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Sir Guy of Gisbourne (also spelled Gisburne, Gisborne, Gysborne, or Gisborn) is a character from the Robin Hood legends of English folklore. He first appears in "Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne" ( Child Ballad 118), [ 1 ] where he is an assassin who attempts to kill Robin Hood but is killed by him.
Robin Hood & Guy of Gisborne from The Book of British Ballads (1842). Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne is Child Ballad 118, part of the Percy collection. It introduces and disposes of Guy of Gisborne who remains next to the Sheriff of Nottingham the chief villain of the Robin Hood legend.
Guy of Gisbourne, a mercenary hired by the Sheriff of Nottingham, attacks her thinking that she is Robin. Cecily and Little John spirit Marian away to Friar Tuck's hideout in the forest. Marian is badly hurt. Robin tells her he loves her and asks her to marry him. Guy of Gisbourne and his men find Tuck's hideout. The band beat them off.
Addie was a professional polo player; his skills as a horseman and also with sword and bow [1] led to his frequently appearing in historical dramas set in the medieval era.. At the beginning of his career in the early 1980s he appeared on British television in a number of advertisements for products ranging from Polycell plastering repair wall filler to Mr Kipling cakes. [3]
In the final episode of series 2, Marian is caught in an attempt to assassinate the Sheriff. She is captured and taken to the Holy Land, where Robin and the gang are also. Sir Guy of Gisborne stabs Marian, mortally wounding her, in a rage caused by her admitting she is in love and engagement to Robin Hood.
Sir Guy Garrod, senior UK Royal Air Force officer; Sir Guy Gaunt, Australian-born officer of the British Royal Navy; Sir Guy Granet, British railway administrator; Sir Guy Green (judge), Governor of Tasmania; Sir Guy Lloyd, 1st Baronet, Scottish Unionist Party politician; Sir Guy Anstruther Knox Marshall, British entomologist and authority on ...
"Robin Hood and the Golden Arrow" (Roud 3994, Child 152) is an English folk song, part of the Robin Hood canon. [1] [2] It features an archery competition for a golden (or silver) arrow that has long appeared in Robin Hood tales, but it is the oldest recorded one where Robin's disguise prevents his detection.
Wincott was born in Toronto and grew up in an east-end suburb. [12] [13] His father is English while his mother was from Piacenza, Italy. [13]Wincott also has two brothers, [13] one of whom is actor and martial artist Jeff Wincott, a star of the late-1980s TV series Night Heat.