I’ve been a huge fan or Richard Sharpe for some time, finally starting branching out and read Stone Henge and am almost through The Grail Quest Trilogy. Your books have inspired me to build a 72 inch warbow. I saw the latest Robin Hood this summer and have had a question in the back of my head since than. Now I know this Robin Hood is a Yeoman and not of the aristocracy, like the earliest folk tales and ballads. I know that he was raised to the nobility in the 15th Century or so most likely to appeal to the gentry. How common was it in England for one of noble birth to choose to be an archer and not a man-at-arms? I’m certain it was rare, but there must be a few instances of this?

Cameron Stewart