-The English longbowman of the HYW period had more in common with his French enemy than modern Englishmen in terms of religion, due to the fact that they were both Catholics.
-The Maurithanian longbowman depicted in the execution of St. Sebastian are anachronistically portrayed for their period and therefore cannot be considered longbowmen per se.
-Incentive and punishment both seem to have played a role in the enforcement of the law regarding archery practice. This implies that it was either not easily enforcable or had to be promoted by other means. Further detracting from the imagined proficiency of the English bowman.
-The world's oldest known longbowman is Ötzi, found frozen in the ice in the Tyrol mountain range where yew is abundant. He dates from 3,300 BC and was found with an unfinished selfbow made of yew wood.
-Two other HYW battles in which the longbowmen had little effect on their intended targets are Mauron 1352 and Nogent 1359, the former being the battle in which the English bowmen were cut down by the French cavalry and only repelled by their men at arms.

French victories over the English - Hundred Years War
1338 Battle of Arnemuiden
1340 Battle of Saint-Omer
1340 Siege of Tournai
1341 Battle of Champtoceaux
1342 Battle of Morlaix
1351 Battle of Ardres
1351 Combat of the Thirty
1353 Capture of Saint-Jean-d'Angély
1353 Capture of Lusignan
1354 Battle of Montmuran
1364 Battle of Cocherel
1369 Battle of Montiel
1372 Battle of La Rochelle
1370 Battle of Pontvallain
1372 Battle of Chiset
1382 Battle of Roosebeke
1419 Battle of La Rochelle
1421 Battle of Baugé
1423 Battle of La Brossinière
1428 Siege of Orléans
1429 Battle of Jargeau
1429 Battle of Meung-sur-Loire
1429 Battle of Beaugency
1429 Battle of Patay
1435 Battle of Gerbevoy
1449 Battle of Rouen
1450 Battle of Formigny
1453 Battle of Castillon