King John's effigy "First then, I desire that my body be buried in the church of the Blessed Virgin and St. Wulfstan W...

Robin Hood  kneels before Richard the Lionheart Although Richard I does not appear in the existing medieval ballads of Robin Hood, it ...

Matilda Fitzwalter's tomb c.1782 Occasionally I like to delve into various subjects linked to the Robin Hood legend and recently...

Newark Castle Since Tudor times, King John has been portrayed as a ‘bad’ king. Although in more recent times there have been some attempts...

On the road from Edwinstowe to Mansfield, 19 miles from Nottingham, in the heart of what was once part of the royal forest of Sherwood, ...