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Robin Hooda a True Legendary Story (Find Answers in 2021)

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Robin Hooda a True Legendary Story (Find Answers)

Robin Hooda is a legendary story written to castigate the punishment of the oppressed by those who are in higher authority. Robin Hooda was a fugitive, an outlaw who inhabited the Sherwood Forest Environment.

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But the question that really strikes our heart is “Does Robin Hooda really exist?”.

Over the years, many stories have been released about Robin including making a movie for it. Holywood revealed a man named Errol Flynn fighting for the rights of those oppressed and outsmarting the evil in Nottingham, a city in England.

Robin Hooda and his co-exists were first revealed in 1377. His manuscript is portrayed in the British Museum which contains the biography of Robin Hooda. According to Historic-UK.com, Robin Hooda was born in 1160 in Loxley in South Yorkshire.

Robin Hooda Residence

Robin Hooda was a North Countryman, who spent most of his life is as an outlaw in Sherwood Forest and coastal refuge at Robin Hooda’s Bay.


Robin Hooda and Little John are said to have had a pleasant legendary contest in Yorkshire. Both men were great archers, who according to stories written shot an arrow from the Monastery’s roof. The arrows landed more than a mile distant at Whitby Lathes. Robin Hooda’s Close and Little John’s Close were named after the fields where the arrows landed.

How Robin Hooda became a Legend

Robin Hooda became a folk hero due to his generosity to the poor and oppressed peasants, and his hatred of the Sheriff and his verderers, who enforced the oppressive forest laws, made him their champion. Some chroniclers place his exploits during the reign of Edward II, while others place them during the reign of Richard I, the Lionheart. Robin fought alongside Richard the Lionheart in the Crusades before returning to England to find his lands seized by the Sheriff.

Robin Hooda Death Told

Meanwhile, The story of Robin Hooda’s death is told in the same way in existing stories since history. As he grew older and became very sich, he moved to Kirklees Priory near Huddersfield with his Little John to be treated by his aunt, the Prioress, but Sir Roger de Doncaster persuaded her to murder her nephew, and the Prioress slowly bled Robin to death. He sounded his horn with the last of his power, and Little John came to his rescue, but it was too late at that time.

Little John took Robin’s bow in his hand and led him to a window, through which Robin managed to fling one arrow. Robin requested that Little John bury him where the arrow landed, which he did.

So, Hooda existed, but not in the same way that we all think of Robin Hooda, the cinematic Robin of Sherwood, Prince of Thieves! His story, on the other hand, is one of the most well-known in English folklore.

Source: https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/Robin-Hood/



Bernard Bassey is a graduate of Software Engineering from AfriHUB University, Abuja. He is an expert in field journalism, his interest in socio-politics activities is keen.

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