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The Historical Collections of a Citizen of London in the fifteenth century
A History of the County of York
… in the great hall on the first floor where playacting and archery also took place in the 16th century. The ground-floor … it had been appropriated and used for boat-building, archery, wrestling, and games, but was now returned to the …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… 1831 to a larger kitchen garden; 12 one green was used for archery in 1842. They witnessed successful balloon trips, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the centre of which is Harlow-Bush House, where the Essex Archery Society hold their meetings: there is also a fair for …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… he directed that the pupils should be instructed in archery; and it was customary, until about the middle of the …
The Environs of London
… for the scholars of Harrow to have a public exhibition of archery annually on the fourth of August, when they shot for …
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… they had been in several earlier parliaments - to practice archery rather than indulging in 'ball games played either …
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… other wood, for making arrows of all kinds and for other archery equipment. It is now the case, however, that the … said pattenmakers, to the great and perpetual detriment of archery in the said realm, if a good and swift remedy and …
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… in 1495 (1495 appendix). The need to protect the skill of archery was also made the justification for a bill banning …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… "for loth would I be that, your grace being so expert in archery, the Emperor should have more strings to his bow than …