[1027] The authorities for the facts given in this paragraph are very numerous. Most important is Archery (Badminton Series), especially chs. vii. and ix. The bibliography given on pp. 472-499 is exhaustive, and a concise list of the statutes is presented on pp. 500-1. See also F. Grose, Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, 1786, pp. 37-8. Ency. Brit., Art. Archery; J. Strutt, Sports and Pastimes of the People of England (1801), ed. J. C. Cox, 1903, Book ii.
[1028] Sir A. C. Doyle, The Song of the Bowmen.
[1029] R. Ascham, Toxophilus, 1545, Arber’s reprint, p. 113.
[1030] Archery, p. 144.
[1031] J. Brady, Clavis Calendaria, 1812, I. p. 257.
[1032] R. Warner, Collections for a History of Hampshire, 1795, I. p. 104.
[1033] Yew-Trees, p. 103. Hansard, Book of Archery, p. 330. I cannot find any such legislation mentioned in Statutes of the Realm. The statement seems to be copied from Strutt (W. J.).
[1034] J. G. Strutt, Sylva Britannica, 1826, p. 28. Mr W. Adamson Foulis informs me that the island referred to must be Inchlonaig (= Yew Island).
[1035] Yew-Trees, p. 103. Cf. J. G. Strutt, Sylva Brit., 1826, p. 4, where the same statement is made.
[1036] Yew-Trees, p. 155.