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The actual trade of the bowyers still survives. Although originally made for use in war and hunting, there is now some demand for longbows used in target archery. There are several practising bowyers in the membership of the company and it maintains a great interest in the craft. The bowyers are also
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of the companies, immediately above the Worshipful Company of Fletchers. Uniquely, among all the city's livery companies, companies without livery and guilds, it is the only company with a two-year officer and mastership cycle going back to at least 1488.
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The Bowyers' Company mostly exists as a charitable institution, as do a majority of the 111 livery companies, with a focus on giving to charities where it can make some difference.
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church donated by the Worshipful Company of Bowyers, showing their coat of arms
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took over towards the end of the war. The coat of arms contains three
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were used to great effect by English and Welsh archers, before
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