Dana wrote: >I think this has been discused on the lute list in the past, as I >recall, Henry 8 required all men of england to practice at the butts so >that England would have lots of archers; Yew bow staves were stocked at >all the armories, along with the makings of arrows. Much of this yew >was imported, if I recall corectly, from italy.
I thought it was from Spain. And I also seem to recall something about it being a tithe. Must rummage through the archery books again. Craig To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
