Factual error: The type of hanging equipment they have when they are about to hang the monk wasn't used until the 19th century, while the third crusade which King Richard is out fighting was in the 12th century.
Robin Hood (1973)
1 factual error
Directed by: Wolfgang Reitherman
Starring: Peter Ustinov, Terry-Thomas, Phil Harris, Brian Bedford, Roger Miller
Genres: Adventure, Animated, Disney, Family, Musical, Romance
Continuity mistake: During the archery contest Prince John starts out wearing sandals, then wears no shoes, then wears sandals again when he dives out of the stand.
Marian: Oh, Clucky, surely he must know how much I really love him.
Clucky: But of course, my dear. Believe me, someday soon, your Uncle King Richard will have an outlaw for an in-law.
Trivia: The characters of Prince John and King Richard are based on real people. Their mother, Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, really did prefer Richard over John and all her other children (although John didn't really lapse into fits of whining and sucking his thumb.) John eventually became king after Richard's death.
Question: How did Prince John work out it was Robin Hood who robbed his royal coach?
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Answer: Either he figured it out on his own or Sir Hiss told him.
How would Sir Hiss know that it was Robin Hood who robbed the royal?