Shrievalty, he envenomed the local politics of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. For 15 years on to 1224, when he finally lost his Was as zealous, thrustful, and dangerous under Henry Īs he was under John. Much to the regret of many in Nottinghamshire.Ĭonduct of his shrievalty included robbery, false arrest, unjust disseisin,Īnd persistent attacks on local landed interests, both secular and ecclesiastical. Although Mark was not an English native, he kept In theĬharter (what would be called Magna Carta), there was a provision demanding King John had some sheriffs dismissed and arrested. The real Mark was much more of a survivor. Mark appeared in one episode, replaced the series' fictional sheriff, and
SHERIFF OF NOTTINGHAM RULES SERIES
In the television series Robin of Sherwood, Philip Holt proposed Philip Mark, sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire fromġ209 to 1224. Much like the search for a real Robin Hood, some historians who searchįor the sheriff behind the legend like to go further back in time to the Also, Bellamy suggests he may be the same as a "Henry Faucomberg" from Wakefield, the Yorkshire home of Bellamy's real Robin Hood. Faucemberg was the sheriff of Yorkshire between 1325 - 1327. Those looking for a real sheriff try to find a Yorkshire connection. In the early ballads, Robin Hood operated out of Yorkshire. Faucemberg was the sheriff around the time of the Robin Hood(s) of the 1320's, Bellamy's real Robin Hood of choice. There were also charges of extortion against this sheriff, a common complaint. At one point, Faucemberg was so in debt that he owed over 285 pounds to the king. Henry de Faucemberg was the sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire from November 1318 to November 1319, and again between 1323-1325. John Bellamy's own candidate for the infamous sheriff also had legal troubles. 28) He didn't show up in court and was outlawed. In 1341, Oxenford was accused of "illegal purveyance, abusing his authority in regard to the county gaol and its prisoners, as well as various extortions." (Bellamy, p. Oxenford was the sheriff from 1334 to 1339. Other sheriffs, like John de Oxenford, were outlawed themselves. This sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire was an ally of the Coterel gang, notorious 14th century outlaws. Some sheriffs like Sir Robert Ingram, a choice of Dobson and Taylor, were in league with outlaws. However, historians have gone looking to see if they can find one sheriff in particular who was the basis for Robin Hood's chief enemy. Dobson and Taylor among other Robin Hood historians say that perhaps tales of many corrupt sheriffs combined to make the nameless adversary of Robin Hood. But there are tales of corrupt sheriffs for centuries to come.
SHERIFF OF NOTTINGHAM RULES PROFESSIONAL
In 1170, Henry II led an inquest to make the sheriffs a group of professional administrators. That didn't matter because the sheriffs didn't report all of their income, especially from such sources as being bribed to look the other way, arranging false arrests and so on. In 1204, King John said the sheriffs weren't expected to keep any of the county's revenue. The sheriffs usually made far more from their various duties administering the shires (like collecting taxes) than the crown asked for. This sum was called the "farm" of the county. In fact, the sheriffs had to pay the king a yearly sum to keep their offices. The sheriff was, for the period most commonly depicted in films and children's novels, an unpaid position. In 1449, and for centuries afterwards, the town was essentially considered a county in its own right, and the term "sheriff" was then officially applied to both the Nottingham town and Nottinghamshire officials.)
(Also, in 1189, Prince John granted that Nottingham - the town - would have a town "reeve" that would hold many sheriff-like responsiblities for the town itself. During the period of Robin Hood, the sheriff would have been in charge of both Nottinghamshire and neighbouring Derbyshire. And the sheriff of the county would have been called the sheriff of Nottingham by some. Even though the town itself did not have a sheriff until the mid-15th century, the shire of Nottinghamshire had one for centuries before that. Louis Rhead's classic illustration of the sheriff. So, were there no historical sheriffs for a historical Robin Hood to fight? Not exactly. The first sheriff of Nottingham was created in 1449, about 70 years after the first literary reference to Robin Hood. But in the time of Robin Hood, the town of Nottingham did not have a sheriff. When it comes to the villains of Robin Hood, one title is at the top of the list, the Sheriff of Nottingham.
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