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Friar Tuck

Friar Tuck (born 1159) was a priest of the Kingdom of England who later joined Robin Hood's Merry Men.

Biography[]

Friar Tuck was a man of the cloth, and he was in the company of George, Sheriff of Nottingham in 1194. One day, while he was riding a carriage carrying beer and escorted by Guy of Gisbourne and his men, Robin Hood and his Merry Men ambushed him. They killed all of the guards while Guy fled, and Tuck tried to resist Robin, but he was later forced to submit to them and pulled the wagon to their camp. Robin asked him to deliver his prayer services to the thieves, and Tuck decided to jon the Merry Men. He was both their spiritual leader and a member of the thieves, and he killed the Bishop of Hereford at Nottingham Castle for condemning innocent people for witchcraft, all while Robin Hood and the other Merry Men killed the sheriff of Nottingham and freed captured thieves. After this, he was the priest who married Robin Hood and Marian Dubois.

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