Tales Of Robin Hood And His Merry Men

By Margery Hargest Jones

Robin Hood was a legendary English outlaw and folk-hero who appears in ballads from the thirteenth century. He lived through the reign of Henry II, Richard I and John. He feuded with the Sheriff of Nottingham and lived in Sherwood Forest with a band of followers, his ‘Merry Men’. They robbed the rich to give to the poor. Among Robin’s companions were Little John, Friar Tuck, Will Scarlett and Alan-A-Dale.
It is said that Robin was born in about 1160 at Locksley, Nottinghamshire. Ancient ballads abound with anecdotes of his personal courage, skill in archery, generosity and great popularity. He protected women and children with knightly chivalry. The first literary mention of Robin Hood was in William Langland’s celebrated poem Piers Plowman (c. 1377).

• Language: English
• Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
• Release date: May 31, 2022
• ISBN: 9781528902540

Margery Hargest Jones

Margery Hargest Jones is a retired school and music teacher. She is also a folksong collector and arranger who has had several folksong books published, some of which are on the singing examination syllabus of the Associated Board of the Royal School of Music (ABRSM). Austin Macauley has published her books The Mabinogion and a Tale of Taliesin (2019), Tales of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table (2021) and Tales of Robin Hood and His Merry Men (2022).

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Tales Of Robin Hood

And His Merry Men

Margery Hargest Jones

Austin Macauley Publishers

Tales Of Robin Hood And His Merry Men

About the Author

Dedication

Copyright Information ©

Acknowledgement

Introduction

1. How Robin Hood Met Little John

2. Robin and the Tinker

3. The Sheriff Has a Shooting Match

4. Robin Hood turns butcher

5. Little John goes to the Fair at Nottingham Town

6. Robin Hood and Will Scarlet

7. Much the Miller’s Son

8. Robin Hood and Alan-a-Dale and Friar Tuck

9. Robin Hood and Guy of Gisbourne

10. Little John and the Widow

11. Robin Hood Serves King Richard and Becomes the Earl of Huntingdon

12. The Death of Robin Hood

About the Author

Margery Hargest Jones is a retired school and music teacher. She is also a folksong collector and arranger who has had several folksong books published, some of which are on the singing examination syllabus of the Associated Board of the Royal School of Music (ABRSM). Austin Macauley recently published her books The Mabinogion and a Tale of Taliesin and The Tales of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table.

Dedication

To the memory of my dear cousin John – Sgt. Pilot W.J. Bagley RAF VR 103 Squadron, who gave his life on 1 August 1942 so that we may have our freedoms today.

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Acknowledgement

My thanks go to Lucy Shaw of Pink Angels Office Services for typing the manuscript. I am also grateful to Nathan Madera and the production team for bringing this book to publication.

Introduction

Robin Hood was a legendary English outlaw and folk-hero, who appears in ballads from the thirteenth century. He lived through the reigns of Henry II (1154-89), Richard I (1189-99) and John (1199-1216). He feuded with the Sheriff of Nottingham and lived in Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire with a band of followers, his ’Merry Men’. They robbed the rich to give to the poor. Among Robin’s companions were Little John, Friar Tuck and Will Scarlet, Alan-a-Dale and Will Stutely.

It is said that he was born in c.1160 at Locksley,