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Gilbert Whitehand (also Gilbert with the White Hand ) is in English folklore a less prominent member of Robin Hood's Merry Men. He was present in A Gest of Robyn Hode, an early Robin Hood ballad from the late medieval period, although he has been widely forgotten by modern audiences.

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rdfs:comment	Gilbert Whitehand (also Gilbert with the White Hand ) is in English folklore a less prominent member of Robin Hood's Merry Men. He was present in A Gest of Robyn Hode, an early Robin Hood ballad from the late medieval period, although he has been widely forgotten by modern audiences.
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abstract	Gilbert Whitehand (also Gilbert with the White Hand ) is in English folklore a less prominent member of Robin Hood's Merry Men. He was present in A Gest of Robyn Hode, an early Robin Hood ballad from the late medieval period, although he has been widely forgotten by modern audiences. It is unknown why he was referred to as having 'white hands'. It is thought that Gilbert Of The Whitehand developed from Gilbert Wythehonde, a second name found in the Wakefield Court Rolls. Some have suggested it was because he had a withered hand, amongst other reasons. However, this is speculation and it is not stated specifically why. Gilbert clearly had no physical hindrance - it is stated that he is Robin's equal in archery, and together they were the best archers in all England. In the 1840 story by Pierce Egan the Younger (translated into French, divided into two parts and resumed by Alexandre Dumas, published posthumously in 1872) Gilbert and his wife, Margaret, are Robin's foster parents (his real father according to the Egan/Dumas storyline was the Earl of Huntingdon), and Gilbert taught Robin how to use the bow and arrow.

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