English archers in battle, reign of King Edward IV, 15th century. Longbowman in helmet, jerkin over chainmail hauberk, armed with sword, target shield, long bow and sheaf of arrows with goose-quill feathers. From a manuscript by John Rous, Cotton MS Nero D vii. Blazon of William, Lord Hastings, 1482. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith from his own Selections of Ancient Costume of Great Britain and Ireland, Colnaghi and Co., London, 1814.

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