u/PilotPeacock

So I understand that the Assize of Arms generally required all people of a specific income to train with the longbow on Sundays. But who exactly did this entail? Was it age 16-20? 40? How did that narrow down from a theoretical percentage of men to the number that actual were drawn up for war? If I’m in a family of five sons are all of us training? Are we all going to war?

So I understand that the Assize of Arms generally required all people of a specific income to train with the longbow on Sundays. But who exactly did this entail? Was it age 16-20? 40? How did that narrow down from a theoretical percentage of men to the number that actual were drawn up for war? If I’m in a family of five sons are all of us training? Are we all going to war?