St Mary’s in the Lace Market

St Mary’s in the Lace Market

Legend has it that Robin Hood came to St Mary’s to pray, and he knelt at the rood screen to pray. The church Robin Hood knew was replaced by the current building, but it would have been in this area that he heard the priest say mass. Unfortunately for Robin, a treacherous monk roused the Sheriff of Nottingham, whose men arrested him in the church porch as he tried to escape, though not before Robin hit the sheriff’s helmet with such force he broke his sword in two.

Little John helped him escape the prison that followed.

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