People/Characters Adam Bell

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Robin Hood by J. C. Holt
British Folktales by Katharine Briggs
The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Volumes 1 through 5 by Francis James Child
Folk Tales of Britain: Narratives by Katharine M. Briggs
The Outlaws of Medieval Legend by Maurice Keen
Medieval Outlaws: Ten Tales in Modern English by Thomas H. Ohlgren
The Rymes of Robyn Hood: An Introduction to the English Outlaw by R. B. Dobson
Robin Hood and other outlaw tales by Stephen Knight
Early ballads, illustrative of history, traditions, and customs; also, Ballads and songs of the peasantry of England, ta by Robert Bell
Medieval Ballads: Chivalry, Romance, and Everyday Life : A Critical Anthology by Gwendolyn A. Morgan
Selections from the early ballad poetry of England and Scotland by Richard John King

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Adam Bell: One of the three heroes of the ballad romance "Adam Bell, Clym of the Clough, and William of Cloudesly" (#116 in Francis James Child's collection The English and Scottish Popular Ballads. The ballad is about three archers, and may be related to early versions of the Robin Hood saga. The three are outlaws. William goes to visit his wife and is taken. The other two rescue him, perform various other feats, and are pardoned by the King.