Casgliadau Arlein
Amgueddfa Cymru
Chwilio Uwch
Model of Longbowman
c.1405, in woollen clothing. The finished model is clothed with a linen shirt under a short-sleeved padded jack of natural wool. The livery coat in green and white wool is similar to that bought ot make jackets and hoods for Welsh bowmen of Flint in the service of Edward, the Black Prince, in 1346. On his legs he wears hose in a light wool naturally dyed dark red (madder) and over this anotehr separate oair of leggings which could be rolled down to the ankles (dark brown/grey wool). He also wears a linen coif (or head-dress) under his helmet, a woollen hood on his shoulders and a pair of one-piece leather ankle boots.