Detailed research into documentary sources offers an exciting new identification of the "real" Robin Hood.

List of Illustrations
Preface and Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
The Medieval Tales of Robin Hood
Chroniclers, Revellers, Playwrights and Antiquarians, c1420-1765
Editors, The Folklorist and The Archivist, 1765-1889
Folklorists, Literary Scholars and Historians: Robin Hood in the Twentieth Century
The Robin Hood Places
The Robin Hood Names
Robin Hood and Criminality
Law and Disorder in Yorkshire, 1215-1225
The Sheriff, The Fugitive and The Civil Servant
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

DAVID CROOK, now retired, spent his working life in The National Archives, where he became immersed in the extensive surviving early records of the English royal administration and common law. From those sources have emerged important findings which may identify a real criminal as the original of the legendary English outlaw Robin Hood.