Greenwood Outlaws Characters Cards

Twelve cut-out greenwood outlaw character cards for ages 7+, from Robin and Little John to the potter, the curtal friar and the Prioress of Kirklees. Each card shows the ballads, plays or books the character comes from and two labelled facts, with three games, blank cards and an answer key.

What’s inside:

- How to play: three games and a short timeline of the ballads and books

- 12 character cards: Robin Hood, Little John, Will Scarlet, Much the miller’s son, the Sheriff of Nottingham, Sir Richard at the Lee, the Abbot of St Mary’s, the Potter, the Curtal Friar, the King, Maid Marian and the Prioress of Kirklees

- Who Am I? clue sheet

- Make your own cards (blank cards)

- Answer key

- Credits, picture credits, licence & sources

Pages: 8 (including cover and credits). Sizes: A4 (210 × 297 mm) and US Letter (8.5 × 11 in), both PDFs included in one zip.

Printing: Print at 100% / actual size on A4 or US Letter. Inside pages use light backgrounds and print well in black and white; covers are dark, so start from page 2 to save ink. Cards: print on thin card if you can, then cut out.

Every statement is labelled History (what records, historians and heritage bodies show), Literature (what a named ballad, play, poem or book says) or Tradition (later beliefs, customs and local stories), and checked against named sources (including A Gest of Robyn Hode and the other ballads in the editions of Francis James Child and Frank Sidgwick, Langland’s Piers Plowman, Howard Pyle’s 1883 book, the Calendar of Patent Rolls (via Reading the Rolls), Historic England, the Derbyshire Historic Environment Record, Nottinghamshire County Council, the RSPB, a historian’s article by Dr Mike Ibeji, and Britannica; checked 30 Oct 2026). The sources are listed on each pack’s credits page. The stories are retold in our own words; the pictures are public domain drawings, prints and photos via Wikimedia Commons. Puzzles, games and layouts are REALLYBYTE’s own work. Not endorsed by any of these organisations, and not connected with any film, TV, game, toy or business that uses the name Robin Hood.

Licence: personal and single-classroom use. You may print as many copies as you need for your own family or your own class, and share it with your class through a password-protected platform. Please don’t resell, re-upload or share it publicly. For school-wide use, please email info@reallybyte.com.

Made by REALLYBYTE, the team behind robin-hood.folklore.im. Questions: info@reallybyte.com

This is a digital download: no physical item will be shipped.