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A History of the County of Buckingham
… a cross on Bletchley Green with two hillocks used for archery. They were levelled by Browne Willis in 1711 when he …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… cap on Sundays, not keeping a rook net, 947 not practising archery, 948 harbouring lodgers, 949 keeping greyhounds and …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… punished, and tapsters were amerced. Failures to practice archery and to keep bows and arrows were presented in the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… was in 1565 forbidden to all but the parish clerk. 337 Archery practice was enjoined in 1579. 338 In the earlier …
A History of the County of Oxford
… who supervised a Gentlemen's Cricket Club and an Archery tournament. 168 The Pavilion was removed before the …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Butts were formerly erected in it, for the practice of archery among the inhabitants. A fair is held here for …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… three were presented for not having bows and arrows for archery as required by a statute of 1542 which was invoked; …
A History of the County of Hertford
… 44 She played a conspicuous part in the meetings of the Archery Society 45 and was for many years Master of the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… would not restrict their exercise to the practice of archery as the Statute required, but obstinately preferred …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… the court ordered all males between 7 and 60 to practise archery on Sundays. 328 Constables, tithingmen, and …