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david w.:
I am doing a report on english  warbows.  What are some good facts, quotes, sources & such

Thanks

Yeomanbowman:
Dave,
The best thing for you is to buy or borrow a good book or two.  Try 'Secrets of the English Warbow' by H. Soar or 'The Great Warbow' by Strickland and Hardy and, of course, Toxophilus.
I'm sure you will enjoy it and learn a lot.

david w.:
heres my report on the english warbow so far. tell me if any info is faulty as I do not know much on this subject but my teacher wouldnt know it.  Its alot of fun to research

Still have alot to cover, its not even half done.  I am aiming for about 5 pages is what our teacher wants.

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markinengland:
David,
Your report is coming along nicely.
In your first paragraph you use the word farce! I think you may have meant to use the word force. :>) We may be a farce now but we were a force then!
You could mention the most famous battles of the 100 years war between England and France like Crecy, Poitiers, and Agincourt.
You might mention the English tactic often used of fighting a defensive battle from a position that protected the archers in combination with armoured men-at-arms also fighting on foot. The French were then forced to attack a well defended line, and had to get through arrow storms to attack the men-at-arms and commanding officer if they wanted to win the battle. The archers often shot from behind hedges or hammered sharp wooden stakes into the ground in front of them to stop horses charging them down. This worked well against French knights on horses so eventually the French knights gave up their horses and also fought on foot.
You could mention the Mary Rose wreck and the warbows found on it - basically the only actual English Warbows existing.
You could mention that English archers were used in many other wars around this time fighting for other states as mercenaries.
You could mention that an archer may not have been a wealthy man but that they could and often did make their fortunes as archers by capturing a wealthy noble knight and randsoming him.
You might look at the Battle of Shrewsbury and other similar longbow against longbow battles.
An archer could shoot around 12 arrows a minute. 7000 archers could thus shoot 84,000 arrows in one minute.
There are some quite good images on google if you do an image search for longbow and warbow and want to include them in your report.
Hope this helps,
Mark in England

david w.:
Thanks!!  Thats some good info!

thanks for catching farce :D

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