The sheriff's role at that time was to be responsible for prisoners appearing in court, collecting rents and taxes and generally enforcing the King's law and order and keeping the peace. Probably due to the recognised division of the city into two parts two sheriffs were appointed - William Sadler and Thomas Lyng and this tradition was upheld until the major changes in local government in 1835. Nottingham's first appointed sheriff was recorded in 1449. Nottingham gained its first mayor and held its first Goose Fair in 1284 but didn't actually elect a Sheriff until almost two hundred years later in 1449. At the end of his reign Henry gave Nottingham into the lordship of his son, John who granted additional privileges including the right to elect a reeve. In 1155, Henry II granted Nottingham a Royal Charter giving the people of the town certain rights and freedoms, mainly around fairs and trade. The seat of the High Sheriff's power was within the formidable Castle. The whole area which included Nottingham and Derbyshire was was presided over by a single High Sheriff. Following the Norman Invasion and William the Conqueror's diktat that a castle be built in Nottingham the town became divided between the newly arrived Norman French who settled around the castle and the saxons who held the 'old town'. This is most likely because, as stated by Robin himself, his father got him the job as sheriff, either that, or he was just joking.Nottingham has had a Sheriff for at least a thousand years. Rottingham is shown, or at least implied, to have very little/no combat skills what so ever, always cowardly backing out of fights, accidentally breaking his own sword when drawing it and when he actually did fight Robin Hood, he stood absolutely no chance and relied on swinging randomly. The Sheriff of Rottingham is show to have a strange speaking problem, in which he will randomly make rambling, incoherent sentences by ether mispronouncing words or completely mangling the placement of the words in a sentence. Robin Hood accidentally impales him with his sword, but Latrine, the castle cook who is often mistaken for a witch, gives him a magic pill that saves him, but then he is forced to become her husband, much to his horror.ĭue to the comedic nature of the film, the Sheriff of Rottingham may not be the most terrible incarnation of Robin Hood's infamous archenemy, but he is undeniably evil, arrogant and relentless, being an especially undemocratic, authoritative, power-hungry and tyrannical figure. The sheriff kidnaps Marion, but Robin follows him. Marion interrupts the marriage when she sees that her lover is free. Surprised, Lady Marion asks the sheriff what this is supposed to mean, and he replies, "That's in case you change your mind." Fortunately, Apsik frees Robin with a well-targeted shot. During the ceremony, the executioner adjusts Robin's neck strap. Desperate, Marion promises the sheriff herself and her hand in return for not showing her beloved. He also foils an assassination attempt made by Don Giovanni, a mobster hired by the Sheriff to get rid of him. Of course, the hero wins, unfortunately he is also taken. He organizes an archery competition, where Robin introduced himself as he expected. Prince John imagines a ploy to finally capture Robin Hood. Overjoyed, Latrina comes off strongly at him but he manages to flee. When he explains the functionment, one of the guards mistakenly understands the Sheriff ordered the test so he cuts the rop, propulsing the Sheriff in Latrina's house while she prays for him. One day, the Sheriff shows to his sovereign his secret project: a catapult.
The Sheriff calls his guards to fight Robin Hood but he defeats them and escapes from the castle. There he also meets the beautiful Marion. Robin Hood arrives at a banquet hosted by the prince to declare war on him. Prince John visits the witch Latrina, who warns him of the new arrivals. The Sheriff reports to his superior about the meeting with Robin Hood. After defeating him, they head for the forest. The Sheriff asks Robin to deliver the boy to him but he refuses. In line with the film's comedic tone, the Sheriff is both incompetent and cowardly a departure from most depictions of the original character.Īlong the way, Robin and his companions meet the Sheriff of Rottingham who chases a young boy to arrest him. He is the corrupt right-hand of Prince John who enforces his unjust rule and seeks to kill Robin Hood and the Merry Men. Mervyn, better known as the Sheriff of Rottingham, is the secondary antagonist of the 1993 comedy film Robin Hood: Men In Tights.
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