English longbow

The English longbow, also called the Welsh longbow, was a powerful type of bow about 2.0 m (6 ft 6 in) long used by the English and Welsh during the Middle Ages both for hunting and as a weapon of war. Longbows were most devastatingly put to use during the Hundred Years War against the French.

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• {{note|RoyalAntSoc}} "The Berkhamsted Bow", Antiquaries Journal 11 (London), p.423
• {{note|RBartelot}} Major Richard G. Bartelot, Assistant Historical Secretary, Royal Artillery Institution, Old Military Academy, Woolwich, England. Letter, 16 February, 1976
• {{note|GFoebus}} C.J. Longman and H. Walrond, Archery (New York: Fiederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1967), p.132
• {{note|machine_gun}} Robert E. Kaiser, "The Medieval English Longbow", Journal of the Society of Archer-Antiquaries, volume 23, 1980
• {{note|BridgNorth}} Did bowmen repell Earl of Derby before Bridgenorth 1642? In "The Garrisons of Shropshire during the Civil War" there is reference to a letter written by a John Norton, dated October 5 1642 from Bridgnorth describing the incident.
• {{note|MaryRose}} Mary Rose: The Ship - Armament - Page 6 of 10 - Bows The web site of The Mary Rose Trust.
• {{note|Hardy}} "Longbow", by Robert Hardy (on line summary)
• {{note|Kaiser_paper}} Robert E. Kaiser, "The Medieval English Longbow", Journal of the Society of Archer-Antiquaries, volume 23, 1980
• {{note|Bat_heg_moor}} Henry Gordon and Alf Webb, "The Hedgeley Moor Bow at Alnwick Castle", Journal of the Society of Archer-Antiquaries 15 (1972), pp. 8–9
• {{note|Flodden}} E.G. Heath, The Grey Goose Wing, p. 134
• {{note|Kaiser_Scotland}} Robert E. Kaiser, "The Medieval English Longbow", Journal of the Society of Archer-Antiquaries, volume 23, 1980
• {{note|Ford}} Horace Ford, "The Theory and Practice of Archery" (London: Longman Green and Co., 1887), page 3.
• {{note|MaryRose_replica}} Alexander McKee, King Henry VIII's Mary Rose (New York: Stein and Day, 1974), p. 103
• {{note|Mendlesham}} W.F. Paterson, Chairman, Society of Archer-Antiquaries. Letters, 5 May, 1976.
• {{note|WhiteCompany}} Project Gutenberg e-text of The White Company