Little John intends to elope with Meg of Wickham, but their flight is halted by a mysterious mad pig lady who seems to have lost her charges. Lord Edgar, uncle to Robin Hood, comes to Nottingham to visit the King who is ill. While wandering through Sherwood rounding up pigs, Robin encounters his uncle who claims to have been looking for him. It appears that the Earl of Huntingdon - Robin's father - is in great danger.

King John is raising an army against the Welsh. He orders all the food from the villages to be collected to feed his army.

Robin and his band are unwilling to stand by and see their friends starve, so they prepare the Wickham villagers for action.