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| Citation | 12 Edw. 4. |
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The Statute of Westminster 1472 was an Act of Edward IV of England requiring a tax of four bow staves per tun of cargo to be provided by each ship arriving at an English Port.[1][2]
In 1470, an edict had been passed requiring compulsory training in the use of the longbow.[3] This resulted in a shortage of yew wood. The statute sought to overcome this shortage.
References[edit]
- ^ Statutes at Large: From Magna charta to 1800 (Great Britain, 1762)
- ^ Bell, Eric. "Taxus baccata: The English Yew Tree" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ Tree of the year 2013