tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553543872920431955.post7568567617181175796..comments2024-03-08T08:38:57.209-08:00Comments on Walt Disney's Story Of Robin Hood: Little John's GraveUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553543872920431955.post-53042940033737598942013-01-25T02:29:30.386-08:002013-01-25T02:29:30.386-08:00The modern gravestones replace what Elias Ashmole ...The modern gravestones replace what Elias Ashmole (1617-1692) had seen when writing in the late seventeenth century:<br /><br />“The famous Little John lyes buried in Hathersage Church yard within 3 miles fro Castleton, in High Peake, with one Stone set up at his head, and another at his Feete, but a large distance betweene them. They say a part of his bow hangs in the said Church. Neere Grindleford Bridge are Robin Hood 2 pricks."<br /><br />The bow was recorded as being made of spliced yew, 79in long (about 2 meters), tipped with horn, weighing 21lb and requiring a pull of 160ilbs to draw it. The bow and a cuirass of chainmail both said to have belonged to Little John were hung in Hathersage church chancel for many years, until they were removed by a William Spencer in 1729 and taken to Canon Hall near Barnsley in Yorkshire for better security. The cuirass was later lost!<br />Clement Glenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14116966238223089211noreply@blogger.com