Wilikin of the Weald: A Robin Hood Story

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Ай бұрын

King John’s rule was unpopular, and the end of his reign was marked with chaos, leading to an invasion by the French heir apparent. Into this era of uncertainty, a hero arose in the deep forests of the Weald, wielding a bow and leading a band - though perhaps not of ‘merry’ men.
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@nelsonbergman7706 Ай бұрын

Forest Pirates? Because who doesn't enjoy pirates?

@bruceevans3476 29 күн бұрын

Aaarrgghhh(boreal)😊

@xstatic-ow5mz 26 күн бұрын

Especially if that pirate is called B. Jenet 😍

@nosystem1098 Ай бұрын

I wish the History Guy would take over the History Channel and remind them what their business is.

@richardsanjose3692 12 күн бұрын

You mean you don't believe that Martians built the pyramids using Milwaukee cordless tools or the earth is flat and I suppose you don't believe in. There is a spaceship in Antarctica Boy. What a dummy you are

@grizzledgranny4600 Ай бұрын

Hello! My husband is a Cassingham, and knows nothing of his UK roots. This was heart warming for us. Thank you.

@Torby4096 Ай бұрын

"Too late to be known as John the first, He's sure to be known as John the worst. A pox upon the phony king of England!"

@paulbrandon5735 Ай бұрын

One of our all time favorite movies 5:17

@rsr789 Ай бұрын

"From this day forth, all toilets in this kingdom shall be known as "Johns"!"

@Torby4096 Ай бұрын

@@rsr789 🤣

@dp-sr1fd Ай бұрын

As an Englishman I am ashamed to say I have never heard of him. Why on Earth is that. Thanks History Guy.

@getinthevantim 17 күн бұрын

I know what you mean and I was born in Kent too!

@johnmcgarvey7018 Ай бұрын

Magna carta is history that deserves to be remembered

@neiloflongbeck5705 Ай бұрын

That plucky Hungarian g8rl who made King John sigh the pledge and closed the boozers at 10pm.

@peterbellini6102 23 күн бұрын

@@neiloflongbeck5705 That was MAGDA Carta ;]

@neiloflongbeck5705 Ай бұрын

One of the oldest surviving written ballads of Robin Hood isn't even set in Sherwood Forest or in the reign of King John. The Geste of Robin Hood is set in the reign of Edward II and takes place at The Sayles in Barnsdale Forest in the North Riding of Yorkshire (just off the A1 at Wentbridge). At that time, his primary opponent was the Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Royal Forests.

@user-oh2hs6jh5x Ай бұрын

Good Morning THG and all you history fans out there.

@bartsanders1553 Ай бұрын

Monday mornings starting right.

@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 Ай бұрын

Good morning, good morning!🌞

@spencergay8283 Ай бұрын

Quite possibly the best history channel around. Quirky as,.

@FranssensM Ай бұрын

THG always finds tales from history I have never heard before. Introducing me to new figures from the past. Thank you

@richardmorgan9273 Ай бұрын

The Weald covers inland parts of Kent, Sussex and Surrey and it's still fairly heavily wooded, Ashdown Forest being one of the best known parts. Lewes, Rye, Winchelsea and Sandwich are attractive historic towns with many mediaeval buildings and are well worth visiting for a history lover.

@jonthinks6238 Ай бұрын

"A worthy man of English blood" well said. TY as always.

@JerryListener Ай бұрын

I think we would all adore a tour through your collection of artifacts there.

@MrAmptech Ай бұрын

History was not only written by those that survive (victor) but by the rich and powerful as they were the only ones who could read or write (or pay someone who could).

@josephreed5155 Ай бұрын

Mr. Thomas Murray. A Professor of World History. 1962- . We learned from the live, early version of The History Guy. Today we are all fortunate to be able to learn from a man who is a Professor of World History, and we thank him.

@jake9705 Ай бұрын

Video idea for THG: the medieval hierarchy of thieves. What's particularly humorous is the dread a victim felt from being robbed by a lowly "footpad" instead of a more glamourous crook like a horse-mounted "highwayman."

@timbrwolf1121 Ай бұрын

"We haven't the proper facilities to take you all prisoner"

@jasoncornell1579 Ай бұрын

The weald of Kent is now mostly farmland but up until Tudor times was a massive forest

@huntergray3985 Ай бұрын

Remember that: 'King John was not a good man, he had his little ways And sometimes no one spoke to him for days and days and days.'

@FuzzyMarineVet Ай бұрын

Between the history of Wilikin and Rui Bran of Whales, the legend of Robin Hood was invented by the bards combining these stories into one.

@neiloflongbeck5705 Ай бұрын

And Hood or Hode was a common nickname for criminals in this period.

@rsr789 Ай бұрын

It always ruins my lunch when the French burn my Sandwich.

@ThomasEJohnson Ай бұрын

Thank you for today’s lesson. Interesting variation on the legend that I have not heard before.

@constipatedinsincity4424 Ай бұрын

Hey History Guy 🤓I was just talking about Robin hood not even :45 before the video started . Twinsies 🤞

@reynardthefox Ай бұрын

great story...I hadn't heard of him before... thanks

@robertjensen1438 Ай бұрын

Robin Hood went to see a doctor. He was diagnosed with Menintightis. Where did Robin Hood buy flowers? Sherwood Florist.

@goodun2974 Ай бұрын

Those are really really bad, even by my own low standards!

@roberthevern6169 Ай бұрын

Sometimes a good (or bad) subterranean joke is not inappropriate!

@goldenghostinc Ай бұрын

I checked, but I still am unable to find an option under the report button for "terrible terrible bad dad jokes". 😂😂

@goodun2974 Ай бұрын

@@goldenghostinc , those aren't "dad jokes", they're *puns*. There is a difference; and many famous writers, posts, and historical figures engaged in punnery, including Ben Franklin, William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Robert Frost, Ambrose Bierce, Lewis Carroll, Oscar Wilde, Chaucer, and the Greek poet Homer. Even the Bible contains puns.

@TRIChuckles Ай бұрын

I'm so glad I found my way into your neighborhood a bit ago. You continue to inform and entertain!

@SlipShodBob Ай бұрын

Lovely hearing a bit of local history it is just a shame other than the few hidden gems that Kent is becoming more Patio of England than Garden of England.

@HM2SGT Ай бұрын

I really like that tune at the beginning. Some Dandy early 60s jazz baby!

@capt.bart.roberts4975 Ай бұрын

The Battle of Lewes ground is fifteen minutes away from where I sit.

@justanamerican9024 Ай бұрын

The invading French treated the English poorly and robbed, raped and pillaged as they went. That made recruiting for resistance easy.

@RetiredSailor60 Ай бұрын

Top O' The Morning to all my fellow history buffs. It's June 3rd. Tomorrow marks the 82nd anniversary of the Battle of Midway and Thursday marks the 80th anniversary of the D-Day Invasion of Normandy (Operation Overlord). Remember those men and women of the Greatest Generation.

@deborahdanhauer8525 Ай бұрын

I’ve always wondered if there was a historical Robin Hood. He sounds a likely candidate. Thank you❤️🐝🤗

@TheHistoryGuyChannel Ай бұрын

There are several possible candidates

@deborahdanhauer8525 Ай бұрын

@@TheHistoryGuyChannel Do you plan to do a segment on any of the others?❤️🤗🐝

@TheHistoryGuyChannel Ай бұрын

@@deborahdanhauer8525 I do plan to do more. The Pirate Monk and Robin Hood kzfaq.info/get/bejne/lcx8jJx-r72riIU.html

@deborahdanhauer8525 Ай бұрын

@@TheHistoryGuyChannel Thank you! I look forward to them and will check out the link❤️🤗🐝

@jonthinks6238 Ай бұрын

@@TheHistoryGuyChannelPirate monks, you're on it.

@ricksaint2000 Ай бұрын

Thank you History Guy

@goodun2974 Ай бұрын

" We've seen the last of good King Richard/raise up a glass to good King John....." Steely Dan

@bold810 Ай бұрын

Hey, 19. 🎉

@tygrkhat4087 Ай бұрын

Steely Dan.

@goodun2974 Ай бұрын

@@tygrkhat4087 , thanks ---- either I had a brain fart, or autocorrect did it!

@xstatic-ow5mz 26 күн бұрын

@@goodun2974 that same Steely Dan album has a song that condemns John Lennon's hippy politics. I wonder if King John is being used here as a sarcastic double entendre for John Lennon also.

@goodun2974 26 күн бұрын

@@xstatic-ow5mz , "Only a Fool Would Say That", I know; although personally, I lean more towards Lennon's vision of a more peaceful world than Fagan and Becker's cynicism. Would they say or have sung similar about MLK and Gandhi?

@frankgulla2335 Ай бұрын

Thanks for this peek into the wars of King John and the world of Robin Hood.

@rogergoodman8665 Ай бұрын

I wonder if anyone is looking for King John's lost crown jewels that were swallowed by the mud while trying to cross the "Wash" in 1216.

@roberthevern6169 Ай бұрын

Were the Knights of Nee encountered!?

@TheHistoryGuyChannel Ай бұрын

They were behind the shrubbery

@lpanayi6954 Ай бұрын

@michaelmanning5379 Ай бұрын

On the Robin Hood theme - take a look at Adam Bell.

@JeffreyGlover65 Ай бұрын

Present and accounted for...😎

@So-CA_NV_AZ82 Ай бұрын

Amazing story, another great video T.H.G.

@moabb0mb 29 күн бұрын

I am dumbfounded. I share the same last name as Wilikin. That may not seem weird to you, but my name is really uncommon. Hear your last name in a newscast? See it in the credits of a movie, or TV show? Not me, not ever, not once. Never met another with the same name outside immediate family. Once met a guy who had an ex-wife that had my name as her maiden name, but that's it. And now I hear one of my favorite KZfaqrs saying it repeatedly. It astounded me, and still does. I do appreciate this video so much, History Guy!

@bronwynecg Ай бұрын

Good morning! 👋🏽 😊

@BasicDrumming Ай бұрын

I appreciate you and thank you for making content.

@ramkitty Ай бұрын

Weald is cognate of wild with the ae dipthong sounding like a slackjaw long i overall sound near to wild.

@Yeahok-pc2jd Ай бұрын

Great show, always entertaining 👍🏼

@fuwa7860 Ай бұрын

Please do a video on the 1977 Afghan coup that led to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. 1977 Afghan coup deserves to be remembered.

@robertphillips6296 Ай бұрын

Thank you for posting this.

@constipatedinsincity4424 Ай бұрын

Back in the Saddle Again Naturally

@shawnr771 Ай бұрын

Thank you for the lesson.

@kellybasham3113 Ай бұрын

Love your videos

@trevorlangham4057 Ай бұрын

Robin Hood was a real person from Wakefield but was from. Edward the second’s time. Many of the locations the classic story of him are from around Pontefract (Wentbridge) & around west of Sheffield, (there is one of the Loxleys to be found & the grave of Little John In the churchyard at Harthersage) the old areas of the southern boarder of Northumbria, & of course Kirklees (Huddersfield) where Hood is buried. Even the sherif of Nottingham at the time covered these areas. That wasn’t common practice but I guess it was post the rebellion against Edward that he did suppress (later he failed) & Edward didn’t have enough loyal retainers to police England for him.

@ralfgroh2719 10 күн бұрын

Awesome -- keep them coming!

@Ben-Hollingbery Ай бұрын

So this story is kind of spooky. I live in Kent not too far from where this story took place and I had no idea that any of this ever happened. One of my ancestors from Essex tried to instigate a coup against Henry The Third. My father has been researching our family tree since he was young (He's in his Sixties now) and one of the things we've uncovered is a coat of arms that we always thought was fake (and the Royal College Of Arms told us it was too) but it turns out that the coat of arms was a mix of the coat of arms from my ancestor's wife who married another nobleman when my ancestor, John De Hallingbury died (either naturally or was exectuted, we're not sure The villages of Greater and Little Hallingbury (which are now under Stanstead Airport's flight path are where he lived.

@bartsimpson6767 Ай бұрын

Hate it when they burn Sandwich!

@_thomas1031 Ай бұрын

Coincidentally Jill Bearup just dropped a fencing analysis vid in for the 90s Merry men film lol😄

@markcolyer1989 29 күн бұрын

Fantastic well done Sir

@multipletanksyndrome 29 күн бұрын

My family comes from Brabant. Cool seeing it on this map.

@rogink Ай бұрын

Fascinating stuff I knew nothing about. Great to be educated about our own history by one of the colonials :)

@peterbellini6102 23 күн бұрын

History Guy rocks!

@rwarren58 Ай бұрын

Just what I wanted. More medieval mischief from the Middle Ages. The terrible art, men in tights and the king’s game all in one.

@jimboAndersenReviews Ай бұрын

Duke Samuel Vimes, from the Discworld series has a very skilled servant named Wilikins; I think I have my theory onward from now, as to where Sir Terry Pratchett got that name. It's Vimes, with a "V", by the way.

@johnmcgarvey7018 Ай бұрын

So many hidden little gems riding on the back of that turtle

@samright4661 28 күн бұрын

William Marshall served William 2 Henry the Young King , Richard 1 “Lionheart” King John and Henry 3 . He often referred to as the Greatest Knight that ever lived! He Buried in Knight Templar church in London!

@WildBillCox13 Ай бұрын

Liked and shared.

@shawnharrington9548 Ай бұрын

Maybe a history of guerilla warfare?

@kirkmorrison6131 Ай бұрын

It is funny that he was such a failure no possible heir to the Throne of England has had the name John

@goodun2974 Ай бұрын

" We've seen the last of good King Richard/raise up your glass to good King John....." Steely Dan

@rlosangeleskings Ай бұрын

But they later named the toilets Johns...so we know how crappy he was..,

@goodun2974 Ай бұрын

@@rlosangeleskings , flush with power, John made sure his excrement rolled downhill; it's safe to say that having porcelain thrones named after him was John's crowning achievement!

@multipletanksyndrome 29 күн бұрын

Now do Till Eulenspiegel. A German folk character, who traveled the countryside getting into mischief.

@haroldwilkes598 29 күн бұрын

Makes me wonder about my heritage...

@eugeneblue299 Ай бұрын

Neat!

@dougwalker4944 Ай бұрын

@7:51 mins...re: movie clips..Lance and son... please list. 1922 Fairbanks? 🙏🙏🙏 ..episode on Paul Harvey? ..carry on the art of storytelling...

@TheHistoryGuyChannel Ай бұрын

Yes, that is a clip from Robin Hood 1922. Full movie here: archive.org/details/RobinHood1922_201406

@dominicpickett5262 28 күн бұрын

I’ve never heard of the man , and I come from the Weald 😳 But thanks for the history lesson 😊

@justme-vu7se Ай бұрын

Honestly thought he was called John Lackland because he lost the lands in France, not because he was born with the expectation that he would rule no lands. Interesting!

@traffic8840 28 күн бұрын

Music should be lower in the mix at the end. Just a suggestion. Great episode, again!!

@davea6314 Ай бұрын

Robin Hood: Men in Tights movie theme song lyrics: "We're men. We're men in tights. We roam around the forest looking for fights. We're men. We're men in tights. We rob from the rich and give to the poor. That's right! We may look like sissies, But watch what you say or else we'll put out your lights! We're men. We're men in tights Always on guard defending the people's rights. La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, La, la, la, la, la, la, la, La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, La, la, la, la. We're men. Manly men! We're men in tights. Yes! We roam around the forest looking for fights. We're men. We're men in tights. We rob from the rich and give to the poor. That's right! We may look like pansies, But don't get us wrong or else we'll put out your lights! We're men. We're men in tights, tight tights, Always on guard defending the people's rights. When you're in a fix, Just call for the men in tights. We're butch!"

@LindseyLouWho Ай бұрын

Can't make 'em like Mel Brooks does anymore. I was just giddy about Patrick Stewart and Cary Elwes. And "Maid Marian" was John Ritter's wife! Love that movie!

@SuperDaveP270 25 күн бұрын

8:30 The corn of which they made their bread? I assume they mean the old style of referring to the regional dominant grains as "corn," rather than maize?

@davidcunningham2074 Ай бұрын

a true english hero even if he might have been flemish.

@bigsarge2085 Ай бұрын

👍👍

@robertweldon7909 Ай бұрын

According to the "version" of the story of Ronin Hood, it occurred prior to John becoming king. King Richard had gone to the crusades and left "Prince: John it oversee in his place. John became a tyrant, and "Robin of Locksley " rebelled and became known as Robin Hood. King Richard returned, secretly and when he learned of Johns behavior it was SHTF in merry old England. Well, that's the story I read, anyway. Great story, once again, yours is history, mine is most likely, fiction. ;-)

@sheaballard3022 Ай бұрын

So, how did the story move from Kent to Nottingham?

@russellslaney7098 Ай бұрын

Lance, when are you coming to England?

@TheHistoryGuyChannel Ай бұрын

I’ll be in London on the 11th.

@mollybell5779 Ай бұрын

Really enjoyed this one. Reminds me of a strategic video game I was playing a few years ago, Crusader Kings 2.

@bold810 Ай бұрын

I'm just here to learn how to pronounce "Weald". 😊

@yvonnerogers6429 Ай бұрын

👍🏻

@gotsloco1810 Ай бұрын

Images of Bidwell Park, Chico California. In black and white

@oldAzekai Ай бұрын

Down with Lackland John! Down with the Softsword!

@cynergy4 15 күн бұрын

Corn? That's a new world crop!

@TheHistoryGuyChannel 15 күн бұрын

In medieval England it was a generic term for all grains.

@lexington476 Ай бұрын

6:46 wait wait, so he died from dysentery 🙂.

@TheHistoryGuyChannel Ай бұрын

Not all that uncommon at the time.

@lexington476 Ай бұрын

@@TheHistoryGuyChannel just like Oregon Trail 🙂.

@jeffbangkok Ай бұрын

Good evening from the mango farm. Finally have mangoes for the first time this year.

@presidentxijinpingspoxdoct9756 Ай бұрын

No pirates in this episode.

@JeffreyGlover65 Ай бұрын

And doesnt every great story have pirates?

@RobertSmith-so8nk Ай бұрын

" Here underneath this lyttle stone Lies Robert, Earl of Huntington. No archer was as he so good And people called him Robyn Hood. Such outlaws as he and his men Shall England never see again. "

@davidcooke8005 Ай бұрын

Just to be a pedant, 'The Weald' is just olde English for 'The woods'. So saying 'the deep forests of The Weald' is redundant. There is a town in central England called Waltham on the Wolds, which translates to 'small town in the woods in the woods.' (Walth = weald = wold = woods. Ham = Hamlet.) I happen to know about the town as that's where my family sprouted.

@keithskelhorne3993 Ай бұрын

which comes down from Anglo-Saxon and Old German, Wald= Woods

@merlinwizard1000 Ай бұрын

21st, 3 June 2024

@TeutonicEmperor1198 Ай бұрын

2:25 very interesting Hindu patterns on the knight's shield!

@tonypetts6663 Ай бұрын

A symbol also found in North European/Viking cultures predating this time.

@chuckh5999 Ай бұрын

I'm surprised the tube allowed you to show the shield @ 2.22 ha, ha.

@dougwalker4944 Ай бұрын

..before him..ancient symbol....

@Jbot123 Ай бұрын

You know you are following a bad leader if he is so incompetent that he even burns a Sandwich.

@gordonbrandt9739 Ай бұрын

I noted with interest that one of knights in a drawing had swastikas on his shield. Makes one wonder how prevalent that symbol was in the medieval period as a shield marking and what it meant then. Was it still a sun symbol or did it represent something else?

@TheHistoryGuyChannel Ай бұрын

It is an ancient symbol of good luck.

@richardsanjose3692 12 күн бұрын

"john lackland" i love it becuz thats what i should be known as here in california where real estate prices are ,well, you know......not to mention property taxes if u can afford a home. Imagine paying $25k a year or more in taxes on a lousy 3/2,and of course they do little to nothing with those taxes other than send them to Israel and Ukraine. We need to do something to take our country back from President Netanyahu before its too late if not already.

@joemedley195 Ай бұрын

‘Weald’ is just an archaic word for ‘forest’.

@tackyman2011 Ай бұрын

Wald, wood, wild. Absolutely.

@russcrawford3310 Ай бұрын

Wait wait wait ... it was John's _lack_ of ruling that brought about _Magna Carta_ ... contemporary writers generally agree John's problem was incompetence rather than anything else ... spent half his reign chained to his wife's bed ...

@davidcooke8005 Ай бұрын

I keep a copy of the Magna Carta hanging in my front hall in case the King's Men ever show up intending to infringe on my fishing weir on the Thames. When the cops arrived, they assured me the Magna Carta doesn't work in America. Then I showed them the Constitution and they told me the same thing.