308 C. 9. Anno tricefimo tertio. Hen r-ici VIII. A. 0.154.1/. the fame Bow and Arrows to the fame young Men to ufe and occupy ; (4 J and if the fame young Men be Servants, that then their Matters fhall abate the Money that they {hall pay for the fame Bows and Anows out of their Wages ; (<;) and after all fuch young Men fhall come to the Age of feventeen Years, every of them fhall provide and have a Bow and four Arrows continually for hjmfelf, at his proper Cofts and Charges or elfe of theGift orProvifion of his Friends, and ufe and occupy the fame in {hooting as is before rehearfed- (6) and if the Matter fuffer any of his Servants taking Wages, being in Houfhold, and under the Age of feventeen Years; or the Father fuffer any of his Sons being in his Houfhold, and under the Age of feven- teen Years, to lack a Bow and two Arrows, contrary to the Form of this Eftatute, by the Space of one Month together; then the Matter or Father in whom fuch Negligences fhall be, fhall for every fuch De- fault forfeit vi. s. viii.d. (7) and that every Servant, palling the Age of feventeen Years, and under the Age of fixty Years, and taking Wages, which can or is able to fnoot, and fhall lack a Bow and four Ar- rows by the Space of one Month together, for every fuch Default fhall forfeit and lofe vi. s. viii. cl. Who fliall flioot IV. Be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That no Man under the Age of twenty-four Years at Rovers. {h a j] {hoot at any ftanding Prick, except it be at a Rover, whereat he fhall change at every Shoot his Mark upon Pain for every Shoot doing the contrary, iv. d. (2) and that no Perfon above the faid Age of twenty- four Years {hall fhoot at any Mark of eleven Score Yards or under, with any Prick- fhaft or Flight, under Shooting in the Pain to forfeit for every Shoot, fix Shillings Eight-pence; (3) and that no Perfon under the Age of fe- Yew-bows. venteen Years, except he or his Father or Mother have Lands or Tenements to the yearly Value of ten Pounds, or be worth in Moveables the Sum of forty Marks Sterling, fhall {hoot in any Bow of Yew which fhall be bought for him, after the Feaft of the Purification of our Lady next coming, under the Pain to lofe The Inhabitants and forfeit vi. s. viii. d. (4) and alfo that Butts be made on this Side the Feaft of St. Michael the Archangel of every Town next coming, in every City, Town and Place, by the Inhabitants of every fuch City, Town and Place iha " cut Batts > according to the Law of ancient Time ufed ; (5) and that the Inhabitants and Dwellers in every of them them. 100t St ^ e compelled to make and continue fuch Butts, upon Pain to forfeit for every three Months fo lacking, xx.s. (6) and that the faid Inhabitants fhall exercife themfelves with Long-Bows in {hooting at the fame, and elfewhere, in holy Days and other Times convenient. V. And to the Intent that every Perfon may have Bows of mean Price, be it enacted by Authority afore- Bows of Elm, faid, That every Bowyer, dwelling out of the City and Suburbs of London, fhall after the faid Feaft of the A(h, &c. Purification of cur Lady next coming, for every Bow that he maketh of Yew, make four other Bows meet SHiz c. 10. to ^ 100t in of ^ lrn ' Wich .' ^atil, 4^' or other Wood a Pt for the fame, under the Pain to lofe and forfeit
- 6_ 1Z ' C ' for every fuch Bow fo lacking^ Hi. s. iv. d. (2) and every Bowyer dwelling within the faid City or Suburbs of
London, fhall after the faid Feaft of the Purification of our Lady next coming, for every Bow of Yew that he fhall make, {hall alfo make two otherBows apt for fhooting of Afh, Elm, Wich, Hafil or other Wood meet for the fame, under like Pain and Forfeiture. The feveral : VI. And be it alfo enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That no Bowyer fhall fell any Bow of Yew for Puces of the fe- an y p er f on being between the Age of eight Years and fourteen Years, above the Price of twelve Pence; Bows SortS ° ( z ) and t ' lat t^ ^" lme Bowyers fhall have Bows of Yew of all Prices, from Six-pence the Piece, to Twelve^ Repeated by 8 pence the Piece, for Youth between the faid Ages of feven Years and fourteen Years ; (3) and likewife El, c. io. §. 6. have Bows of Yew for Youth between the Age of fourteen Years and one and twenty Years, and fhall fell the fame at reafonable Prices : (4) And moreover that no Bowyer fhall fell or put to Sale to any the Kino's Subjects, any Bow of Yew of the Tax called Elk, above the Price of three Shillings four Pence, under the Pain to forfeit xx. s. for every Bow fold to the contrary, above the faid Price of three Shillings four Pence, sz 'Ed. 4. c. 4. as a pp eare th by a Statute made in the twenty-fecond Year of the Reign of King Edivard the Fourth, the fourth Chapter ; (5) and that all Bow-ftaves of Yew hereafter to be brought into this Realm, fhall be fold 3 H. 7. c 13. p en gj-,,1 jjQt j n Bundles,, nor clofe, to the Intent the Buyers of them may have perfect Kowledfe of the Goodnels of them, and give the better Price for them if they be fo worth. Saleoffeafonable VII. And furthermore be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That Fletchers of London, and the Sub- Timber by one urbs of the famej may at their Liberty fell feafonable Timber to every Fletcher of the Country, without Fletcher to ano- falling into any Penalty or Danger to any of their Wardens for fo doing, and that all Ordinances and other thcr< Laws made or to be made by their Wardens, or otherwife, to the contrary, fhall be from henceforth clearly fruitrate and void. Bowyers and VIII. And alfo be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That the Bowyers, Fletchers, Stringers and Ar- Fletehers, &c. row _head- makers, repairing and reforting unto the faid City or the Suburbs of the fame, and there making Commandment" their Dwelling or Abiding, being not Freemen of the faid City, bearing neither Scot nor Lot within the faid fhall dwell elfe. City, fhall at all Times by the Appointment of your Grace's moft honourable Council, the Lord Chancellor wheie. of England for the Time being, Lord Treafurer or the Lord Privy-feal, or one of them, go and inhabit fuch Cities, Boroughs and Towns as be deftitute of fuch Artificers, and there to exercife, occupy and praftife their faid Crafts and Faculties for the Maintenance of Artillery and Archery ; (2) and if any fuch Perfon to whom Warning fhall befo given by the King's moft honourable Council, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord - Treafurer, or the Lord Privy-feal, as is aforefaid, to depart unto other Towns or Places of the faid Realm of England from the faid City of London, the Suburbs, Streets, Lanes and Places near the fame, refufe to accomplifh the fame, that then he or they fo refufing fhall forfeit for every Day that he fhall make his Abode . contrary to this Act, xl. s. Aliens fhall not IX. Be it alfo enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That no Stranger born out of the King's Obdfance, convey Bows or no t being Denizen, fhall convey or do to be conveyed, give, fell or exchange fnto any Parts out of the Arrows beyond . j£[ n g>,. Qbeifance, any Long-bows, Arrows or Shafts, without the King's fpecial Licence, upon Pain of Forfeiture of the fame wherefoever they fhall be taken, or the Value thereof, within the King's Power, (z) and upon Pain of Imprifonment without Bail or Mainprife, until fuch Time as he or they fo being; in ward, have made a reafonable Fine to the King for his or their Offences, afore the Juftices of Peace, or two of them
