The Rhymes of Robin Hood 11
The Collectors of the Robin Hood Ballads
Anthony a Wood, 1632-1695
Samuel Pepys, 1633-1703
John Bagford, 1651-1716
Richard Rawlinson, 1690-1755
John Ker, 3rd Duke of Roxburghe, 1740-1804
Francis Douce, 1757-1834
Robin Hood and the Butcher (B version in Child)
Collection Wood, 401, 19 b; Pepys, II, 102, No 89; Roxburghe collection, III, 259; Douce collection, III, 114.
Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar (B version in Child)
Collection Wood, 401, leaf 15 b; Pepys, II, 99, No 86; Roxburghe collection, III, 16; Douce, II, 184.
The Jolly Pinder of Wakefield (A version in Child)
Collection Wood, 402, leaf 43; Wood, 401, leaf 61 b.; Pepys, II, 100, No 87 a; Roxburghe collection, III, 24, and there are two in the Bagford.
Robin Hood and Little John
Collection The Ballad Society’s reprint of the Roxburghe Ballads, W. Chappell, I, xxiv, from a copy in the Bagford collection.
Robin Hood and the Tanner
Collection Wood, 401, leaf 9 b; Pepys, II, 111, No 98.
Robin Hood and the Tinker
Collection Wood, 401, leaf 17 b; Pepys, II, 107, No 94; Roxburghe collection, III, 22; Douce, III, 118 b.
Robin Hood Newly Revived
Collection Wood, 401, leaf 27 b; Pepys, II, 101, No 88; Roxburghe, III, 18, in the Ballad Society’s reprint, II, 426: also Douce, III, 120 b, London, by L. How, and Roxburghe, III, 408: both of these are of the eighteenth century.
Robin Hood and the Prince of Aragon
Collection Pepys, II, 120, No 106; Roxburghe, I, 358, in the Ballad Society’s reprint, II, 431; also Roxburghe, III, 528, without a printer’s name.
Robin Hood and the Scotchman (A version in Child)
Collection Wood, 401, leaf 27 b; Pepys, II, 101, No 88; Roxburghe, III, 18, in the Ballad Society’s reprint, II, 426.
Robin Hood and the Beggar I
Collection Wood, 401, leaf 23 b; Pepys, II 116, No 100; Roxburghe collection, III, 20.
Robin Hood and the Beggar 2
Collection The History of Robin Hood and the Beggar, Aberdeen, Printed by and for A. Keith: Bodleian Library, Douce, HH 88, pasted between pp 68, 69 of Robin Hood’s Garland, London, C. Dicey. A. Keith of Aberdeen printed from 1810 to 1835.
Robin Hood and the Shepherd
Collection Wood, 401, leaf 13 b; Pepys, II, 115, No 102; Roxburghe, II, 392, III, 284; Douce, III, 115 b, by L. How, of the eighteenth century.
Robin Hood’s Delight
Collection Wood, 401, leaf 41 b; Pepys, II, 112, No 99.
Robin Hood and Allen a Dale
Collection Pepys , II, 110, No 97; Roxburghe, II, 394; Douce, II, leaf 185; Douce, III, 119 b.
Robin Hood’s Progress to Nottingham
Collection Wood, 402, leaf 14 b; Wood, 401, leaf 37 b; Pepys, II, 104, No 92; Roxburghe Ballads, III, 270, 845; Douce, III, 120.
Robin Hood Rescuing Three Squires (B version in Child)
Collection Douce, F.F. 71.
Robin Hood Rescuing Three Squires (C version in Child)
Collection Douce, FF. 71, f. Douce, Add. 262.
Robin Hood Rescuing Will Stutly
Collection Wood, 401, leaf 35 b; Pepys, II, 106. No 93.
Little John a Begging (B version in Child)
Collection Wood, 401, leaf 33 b; Pepys, II 119, No 105; Roxburghe collection, III, 10.
Robin Hood and the Bishop
Collection Wood, 401, leaf 11 b; Pepys, II, 109, No 96; Roxburghe, I, 362, in the ballad Societys reprint, II, 448; Pepys, II, 122, No 107.
Robin Hood and the Bishop of Hereford (A version in Child)
Collection Douce Ballads, III, 123 b. London, C. Sheppard, 1791.
Robin Hood and Queen Katherine (B version in Child)
Collection Wood, 502, leaf 10; Wood , 401, leaf 31 b; Pepys, II, 103, No 90; Roxburghe, I, 356, in the Ballad Society’s reprint, II, 419; Roxburghe, III, 450, printed by L. How, in Petticoat Lane, is of the eighteenth century.
Robin Hood’s Chase
Collection Wood, 401, leaf 29 b; Pepys, II 104, No 91; Roxburghe III, 14, 418; Douce, III, 121 b, London, by L. How, an eighteenth century copy.
Robin Hood’s Golden Prize
Collection Wood, 401, leaf 39 b; Pepys, II 114, No 101; Roxburghe, III, 12, 486; Douce, III, 121, London, by L. How.
The Noble Fisherman, or Robin Hood’s Preferment
Collection Wood, 402, p. 18; Wood, 401, leaf 25 b; Pepys, II, 108, No 95; Pepys, II, 123, No 108; Roxburghe, II, 370, III, 524; Bagford, 643. m. 10, 22; Rawlinson, 566.
Robin Hood’s Birth, Breeding, Valor and Marriage
Collection Pepys, II, 116, No 103; Pepys, II, 118, No 104; Roxburghe, I, 360, in The Ballad Society’s reprint, II, 440.
Robin Hood and Maid Marian
Collection Wood, 401, leaf 21 b.
The King’s Disguise, and Friendship with Robin Hood
Collection The King’s Disguise and True Friendship with Robin Hood, London, Printed by L. How, in Petticoat Lane, Douce Ballads, III, 113 b.
Robin Hood and the Valiant Knight
Collection Robin Hood’s Garland, London, C. Dicey, Bow Church Yard, before 1741, P. 88, Bodleian Library, Douce, H H, 88.
ROBIN HOOD AND THE TANNER
Variant Title Arthur a Bland, a Tanner of Nottingham
ROBIN HOOD AND THE BISHOP OF HEREFORD (A VERSION IN CHILD)
Variant Title The Bishop of Hereford’s Entertainment by Robin Hood and Little John
ROBIN HOOD AND THE CURTAL FRIAR
Variant Title The Famous Battle between Robin Hood and the Curtal Fryer
ROBIN HOOD AND MAID MARIAN
Variant Title A Famous Battle between Robin Hood and Maid Marian
ROBIN HOOD AND GUY OF GISBORNE
Variant Title Guye of Gisborne
LITTLE JOHN AND THE FOUR BEGGARS
Variant Title Little John A Begging
ROBIN HOOD AND THE TINKER
Variant Title A New Song to Drive away Cold Winter
A NEW BALLAD OF ROBIN HOOD’S BIRTH, BREEDING, VALOUR AND MARRIAGE
Variant Title The Pedigree, Education and Marriage of Robin Hood
ROBIN HOOD AND QUEEN KATHERINE (B VERSION IN CHILD)
Variant Title Renowned Robin Hood; Or, His famous archery truly related
ROBIN HOOD AND THE CURTAL FRIAR
Variant Title Robin Hood and Friar Tuck
THE JOLLY PINDER OF WAKEFIELD
Variant Title Robin Hood and the Jolly Pinder of Wakefield
ROBIN HOOD, WILL SCADLOCK AND LITTLE JOHN; OR, A NARRATIVE OF THEIR VICTORY OBTAINED AGAINST THE PRINCE OF ARAGON, usually included in broadsides and garlands as second part of ROBIN HOOD NEWLY REVIVED; OR, HIS MEETING AND HIS FIGHTING WITH HIS COUSIN SCARLET, identified by Ritson, with ROBIN HOOD AND THE STRANGER: some editions conclude with ROBIN HOOD AND THE SCOTCHMAN, and others with ROBIN HOOD, WILL SCADLOCK AND LITTLE JOHN; OR A NARRATIVE OF THEIR VICTORY OBTAINED AGAINST THE PRINCE OF ARAGON as second part
Variant Title Robin Hood and the Prince of Aragon
ROBIN HOOD RESCUING THREE SQUIRES FROM NOTTINGHAM GALLOWS (D VERSION IN CHILD)
Variant Title Robin Hood and the Sheriff
See either ROBIN HOOD NEWLY REVIVED; OR, HIS MEETING AND HIS FIGHTING WITH HIS COUSIN SCARLET (according to Ritson) OR, ROBIN HOOD AND LITTLE JOHN (according to Child)
Variant Title Robin Hood and the Stranger
ROBIN HOOD AND QUEEN KATERINE (C VERSION IN CHILD)
Variant Title Robin Hood, Scarlet and John
ROBIN HOOD AND THE BEGGAR I
Variant Title Robin Hood turned Beggar
ROBIN HOOD NEWLY REVIVED; OR, HIS MEETING AND HIS FIGHTING WITH HIS COUSIN SCARLET
Variant Title Robin Hood’s Meeting and Fighting with his Cousin Scarlet
THE NOBLE FISHERMAN, OR, ROBIN HOOD’S PREFERMENT
Variant Title Robin Hood’s Preferment
This page contains information found in Rymes of Robyn Hood, Dobson and Taylor, pp. 281-285; The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, F. J. Child.
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