Robin Hood was from Kent - not Nottingham - historian claims

“Wow, this has really made my day............this is so useful to know isn't it?

"The legendary outlaw could have been William of Kensham, who fought a guerilla war against the French forces of Prince Louis who invaded England in 1216, according to Sean McGlynn."

Well my sister could of been my brother if wasn't a girl........”

“Can I proclaim myself an expert??????????????????????????????

He had a holiday home in the Loire Valley in France and was protecting it from marauding troops. He came from a line of Archers, but changed his name to Hood by deed pole, and they even named a few streets after him. He wasn't fighting a guerrilla war as there weren't any guerrillas in France, only a few orang-utans kept as pets by the gentry and nobility.

After several hundred years he is now the consultant on the American TV series Arrow, and he does a lot of the stunt shots.”

“Absolute Rubbish. I know that Robin's family had a holiday home in Faversham in Kent and that they used it extensively in the early 1600's. Robin was a very active boy who would support any organisation that would fight those nasty French people at any opportunity. When he grew up he returned to Nottingham where he became a local Tory councillor, and later an MP, where he learnt to rob the poor and give to the rich. His family disowned him because of his political leanings and claimed to all and sundry that they had left him in Kent when they were last down there on holiday.”

“Absolute Rubbish. I know that Robin's family had a holiday home in Faversham in Kent and that they used it extensively in the early 1600's. Robin was a very active boy who would support any organisation that would fight those nasty French people at any opportunity. When he grew up he returned to Nottingham where he became a local Tory councillor, and later an MP, where he learnt to rob the poor and give to the rich. His family disowned him because of his political leanings and claimed to all and sundry that they had left him in Kent when they were last down there on holiday.”

“Absolute Rubbish. I know that Robin's family had a holiday home in Faversham in Kent and that they used it extensively in the early 1600's. Robin was a very active boy who would support any organisation that would fight those nasty French people at any opportunity. When he grew up he returned to Nottingham where he became a local Tory councillor, and later an MP, where he learnt to rob the poor and give to the rich. His family disowned him because of his political leanings and claimed to all and sundry that they had left him in Kent when they were last down there on holiday.”

“You run this story on a regular basis. Every now and then some budding historian pops out of the woodwork and claims that Robin is from Derby, Sheffield, Luton etc. You run the story to excite your remaining readership and then the historian is never heard from again.”