Marian's punishment of having her hair cut off would have carried great meaning in that time. Women's long hair was seen as their prize and a great part of their physical beauty. Cutting off the hair was a humiliation as it was seen as a loss of their beauty. Also, short hair was often associated with prostitution so the woman would have that stigma attached, whether or not she was actually a prostitute.
When Annie is talking Roy in the prison, she mentions that she gave her baby Seth to Guy to take to the Abbey. This was a common practice in that time period. Widowed or unwed mothers would send their child to a monastery (boys) or convent (girls). They would be taken care of, educated, learn a profession, and many would eventually take vows to become monks or nuns.
The scene in which everyone is led out to witness the hanging of Roy's mother had to be shot several times, as Richard Armitage kept ad-libbing "Good morning, morning, morning" to the guards, as if it were just another day at the office, in turn cracking the cast and crew members up. Gordon Kennedy can actually be seen laughing as he is brought down the castle steps.
Lucy Griffiths' mother, father, sister and grandfather are all extras in the scene where Marian is publicly humiliated.
After admitting the Sheriff had sent him to kill Robin after threatening his mother, Roy reveals the baby boy they had discovered in the woods was the child of Gisborne and a kitchen girl from Nottingham Castle. He had met the girl, who had told him Gisborne claimed to have taken the child to Kirklees Abbey to be raised there, when in reality he had simply abandoned the child in the woods.
This is a reference to Kirklees Priory, which according to local folklore is believed to have been where the real Robin Hood spent his final days, and is also believed to be his final resting place.
This is a reference to Kirklees Priory, which according to local folklore is believed to have been where the real Robin Hood spent his final days, and is also believed to be his final resting place.