I've only just been able to pick this message up. Can I make a suggestion and ask a question at the same time? Isn't a cross bolt just another word for the arrow sent in a cross bow? A bolt is another word for an arrow, isn't it, or sometimes a dart? Audrey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Harvey" <spiritword@ozemail.com.au> To: <OLD-ENGLISH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 10:48 AM Subject: [OEL] WEAPONS AND TROOPS > To Eve McLaughlin and John Waite ~ > Thanks for your assistance with my enquiry re the Crossbow/Crossbolt > Frank Harvey ~ Australia > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Eve McLaughlin" probably crossBOW (the new technology version of the > longbow). The first upright i[]=of the w is long, followed by a slightly > bent doubled section, which could be read as lt > > > > ==== OLD-ENGLISH Mailing List ==== > OLD-ENGLISH Web Page > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ > >

In message <010601c471d1$52c59300$37d0fc3e@oemcomputer>, "norman.lee1" <norman.lee1@virgin.net> writes >I've only just been able to pick this message up. Can I make a suggestion >and ask a question at the same time? Isn't a cross bolt just another word >for the arrow sent in a cross bow? A bolt is another word for an arrow, >isn't it, or sometimes a dart? I think the original query referred to a legacy or inventory, something left in a will - more likely to be the bow, than a single bolt or arrow. If it had been plrual, the alternative might be feasible. -- Eve McLaughlin Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society