Talk:Roger Godberd

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The Holt reference that "Godberd died in Newgate" was always I think unsupported (it was just an assumption because the Godberd trail went cold after his capture as Keen's remarks made clear) and has since been overtaken by research by Benison and others.....or so I undertand. There is meant to now be documentary evidence of Godberd's life subsequent to his 1272 arrest. I myself however have only heard about Benison's book and have no had chance to read it myself. Jeremy (talk) 01:04, 25 August 2008 (UTC) One can find a trnaslation of Holt's primary sources here: Medieval patent rolls courtesy of University of IowaIt tells of Godberd's capture but not his pardon by Edward 1, that was apparently uncovered by later work. Fascinating stuff. There will be a need to go beyond the web to the library to take this further, there is a dearth of info on the web about Godberd, but he has always been known of by specialists. The usually reliable JSTOR has failed me on this occasion! In the 19th century the Godberd theory of of Robin Hood's origins was promoted by J.M.Gutch (as is mentioned in the Robin Hood article in the 1911 encyclopedia Brtiannica, available online). Gutch edited an edition of the Gest. What is frustrating me a bit is that I think it is mentioned in "The Quest for Robin Hood" that Godberd was famous as an archer. But I don't have a copy to hand to look up the reference and to quote. I notice BTW that Robin Hood buffs online are critical of Benison although not necessarily of the Godebrd theory. It will be necessary to hit a good university library. Godebrd is of course of interst in his own right, not just as a Robin Hood potential. Jeremy (talk) 00:06, 18 October 2010 (UTC)