this is the "nuns grave" Elizabeth de Stantain is known to be buried here . (she is most often , though probably erroneously linked with the murder of Robin Hood)
The other occupant is unknown , although it is possibly the prioress Mary Stavin ,
research by Barbara Green seems to suggest much of the Robin Hood story is flawed &
that historical blunders abound .
To the fullest extent of my research I can neither confirm or deny the exact timeline .
Other pages on this site have plausible identities & court records dating to the 13th
century . However this could be wrong , an amount of work exists that Robin Hood was alive in the 14th century
Whether or not we shall ever know with certainty is the "great work" of this site
as I sift through archives & local records . One thing we are confident of is where
Robin Hood was from , he was a Yorkshire man . Despite the fancifull claims of Nottinghamshire , Robin was born , lived & died a Yorkshireman . Before the deforestation of englands woodland to build ships Sherwood Forest extended to the Peninnes & some say even as far North as Scotland . The fame of the encounters with
the Sherrif of Nottingham are out of all proportion with the life of Robin Hood , who
I suspect lived into his fifties . Work on this fascinating subject is ongoing ,
I can offer any students of Robin Hood a juicy titbit , Bottomley is the surname thought by many to be the surname of his living descendants .
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