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Traditional Sunday RoastIn the distant past the village serfs who worked the land, were held in bondage by the Squire, in other words they were held in a form of slavery and not freemen able to roam at will and when called by the King the landowners would rally their serfs to the Kings Colours.
During the week the Serfs worked for the Squire for six days with Sunday the Sabbath was a day of rest. After the morning church service, the men would assemble in a field by the Squires hall and practice with the sword, musket, pike & long bow to be ready to fight the enemy of the King.
After much battling and target practice the serfs were rewarded with the Kings payment, which was several mugs of ale at the Tavern for followed by a feast of oxen roasted upon the spit. Which was how the traditional Sunday Roast the British still enjoy originated.
This training was carried out in earnest by men fit as an Ox and the secret weapon of the day was the Welsh Long Bow, much larger than the normal bow which required much effort to draw fully. It was not a weapon for an old man, at full draw it had enough power to shoot an arrow through armour, and all warriors feared it.
At the battle of Agincourt the Kings Army lined up for combat with the French, the King had one advantage in that he had scores of Archers all equipped with Longbows. The normal French bowmen could achieve a range of 400 to 500 yards were as the English Archers with Longbows at full draw could reach 800 yards, as a result they the French were decimated without the English even coming into range.
Victory for England was total. |
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