The headstone of Robert, Earl of Huntingdon says he was this legendary medieval outlaw
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The Downfall and The Death of Robert Earl of Huntington - Wikipedia  The Downfall of Robert Earl of Huntington and The Death of Robert Earl of Huntington are two ... Scholars and critics have studied the plays for their place in the evolution of the Robin Hood legend. .... Ohlgren, eds., Robin Hood and Other Outlaw Tales, Kalamazoo, MI, Medieval Institute / University of Rochester, 1997.
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Was Robert, Earl of Huntington the Real Robin Hood? Absolutely ...  Jun 9, 2010 ... Said to be the epitaph of a Robin Hood buried near Kirklees Priory at Yorkshire, England ... Medieval records are rife with 'Robin Hoods' being arrested all over England. Nevertheless, Robert Earl of Huntingdon became an early favorite of ... title and forcing him to take to the woods and become an outlaw.
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The legend of Robin Hood - English Monarchs  The often told legend of Robin Hood relates that in the days of King Richard the ... Despite the best efforts of the evil Sherrif of Nottingham he evaded capture ... De Kyme is said to have held lands that had been taken by the Earl of Huntington and ... Robert may have become an outlaw due to his support for Thomas, Earl of...
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The Search for a Real Robin Hood - Robin Hood -- Bold Outlaw of ...  But with time the Robin Hood of legend moved up in the world. By the mid-1500s, he was said to be an earl. ... Hood the outlawed Earl of Huntingdon (or Huntington as ... But in the medieval period, the Rutland Barnsdale was ... Seeing as the possibly real Robert of Huntingdon died in...
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Robin of Loxley | An Historian Goes to the Movies  Dec 13, 2015 ... But the earliest known reference to stories about the outlaw bandit Robin Hood dates from around 1377, when Sloth, a character in Piers Plowman says that he knows the .... But Robin was the Earl of Huntingdon, Wasn't He? .... Keen, in his Outlaws of Medieval Legend, points out that the Robin Hood...
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Oliver Cromwell - Faq 2  The Lord Protector had hardly been laid in his grave when doubts began to .... indications that Cromwell's body was, in fact, exhumed and executed in 1661. ... for 15 shillings 'for taking up the corpses of Cromwell and Ireton and Bradshaw',...
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Robin Hood and Sherwood Forest [PDF].  Legends tells that Robin Hood fled to Sherwood Forest to avoid capture by his enemy the. Sheriff of Nottingham. He was an outlaw, his land and goods taken from him. ... popular with local people and attracted a band of loyal followers, the 'Merry. Men'. Amongst these were Little John, Friar Tuck, Will Scarlet, and Robin's...
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BBC - Hereford - Herefordshire and the Hound story  Oct 7, 2009 ... Ghostly Hound - enough to scare the stoutest heart ... Sir Arthur Conan Doyle spent some time in Herefordshire, and several of ... The local legend of Black Vaughan of Kington and his dog, could also have been an inspiration.
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Braveheart - Wikiquote  Directed by Mel Gibson and written by Randall Wallace. ... 1 Sir William Wallace; 2 King Edward I "Longshanks"; 3 Robert the Bruce; 4 Stephen ... In the year of our Lord 1314, patriots of Scotland, starving and outnumbered, charged the fields of Bannockburn. ..... Wallace rode into his bead chamber and killed him. More a...
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Robert The Bruce - the Paisley Tartan Army  His early days as King did not go well and after a defeat at Perth he spent over a ... of the victory of Bruce's army over the English at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314, ... In 1314, a huge English army lead by Edward II, the son of Longshanks and ... Robert the Bruce died in 1329, a hero of the Scottish War of Independence.
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Robin Hood - Wikipedia  Robin Hood is a heroic outlaw in English folklore who, according to legend, was a highly skilled ..... This was in fact true of the historical outlaw of Sherwood Forest Roger ... The word translated here as "murderer" is the Latin siccarius (Eng: .... that the Robin Hood legend actually originates from the county of Yorkshire. Robin...
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A Great and Terrible King: Edward I and the Forging ... - Amazon.com  Editorial Reviews. Review. Morris does a splendid job of distinguishing England, Scotland and ... Edward I is familiar to millions as "Longshanks," conqueror of Scotland and nemesis of Sir William Wallace (in "Braveheart"). .... OVERALL: I think Edward could just as easily be called the Hammer of the ... Try to overlook these.
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Robin Hood - Wikipedia  Robin Hood is a heroic outlaw in English folklore who, according to legend, was a highly skilled ... 1377 poem Piers Plowman, but the earliest surviving copies of the narrative ballads that tell his story ... for one, has been part of the legend since at least the later 15th century where he is mentioned in a Robin Hood play script.
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Robert the Bruce - Wikipedia  Robert I (11 July 1274  7 June 1329), popularly known as Robert the Bruce was King of Scots from 1306 until his death in 1329. Robert was one of the most famous warriors of his generation, and .... There were a number of Carrick, Ayrshire, Hebridean and Irish families and kindreds affiliated with the Bruces who might...
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A Clerk of Oxford: St Thomas Becket, 'Holy Thomas of heoueriche'  Dec 29, 2013 ... 'Saint Thomas honour we, through whose blood Holy Church is made free' .... There they began to cut off his crown; ... set about collecting miracles through engagement with pilgrims who came to the shrine. .... the Annunciation  Medieval Compliments, or, How to call someone 'beautiful' in Middle English...
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CRIME LIBRARY (Jesse James: We made him a hero)  Jesse Woodson James (1847  1882) was an American outlaw, gang leader, ... he was alive, he became a legendary figure of the Wild West after his death. ... On April 3, 1882, Jesse James was killed by Robert Ford, who was a member of the gang living in the James house and who was hoping to collect a state reward on...
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Robert The Bruce - the Paisley Tartan Army  His early days as King did not go well and after a defeat at Perth he spent over a ... a lead container thought to contain King Robert the Bruce's heart which had been ... In 1314, a huge English army lead by Edward II, the son of Longshanks and ... in her will that he should hand over the legacy to his eldest son when he died.
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7 myths about Robin Hood | History Extra  Dec 1, 2015 ... Myth 1) Robin Hood was a real person Robin Hood is an invented, ... We know, or think we know, quite a lot about Robin Hood  the heroic archer in English folklore who ... Myth 2) Robin lived during the reign of Richard the Lionheart. Robin ... According to legend, Robin went to Kirklees Priory for medical...
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Robert the Bruce - Wikipedia  Robert I (11 July 1274  7 June 1329), popularly known as Robert the Bruce was King of Scots ... His body is buried in Dunfermline Abbey, while his heart was interred in .... A significant and profound part of the childhood experience of Robert, ... The Bruces sided with King Edward against King John and his Comyn allies.
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A Parcel of Rogues: Legend of Rob Roy immortalised in tales of the ...  Apr 18, 2016 ... WICKED problems, as the policy wonks call them, . ... Ask most Scots who exemplifies the archetypal lovable Scottish rogue and ... Rob Roy MacGregor, the most famous outlaw this country has ever produced and a fitting .... life in relative peace and died in his bed on December 28, 1734 at the age of 63.
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Rob Roy MacGregor - Wikipedia  Robert Roy MacGregor was a Scottish outlaw, who later became a folk hero. He has been called "the Scottish Robin Hood". ... They also adopted a cousin named Duncan. .... The publication of Rob Roy, by Sir Walter Scott in 1817, further added to his fame ... wrote a poem called "Rob Roy's Grave" during a visit to Scotland.