![]() The archbishopric of York was then vacant and in the king’s hands, and Edward II ordered the keeper of the forest to deliver to the sheriff of Nottingham fifty leafless oaks from the archbishop’s wood of Blidworth, to be used for charcoal and for boards for dressers ( tabulis ad dressoria) also thirty oaks from the king’s woods in the forest near the Trent for firewood for the king’s hall, and thirty more for the king’s chamber, against the ensuing Parliament. When the Parliament was held at Lincoln at the beginning of 1316, there was great provision of wood made from Sherwood. The custom of making royal warrant grants of timber or venison died out with very few exceptions, with the reign of Edward II. In September 1277, Adam de Everingham was ordered to supply Richard Folyot with two live bucks and ten live does towards stocking his park at Grimeston. The king kept Easter, 1276, at Lincoln, and orders were issued on 13 March for fifteen Sherwood does to be supplied at that season for royal use, in addition to twelve bucks from Galtres Forest. The royal warrants for Sherwood venison, or of deer for park-stocking, are fairly frequent. Some of the royal gifts of deer from different parts of Sherwood from 1231 to 1234 included three does to Robert de Lexinton three bucks and four does to the earl of Huntingdon five bucks and twenty does to the bishop of Carlisle for his park at Melbourne, and three bucks to the dean of St. Henry III also gave generously of the deer in Sherwood Forest, his gifts being chiefly from the fallow deer. (1) Such gifts to religious houses often specify that the trees were for works then in progress on their churches or conventual buildings. ![]() Royal grants of timber from this forest were frequent throughout the reign of Henry III. In 1227-8 four oaks were given to William Avenel, who is described in the grant as waiting on the king of Scotland two to the leper hospital of Chesterfield six to the priory of Blyth six to the canons of Newark and three to the priory of Thurgarton. Sherwood was from the early days a treasury for kingly gifts of both wood and venison. These twelve headings dealt with all purprestures old and new, assarts, wastes, eyries of hawks and falcons, forges and mines, honey, those who had bows and arrows and greyhounds ect., in accordance with the usual ‘charter of the regard.’ The foresters were to swear that they would lead these twelve knights throughout their whole bailiwicks to view all the trespasses, and to set out the same in writing under the headings that were forwarded. ![]() In April 1309, the sheriff of Nottingham was ordered to assemble all the regarders and foresters of Sherwood to make regard or survey before the coming of the justices of the forest, and to cause regarders to be elected in the place of those who were dead or infirm, so that there be twelve in number. These attachment courts took jurisdiction of beasts trespassing as well as of vert offences. The comic series is an expanded adaptation of the successful stage play script of ROBIN HOOD THE LEGEND OF SHERWOOD, written by Robert Akers and Jeff Messer, and produced to record-setting audiences by multiple theaters across the past 20 years.The roll for 1317 shows that twenty-two attachment courts were held that year, six each at Mansfield and Edwinstowe, and five each at Linby and Calverton. We also pride ourselves with keeping things as historically accurate as possible, from the locations, to the look and feel of the wardrobe and appearances of the characters. We endeavor to tell a definitive take on Robin Hood that is as fun as it is thrilling for readers. This is classic story telling, with sweeping adventure, romance, drama, and some comedy! Inspired as much by Errol Flynn's Robin Hood and the 80's cult classic Robin Of Sherwood TV series, as the style of the original 1977 Star Wars movie, with more than a dash or two of Indiana Jones thrown in for seasoning, and smatterings of influence from films and plays like Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid, The Lion In Winter, Ocean's 11 , and Lord of The Rings. The latest in the line of SHIFT special editions - we are working with a number of publishers and creators to highlight their work, and bring it to an unsuspecting public!įeaturing the sumptuous artwork of Chris Geary (creator of Kora, running in the main Shift series), this is the first chapter in new telling of the Robin Hood legend. Featuring and all new cover from Nick Percival (2000 AD).
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