However, there was from very early Norman times been a High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Royal Forests, appointed by the king. There has in fact never been a Sheriff of Nottingham, as such. The legend of Robin Hood (which is at least as old as the 14th century), traditionally referred to the Sheriff of Nottingham only by his title. It is not known whom this character is based on. 153.The main villain in the legend of Robin Hood The Visitations of the County of Nottingham in the Years 15 (London, 1871) GoogleBooks 4) Isabella, the daughter of William Fitz-Ranulf, sometime wife of John de Orreby, gave and confirmed to the canons of Wellebec the mill of Bileby, which William Fitz-Ranulf her father, gave, with his body there to be buried, and the moyety of the mill of Blackwell, which Idonea her mother gave to the said canons, with her body there to be buried also. Robert Thoroton, 'Billeby and Ranby', in Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire: Volume 3, Republished With Large Additions By John Throsby, ed., Volume 7, page 194 GoogleBooks shows Isabella, who married John de Orreby, as daughter of Robert fitz Ranulf, the founder of Beauchief, brother of Sir William de Alfreton 1180 who married Idonea de Blackwell.
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