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Robin Hood

Although not a major figure in Derbyshire, there are some Derbyshire connections, so we have included some interest facts, stories and myths about this legend.

Time Line of Robin Hood

1189: King Richard (the Lionheart) is King of England.
1190-1250: Legend has it that Robin Hood was active.
1199: King John comes to the throne.
1216: Henry III is King of England.
1217: The Charter of the Forest relaxes Royal Forest laws.
1225: A man called Robert Hood, is recorded as a fugitive in the York Assizes. Could this be the real man?
1261-1262: William Robehod, fugitive, is recorded in the King's Rememberances Memoranda Roll, perhaps proving to be the earliest evidence of the known legend.
1377: A poem known as Piers Plowman makes reference to the Legend of Robin Hood.
1450: The date of the first known surviving written versions of the oral legend.
1993: Exciting discovery of the Foresters Manuscript (c1670) containing 21 ballads.
1997: First meeting of the International Conference on Robin Hood Studies in USA.
1999: Second meeting of the international conference at Nottingham.
2001: The third biennial international conference at the University of Western Ontario, Canada.