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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… of various sports, of which the most general were curling, archery, and the game called the "long ball;" and there were, … "Butts," and was most probably a place for the practice of archery in former times. Several antique rings and a key were …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles I
… of a commission for executing the statutes concerning archery. Vol. cclxxxvi., No. 14. 1 p. April 3. Wapentakes of … any monies have been exacted upon the statutes touching archery since the 23rd August, 1631. Ibid., No. 63. p. April … Council. There have been no exactions by levying money for archery since the proclamation of 23 August 1631. Vol. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… only, which met every Saturday at a different inn. 4 An archery society was formed in 1791, a society for the …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… purchased, the school yard levelled, and the Silver Arrow archery competition instituted. 38 Under Thomas Brian … the following year instituted speech days to replace the archery contests which had attracted unruly crowds from … 59-60; eyewitness accounts of rebellion and ending of archery competition in Ingram, Leaves from a Family Tree, …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… Our hero, it is allowed on all hands, had great skill in archery, and much personal courage. His humanity and … rimes of Robinhod and Randal of Chester. In Anecdotes of Archery is the following little histoy of this great robber: … leaves in the forest. Manwood, 51. Brumpton. Anecdotes of Archery. Ib. Dugdale, vol. I. fol. 191, calls this ward of …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… by 1797. Her successor, William Ick or Hicks, had an archery ground at the rear, still there in 1813. 2 On King's …
A History of the County of Somerset
… the tithingmen at Whitley hundred court reported that the archery butts were not maintained. 2 A presentment to the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a Roman Campus Martis), which was celebrated for archery and other military exercises practised there by the …
Old and New London
… ShoreditchSir John de Soerditch"The Duke of Shoreditch"Archery Competitions of the Sixteenth CenturySt. Leonard's …
Old and New London
… for shamfights and tilts. It was a ground for bowls and archery; the favourite haunt of jugglers, acrobats, and …