A Gest of Robyn Hode

Matter of the Greenwood Document

Summary: The long compilation in eight fitts that is the nearest thing to a medieval Robin Hood epic: the loan to Sir Richard at the Lee, the Abbot of St Mary's, the archery contest, the king in disguise, and Robin's death by bleeding at Kirklees. Its king is Edward, not Richard. Child 117. The standard modern edition is Knight and Ohlgren's, freely available.
Date: printed c. 1495-1510; composed earlier