¶ ENGLAND · c. 1450 · INK ON PARCHMENT
Yeoman
- a lord
- a knight
- an earl
- a yeoman the original little guy
the earliest surviving stories do not call robin hood a nobleman.
they call him a yeoman: the middling man below the knights and the lords.
A GEST OF ROBYN HODE · c. 1450 · OPENING STANZA
¶ II · THE PROOF
Ishall you tel of a gode yeman,
FITT I · STANZA 1
his name was Robyn Hode.
The earl
came later.
the aristocratic robin hood, the dispossessed nobleman of every later retelling, is an invention. the medieval ballads describe robin and his men with one word, and the word is yeman.
- i A Gest of Robyn Hode↗ HARVARD
- iii Robin Hood and the Monk↗ METS
- iv The Yeomanry of Robin Hood↗ OXFORD 2001
Robin Hood was anon before anon existed.
¶ hooded, outlawed, and by 1262 the name was already being pinned on men as an alias.
- ix The 1262 alias↗ CROOK · EHR 1984
¶ IV · THE DESCENT
-
c. 1450
Robin Hood
yeoman. outlawed. under the green wood.
-
2013
Robinhood
named for the robin hood of finance, built for the little guy.
-
2026
Robinhood Chain
open. permissionless. chain id 4663. no approval required.
-
now
$YEOMAN
the original little guy, restored to the ledger.
The little guy
went onchain.
- vi How Robinhood got its name↗ BENZINGA
- vii Robinhood on retail access↗ OFFICIAL
- viii Robinhood Chain documentation↗ OFFICIAL DOCS
¶ V · COLOPHON
Yeoman
c. 1450 → 2026
the original little guy
- ticker
- $YEOMAN
- contract
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