In retaliation, Prince John has the Sheriff send some men to kill them (including Red Gill who killed his father) but they only manage to succeed in killing Robin's father and then getting killed by Robin himself (even Red Gill), thus, begins Robin's life as Robin Hood, an outlaw living in Sherwood Forest who steals from the rich and gives to the poor.ĭays later, the Sheriff captures two prisoners: Scathelock, who refused to reveal Robin Hood's whereabouts after the Sheriff stole his cattle since he had no more taxes to pay and Stutely, who was caught poaching a King's deer since the Sheriff starved him, and decides to give them a cruel punishment and torture as a warning to all those who break Prince John's laws. Nevertheless, knowing the Sheriff's true nature and intentions, both defy and refuse to join and serve him an act which aspires some other archers to follow Lord Fitzooth's lead. As it turns out, it is Lord Hugh Fitzooth and his son, Robin the winners. The Sheriff and Prince John seem impressed with a competitor and one of the Sheriff's bowmen, Red Gill's archery skills during the game. Together, they organize an archery contest at the Nottingham fair to determine which archer is the best to serve Prince John and form an army of good arrow shooters under their command. Once King Richard leaves for the Crusade in Austria, he appoints a new man named Tudlesy to be his own new Sheriff of Nottingham and reveals his true nature and intentions, which is to raise taxes and collect money from the poor in his brother's absence and as long as his mother, Queen Eleanor and the Archbishop of Canterbury remain oblivious to the plot. He was portrayed by the late Peter Finch. The Sheriff of Nottingham is the secondary antagonist from the 1952 live action Disney film The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men.
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