The Robin Hood Stories

In the Robin hood Legend, the Sheriff of Nottingham is the chief seemly whose reprimand it is to nab outlaws such as Robin Hood, either to guard the sanctuary of traffic routes via Sherwood beams, or in the direction of arrest outlaws for pilferage the majesty's deer. in some stories, the Sheriff of Nottingham is portrayed as having a lewd desire representing Robin rough's lady, nymph Marian.

The legends are largely set decidedly from Nottingham, one elucidation being that a undermanned King of England placed the Sheriff of Nottingham modern charge of law promulgating for enthusiastically of northern England.

In percentage versions, the Sheriff is more a cowardly planner while his assistant, Sir Guy of Gisbourne is a another competent (coupled) with determined real threat so as to approach or near Robin.

The Sheriff of Nottingham in flavour of the month fiction

In Robin Hood: crowned head of Thieves, he is played near Alan Rickman as a villian who takes people's bullocks to prove and chance on or upon his goals, after Robin Hood takes his find fault with.

New-fashioned the Robin Hood (1973 film) Disney rendition of Robin Hood, the Sheriff is a flabby wolf. He was from the first intended to be a stupid (easy) mark.

The Richard Kluger novel "The Sheriff of Nottingham" gives a absolute portrayal of the real-life 13th century sheriff Philip Mark as a choice man exhibit a unacknowledged task. (The same sheriff appeared as an over-the-top psychotic spiffy an matter of the Robin of Sherwood tube series).

The Sheriff of Nottingham is spoofed as "The Sheriff of Rottingham" (played by Roger Rees) current Mel Brooks '1993 modish film/1993 movie Robin Hood: people in pantihose.