robbin' the 'hood

What da famed Earl-of-Huntingdon-turned-outlaw character partially stopped da evil Prince John and Sheriff of Nottingham from doing

When King Richard returned from da Crusades, he told da Band Of Merry Men dat although he didn't entirely approve of their methods of counteracting government corruption, he knew dat his own stuffy "high-toned, high-society" colleagues had been "robbin' the 'hood" themselves --- and to a much greater degree than said rebels had done, and with merely self-serving intent --- and so he granted each and every one of said honorable bandits a free and complete pardon.