Will Scarlet (also Scarlett, Scarlock, Scadlock, Scatheloke,
Scathelocke and Shacklock) is a prominent member of Robin Hood's Merry
Men. He is present in the earliest ballads along with Little John and
Much the Miller's Son.Will Scarlet (also Scarlett, Scarlock, Scadlock,
Scatheloke, Scathelocke and Shacklock) is a prominent member of Robin
Hood's Merry Men. He is present in the earliest ballads along with
Little John and Much the Miller's Son.The confusion of surnames has
led some authors to distinguish them as belonging to different
characters. The Elizabethan playwright Anthony Munday featured Scarlet
and Scathlocke as half-brothers in his play The Downfall of Robert,
Earl of Huntington. Howard Pyle included both a Will Scathelock and a
Will Scarlet in his Merry Adventures of Robin Hood. Will Stutely may
also exist as a separate character because of a mistaken surname.The
first appearance of Will Scarlet was in one of the oldest surviving
Robin Hood ballads, A Gest of Robyn Hode. He helps capture Richard at
the Lee and when Robin lends that knight money to pay off his debts,
Scarlet stands laughing at Little John for the cost of clothing the
knight (Richard at the Lee) being nothing. (Child Ballad 117A p,74)
But after the knight has received four hundred pounds, 3 yards of
every coloured cloth, a horse and saddle Will Scarlet insists the
knight should have a pair of boots.(Child Ballad 117A p,77) Will Scarlet Top Movies & Young Movies