Gisbourn. Ring any bells?
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica says the early medieval ballads such as the Geste, Robin Hood and the Monk, Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne, Robin Hood and the Potter; indicate that the action took place not in Nottinghamshire but chiefly in South Yorkshire."
4. Robin Hood's involvement in the peasant's revolt against authority bears witness to his support for the poor.
5. Robin Hood was an established figure whose life and deeds were known to the King's of England.
6. King Edward II in his visitation of the northern counties c. 1323 pursued Robin Hood after discovering the devastation caused to the king's deer in the northern counties. He went looking for Robin Hood in the north of the country, not in Sherwood or Nottingham.
7. The account of King Henry VII journey to Pontefract Castle in 1487 recorded "Robin Hood's Well" at Barnsdale between Pontefract and a little beyond Doncaster. This pinpoints Barnsdale's precise position.
8. Both King Henry VIII's printer Richard Grafton and the king's historian John Leyland placed Robin Hood in Yorkshire.
9. The Sloane manuscript tells us Robin Hood was born in Loxley which some people said was in Nottingham while others said Loxley was in Yorkshire. This was due to a border dispute. The same manuscript tells us Robin Hood died at Kirklees and Little John at Hathersage. This all ties in with the legend and the rhyme which we shall see later about Robin Hood being born in Nottinghams fair Loxley. This is further confirmation of both the border dispute and Robins birth place.
10. Roger Dodsworth the noted historian tells us Robert Lockesley aka Robin Hood was born in Loxley and fled to Clifton upon Calder in Barnsdale where he met Little John, this is what he says:-
"Robert Lockesley, born in the Bradfield Parish of Hallamshire (Loxley) wounded his stepfather to death at plough, fled into the woods and was relieved by his mother till he was discovered. Then he came to Clifton upon Calder, (Barnsdale) and became acquainted with Little John, that kept the kine. Which said John is buried at Hathersage in Derbyshire where he hath a fair tombstone with an inscription. Mr Long saith that Fabyan saith, Little John was Earl Huntley's son. After, he joined with Much the Miller's's son."
11. Robin Hood's death at Kirklees in the Calder Valley confirms Roger Dodsworth's account that says Robin fled to the Calder Valley.
12. John Harrison in his survey of the Manor of Sheffield confirmed Dodsworth's notes by saying:
"William Green who was one of my Lord's keepers did hold in regard of his office these parcels of land Item, Little Haggas croft wherein is ye foundation of a house or cottage where Robin Hood was born;"
13. At Monk Bretton were the 'black monks of St Mary's priory' who are mentioned in The Lytill Geste of Robin Hood. It is the Monk Bretton charter of 1422 that provides us with the first recorded mention of Robin Hood's Well on Watling Street at Barnsdale. The well is between Ferrybridge and Doncaster and is situated where the two parishes of Kirkby Smeaton and Burghwallis meet. Years ago at a nearby inn a leather bottle was preserved and the claim was made that it was originally the property of Robin Hood.."
14. King Henry VII In 1487, visited Pontefract Castle and was met by the earl of Northumberland with many Gentry and Nobles who were attached to the House of Lancaster. When they got to Barnsdale the account of the King's journey reads: "between Pontefract and Doncaster a littell beyonde Robyn Haddes Well are to be seen ruts and grooves on the surface of an ancient highway [Watling Street] made by Romans during their period of occupation." Evidence of this can be seen on nearby Blackstone Edge where on the paved Roman road between Ripponden and Littleborough there are ruts which were made by the wheels and groves were made by the poles that were used as brakes for the vehicles.
15. All the early rhymes place Robin Hood in Barnsdale, Yorkshire.
16. Most of the place names are in Yorkshire.
17. At one point in its history Barnsdale in Yorkshire was administered by the Sheriff of Nottingham.
18. There were three Nottingham sheriffs who administered Yorkshire.
19. This Rhyme confirms Robin's birthplace and childhood home. Mistakenly placing Loxley in Nottinghamshire confirms the boundary dispute.
"In Locksley town, in merry Nottinghamshire,
In merry sweet Locksley town,
There bold Robin Hood was born and was bred,
Bold Robin, of famous renown."
20. Richard Rolle who may have been the author of the early Rhymes was local to Barnsdale and the early rhymes show evidance of local knowladge. Rolle's books were printed by "Wynkin de Worde," the same people who printed the Geste of Robin Hood.
21. There is also Robin Hood's Well at Barnsdale.
22. There is Little John's Well at Hampole (Richard Rolle).
23. There is Robin Hood's stream in Hanging Wood near Hampole. The Robin Hood names in Yorkshire pre-date all others.
24. The Encyclopedia Britannica says, "The authentic Robin Hood ballads were the poetic expression of popular aspirations in the north of England during a turbulent era of baronial rebellions and agrarian discontent. This culminated in the Poll Tax Riots of 1381 when the peasants revolted and the stories of the free but persecuted outlaw who enjoyed the forbidden hunting of the forest and outwitted or killed the forces of law and order naturally appealed to the downtrodden populace."
Again this confirms what has gone before.
25. This is also from the Encyclopaedia Britannica and is what Nottingham use as the basis for Robert-de-Kyme.
"Numerous attempts have been made to prove that there was a historical Robin Hood, though references to the legend by medieval writers make it clear that the ballads themselves were the only evidence for his existence available to them. A popular modern belief that he was of the time of Richard I probably stems from a "pedigree" fabricated by an 18th-century antiquary, William Stukeley."
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