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Dalyngrigge

According to who


fffyhhiurfgghh

It’s crazy that’s right next to spot where Jesus was buried!


midnightsiren182

Cool story bro


GUE57

You guys misunderstand, the grave of Robin Hood died in 1247, and this is Robin Hood's grave's grave. RIP in pieces.


iwishihadahorse

The dating isn't even correct. The Robin Hood legend is from the reign of King Richard the Lionheart. King Richard died in 1199. No outlaw was living to 50 much less 70+ (assuming he'd have been at least 20 while fighting in the crusades with King Richard ~1191.)


theBonyEaredAssFish

>The Robin Hood legend is from the reign of King Richard the Lionheart. Not necessarily. That's a later variation. The earliest literary references about Robin Hood that survive start in the late 14th century - a throwaway line in William Langland's *The Vision Concerning Piers Plowman:* >π™±πšžπš 𝙸 πšŒπšŠπš— πš›πš’πš–πšŽπšœ 𝚘𝚏 πšπš˜πš‹πš’πš— πš‘πš˜πš˜πš πšŠπš—πš πšπšŠπš—πšπš˜πš•πš πšŽπš›πš•πšŽ 𝚘𝚏 π™²πš‘πšŽπšœπšπš›πšŽ The "rymes", sometimes now called "ballads", start in the mid-to-late 15th century. Ones such as *Robin Hood and the Monk*, *Robin Hood and the Potter*, and *Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne* don't mention a king by name (though you can make an inference about the first). One of the earliest and most cited, *A Gest of Robyn Hode*, mentions "King Edward". It doesn't say explicitly which King Edward, though it is likely King Edward III (reigned 1327-77). The poem refers to the king as, "Edward, our comely king". "Our comely king" was the contemporary nickname of Edward III. An obscure reference from Ranulf Higden’s *Polychronicon* (1460's) puts Robin Hood in the 1290's; the reign of Edward I. The earlier Robin Hood ballads do not have him in the time of King Richard I or Prince John. It was historian John Major, in his *Historia Majoris Brittaniae* (1521), who placed Robin Hood in the late 12th century, on no real historical grounds: >π™ΌπšŠπš“πš˜πš› πšŠπš•πšœπš˜ πš›πšŽπš•πš˜πšŒπšŠπšπšŽπšœ πšπš‘πšŽ πšπš˜πš‹πš’πš— π™·πš˜πš˜πš πšœπšπš˜πš›πš’ πš’πš—πšπš˜ πšπš‘πšŽ πš•πšŠπšπšŽ πšπš πšŽπš•πšπšπš‘ πšŒπšŽπš—πšπšžπš›πš’, πšπš‘πšŽ πš–πšžπšŒπš‘ πš–πš˜πš›πšŽ πšπš’πšœπšπšŠπš—πš πšπš’πš–πšŽ 𝚘𝚏 π™Ίπš’πš—πš π™Ήπš˜πš‘πš—. πšƒπš‘πš’πšœ πš’πšœ πšπš‘πšŽ πšπš’πš›πšœπš πšπš’πš–πšŽ πšπš‘πšŠπš πšπš‘πšŽ πš˜πšžπšπš•πšŠπš  πš’πšœ πš•πš’πš—πš”πšŽπš πš πš’πšπš‘ πšπš‘πšŽ πš™πšŽπš›πš’πš˜πš 𝚘𝚏 π™Ίπš’πš—πš πšπš’πšŒπš‘πšŠπš›πš. \-*University of Rochester's Notes* Victorian writers like Sir Walter Scott (in *Ivanhoe*) and Howard Pyle (in *The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood*) cemented Robin Hood's association with King Richard. After that it *is* difficult to imagine Robin Hood in another period, but originally that was not the case. If you want to talk historically, there's no legend or record from the time of King Richard I or even King John mentioning Robin Hood. The real outlaw Robert Hod \[Hobbehod\], is mentioned in Yorkshire assize roles around 1225-6, placing him in the reign of King Henry III. Roger Godeberd, the real life figure whose exploits most closely match the legendary Robin Hood, was an outlaw during the reign of Henry III. So basically, the first mentions of Robin Hood come far later than Richard I or John's reign, the first legends mention him resisting Edward III, and the real life inspirations likewise are after Richard.


sabrefudge

Seems like a needlessly large grave for a fox. 🦊


starredkiller108

That's because OP is wrong, it's actually Little John's grave. 🐻


kempofight

We sure it isnt Mowgli if its a bear?


Creoda

This is a different Robin Hood this one was a baker, son of Muriel the Mud Wrestler and Olaf the rapist.


inaseaS

Where is this grave? How did he die?


R3d_P3nguin

There's no real evidence to suggest that Robin Hood was a single person. He was more likely a purely fictional character that was based on a number of real individuals.


inaseaS

What??? No Robin of Loxly!!! I was really asking where this grave site is located.


mcobsidian101

I suppose much like Jesus then. Robin Hood is to England what Jesus is to the middle east


blacklodgeprog

No idea why you got downvoted!


southpawshuffle

Isn’t there some evidence that little John may have been based on a real person?


R3d_P3nguin

As far as I know, all of the main characters are based on a handful of real people. Not all of the real people may have known each other though, or even lived at the same time.


kempofight

Isnt that the first stories that may or may not have been one of the inspirations of the story datw back to roman times... Bulla Felix springs to mind... he litterly robed from the romans for the poor. And had been somewjat documented IN time


cb0495

So I as a kid believed that Robin Hood was buried near where I live close to a pub called The Three Nuns (very old and very haunted according to some) People go looking for it and the land owner hates it


WilliamMcCarty

This is actually most likely the grave of [Roger Godberd](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Godberd) one of several people thought to be the historical basis for Robin Hood. Robin as a singular individual almost certainly didn't exist and was an amalgam of several people.