Was Robin hood from Yorkshire or Nottinghamshire?

Question

I know this question has been asked before but it would be nice for some well thought out answers .

Answer 1

who cares? he was a fictional character.

Answer 2

The answer given by "Mountain Goat" (LMAO) is pretty much as clear as we can get to there being a REAL Robin Hood! The legend is composed of 3 seperate accounts of Robins, Roberts, Ruperts and anything else with an R in it! But appaently a man around that time did speak his mind against the crown and such, and the story evolved from there! So in FACT he was likley from an area in Warwickshire!

But if you mean the Robin Hood of fiction, then he was from Nottingham!

Answer 3

Nottingham me dook!

However, there's much discussion as to whether the Robin Hood myths are based on one particular historical figure, or one of several "Robin Hoods" in mediaevil times. Others suggest he's from Barnsdale,Locksley and yes Yorkshire. The forests of Britain stretched the length of the country in Mediaevil times. It was said that a squirrel, jumping branch to branch, could travel as far as Scotland!

Many folk were outlawed in Mediaevil England, and many outlaws lived in the forests. As forests knew no boundaries of shires, so to outlaws frequently roamed from one district to the next.

Many places in the midlands of England have local legends surrounding the exploits of famous Outlaws, and I think that there were many Robin Hoods, even by the same name as Robin, Robert, etc. Over times, through oral traditions, folklores surrounding many individuals can be attributed to one famous figure, or merge into a semi-historical figure.

But Nottinghamshire has my vote! It's long held traditions are difficult to ignore. Besides, the Sherrif of Nottingham, could not come from elsewhere!

Answer 4

In 1852,the assistant keeper of the public record office,Joseph Hunter,found such a one in the court rolls of the manor of Wakefield in 1316-17,during the reign of Edward11. This discovery was folowed up by JW Walker,in his article'The true story of Robin Hood'in the Yorkshire archaelogical journal in 1944. The individual they both pointed to was a tenant of the earl of Surrey called robert[or robertus]Hood. Here is the evidence of these ancient records;

Between 1265 and 1295,Adam Hood a forester in the service of John de Warenne,earl of Surrey,and his wife had their child Robert christened at Wakefield.In 1316 Robert Hood's handmaid was fined for taking wood from Old Park. On 25th January 1316,Robert and his wife Matilda paid two shillings in return for a piece of the earls waste ground on Bichill[the market place]between the houses of Philip Damyson and Thomas Alayn. This land was 30 feet [9metres]long and 16 feet[4.9m]wide,enough to hold to aforesaid Robert and Matilda and their heirs rendering yearly six pence at the three terms of the year to the lord The records shows that in 1322,1357 and 1358 there was a five roomed house on this site.

Answer 5

Sherwood Forest,Nottinghamshire.

Answer 6

Technically speaking ... neither
Loxley was the birthplace and home of the original Robin Hood, Robin of Loxley. The Robin Hood legend as it comes down to us is the fusion of 3 separate stories. The book Robin Hood The Man Behind The Myth by Graham Phillips, claims that the original Robin Hood was Robert Fitz Odo who was born in Loxley, Warwickshire, lived here in Loxley Manor, and whose gravestone now lies in the churchyard of Loxley Church

Answer 7

Robin Hood is originally from the village of Loxley, a suburb of Sheiffield which is south of Yorkshire.

Answer 8

Nobody actually knows. The name is one given to a character who could have been one person but it more likely to be made up from stories about different outlaws. It was pretty easy to become and outlaw in the 12th and 13th century. It just meant you were not protected by any legal process because you had offended some powerful person or a court. A change of official or some payment could restore your legal status in some cases

Answer 9

Sherwood Forest which is part of Nottinghamshire. Yorkshire is more north.

Answer 10

The 'accepted' Robin Hood lived in Sherwood wooded area, Nottingham. notwithstanding, there are countless, many claims that he got here from countless counties in England, Yorkshire no longer being the merely one. He may be when compared with 'Merlin' of the round table, whom if he did exist, had a existence span of about three hundred years, change into seen in diverse places straight away, change into Irish, Welsh and English, now to not coach Cornish. good 'yarns' travelled the country in olden days with assistance from technique of songsters and minstrels who little question replaced the lyrics of their songs to attain favour in inspite of county they found themselves.

Answer 11

Robin was born around 1160 in lockersley in Yorkshire. Althought there is no such place known as that today.