[11] The Pinder of Wakefield, in Yorkshire, is often alluded to in Robin Hood ballads—
"In Wakefield there lives a jolly pinder, In Wakefield all on a green."
The Pinder was, of course, an impounder of stray cattle.
[12] Adam Bell was a northern outlaw, so celebrated for archery and other matters as to become proverbial, and
"To shoot as well
As Adam Bell"
became a common expression. He was also the subject of various ballads, and is thus alluded to by D'Avenant in 1673:—
"With loynes in canvass bow-case tyde,
Where arrowes stick with mickle pride;
Like ghosts of Adam Belland Clymme,
Sol sets for fear theyl shoot at hym."
[13] Clim of the Clough was another famous archer, and is also alluded to in the extract given above. "Clough" signifies a ravine, or narrow glen, or close wooded dale.
[14] William of Cloudeslee was also a noted archer.
[15] Guy, Earl of Warwick.