ROBYNHOD: Thomas Robynhod was a dealer in wines and charcoal at Winchelsea, in the year 1388. Cooper's Winchelsea, p. 205. Notwithstanding that the historical scepticism of our days had almost banished the great outlaw from Barnsleydale and merrie Sherwood, into the shadowy regions of Teutonic mythology, or of medieval romance, the Rev. Jos. Hunter has triumphantly asserted his existence, in real flesh and blood, under our second Edward, from documents of the greatest authenticity. See Critical and Historical Tracts, No. 4, 1852. His name occurs, not once, but several times, in 1323-4 under the orthography above given: 'Robyn Hod.' Arguments are unnecessary to prove how popular and real a personage the freebooter was in the national mind, in the succeeding centuries. His skill as an archer was everywhere talked about and emulated, and here we have (within little more than a halfcentury after the date at which he flourished) a South of England tradesman assuming both his names as a surname. Whether this has descended to modern times I am unable to ascertain; but, however this may be, it is certain that another of the Sherwood heroes has imprinted his name upon our family nomenclature in the shape of Littlejohn, and that at least two families so designated have taken the rank of gentry. See Burke's Armory.