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To: dangus

Robert Dore born in Loxley also known as Robin of Loxley. Little John’s grave is in Heathersage.


23 posted on 02/27/2009 11:45:02 AM PST by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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24 posted on 02/27/2009 11:51:12 AM PST by ConservativeMan55
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To: massgopguy

>> Robert Dore born in Loxley also known as Robin of Loxley. Little John’s grave is in Heathersage.
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I found a personal blog asserting that, but nothing scholarly. (There is no mention, for instance, of Robert Dore in Wikipedia.) Furthermore, the basis for this claim is a pardon dated in 1380, 150 years too late to account for the legend. By that late date, “Robin Hood” had become practically a common noun, as in “He’s a real Robin Hood.”


28 posted on 02/27/2009 12:07:51 PM PST by dangus
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