Editing Robin Hood (section)

===Saylis===
[[File:The site of the Saylis at Wentbridge.jpg|thumb|The site of the Saylis at [[Wentbridge]]]]

The ''Gest'' makes a specific reference to the Saylis at Wentbridge. Credit is due to the nineteenth-century antiquarian [[Joseph Hunter (antiquarian)|Joseph Hunter]], who correctly identified the site of the Saylis.<ref>Joseph Hunter, "The Great Hero of the Ancient Minstrelsy of England", ''Critical and Historical Tracts'', 4 (1852) (pp. 15–16).</ref> From this location it was once possible to look out over the Went Valley and observe the traffic that passed along the [[Great North Road (Great Britain)|Great North Road]]. The Saylis is recorded as having contributed towards the aid that was granted to [[Edward III]] in 1346–47 for the knighting of the [[Black Prince]]. An acre of landholding is listed within a [[glebe terrier]] of 1688 relating to [[Kirk Smeaton]], which later came to be called "Sailes Close".<ref>Borthowick Institute of Historical Research, St Anthony's Hall, York: R.III. F I xlvi b; R. III. F.16 xlvi (Kirk Smeaton Glebe Terriers of 7 June 1688 and 10 June 1857).</ref> Professor Dobson and Mr. Taylor indicate that such evidence of continuity makes it virtually certain that the Saylis that was so well known to Robin Hood is preserved today as "Sayles Plantation".<ref>Dobson, Dobson and Taylor, p. 22.</ref> It is this location that provides a vital clue to Robin Hood's Yorkshire heritage. One final locality in the forest of Barnsdale that is associated with Robin Hood is the village of [[Campsall]].