The year is 1352 and Edward 111 is desperate to recruit more archers for his army. In France he fights to recover those lands he claims belong to the English Crown. Against him are superior French forces and the bubonic plague raging back home. For him are a brave set of field commanders, the implementation of superior tactics and the most devastating weapon available to him on the battlefield, the English Long Bow. The Hundred Years War is synonymous with this weapon, but who were the Archers. At Mauron in 1352 one of the Kings’ most accomplished Field Commanders was Sir William Bentley who defeated a French Army more than twice its size. How? Enter Devon farmer and Cowherder of Alphington, 2 metres high and one wide. An archer of extraordinary quality, who in the space of six months will go from herding his cows to receiving a pair of golden spurs from his King.. This is his story.