[MR] BBC: Robert Hardy Obituary

[Garth Groff via Atlantia]

Noble Friends, Especially Fellow Archers:

Today the BBC is reporting the death of veteran British actor Sir Robert 
Hardy. Most of you will remember Hardy as Cornelius Fudge, the Minister 
of Magic in several Harry Potter films. Those of us who study the 
history of archery will also remember him as an expert on the English 
longbow, both has a keen historian and as an accomplished archer. He was 
heavily involved in the conservation of the bows recovered from the Mary 
Rose shipwreck, and lovingly tended the precious relics as a long 
freshwater bath forced 500 years of salt from the wood. Besides being a 
trustee of the Mary Rose Trust, he served for eleven years as a trustee 
of the Royal Armouries at HM Tower of London. Robert Hardy wrote two 
historical works on archery: LONGBOW, A SOCIAL AND MILITARY HISTORY, and 
with Matthew Strickland, THE GREAT WARBOW, FROM HASTINGS TO THE MARY ROSE.

The BBC story can be found at 
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-40818839

Tomorrow morning I will think of Sir Robert as I practice with my own 
longbow.

Yours Aye,


Lord Mungo Napier, The Archer of Mallard Lodge