Unlawful Games Act 1541
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Unlawful Games Act 1541
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The Unlawful Games Act 1541, sometimes referred to as the Suppression of Unlawful Games Act 1541, was an Act of the Parliament of England, designed to prohibit "Several new devised Games" that caused "the Decay of Archery". All Men under the Age of sixty Years "shall have Bows and Arrows for shooting". Men-Children between Seven "Years and Seventeen shall have a Bow and 2 Shafts". Men about Seventeen "Years of Age shall keep a Bow and 4 Arrows". The penalty for nonobservance was set at 6s.8d. Ar
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English legislation
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unlawful_Games_Act_1541
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2023-11-13T16:52:59Z
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