Where did Robin Hood steal from the rich?

Answer 1

yes. So that the poor could pay there taxs..........

Answeryes. Answeryes.

Robin Hood's claim to fame was not that he took from the rich to give to the poor, but that he took from the tax collector and gave back to the people their own money.

Answer 2

Yes robin Hood would take from the rich to give to himself and the poor. Despite the best efforts of the evil Sherrif of Nottingham he avoided capture until the return of King Richard from the Crusades brought about a full pardon and the restoration of Robin's lands. In other versions he dies at the hands of a kinswoman, the abbess of Kirklees Priory. That, in a very small nutshell, is the legend, but is there truth behind it?

Well, possibly. Someone, or maybe several someones, named Robin Hood existed at different times. Court records of the York Assizes refer to a "Robert Hod", who was a fugitive in 1226. In the following year the assizes referred to the same man as "Robinhud". By 1300 at least 8 people were called Robinhood, and at least 5 of those were fugitives from the law. In 1266 the Sherrif of Nottingham, William de Grey, was in active conflict with outlaws in Sherwood Forest. It seems most likely that a number of different outlaws built upon the reputation of a fugitive in the forest, and over time, the legend grew.One thing to note about the early legends is that Robin Hood was not an aristocrat, as he was later portrayed, but a simple yeoman driven to a life of crime by the harsh rule of the law of the rich. As such, it is easy to see how his story soon became a favourite folk tale among the poor.There is, in the grounds of Kirklees Priory, a old grave stone, marking the final resting place of one "Robard Hude". Proof that part of the tale may be true? It would be nice to think so.

Answer 3

The actual story is just that, a story there never was a Robin Hood, Maid Marrien or anyone else it was just a tale, there are alot of storeys thought to be real but really they are just made up stories villagers used to tell around camp fires in the middle ages.

Answer 4

Robin was clearly a democrat. He robbed from the rich because they weren't paying their fair share of taxes. The sheriff of Nottingham was a republican and served the crown by collecting every penny that could be squeezed out of the poor.

Answer 5

Robin would have been stealing the tithe money that the rich land holders would have been paying to the county administrator. Back then, counties were called "shires" and the Conservator of the Peace in a Shire was called the "Shire Reeve", which was eventually shortened to "Sherriff".

In Robin's time, landholders would have paid a tithe to the Parish and County for the purpose of maintaining an Army to protect their lands. Each landholder would have had his own militia, but in the event of a large scale attack from another County, or more likely, Another Country, they would have been able to call on the aid of the County to have additional troops and supplies sent.

Because John was trying to raise a large Army, and the county coffers were empty because of the Crusades, he began charging taxes to the people, for the food and materials they would buy at the market. Many couldn't afford the taxes and as a result had to go hungry, or without basic necessities. This is why Robin did what he did. The rich could afford to pay their tithes AND the taxes, but John knew better than to overburden the nobles, or he would have a revolt on his hands. With Robin in play, they were paying for both anyway.

Answer 6

He lured them into the forest and fed them nicely and took their whole purse.16

Answer 7

he stole it from the rich people's house

Robin Hood was an early version of a highway man. He robbed people while they were travelling.

Answer 8

Robin Hood took money and riches and distributed them to the poor