what is the most amount of arrows a bowmen could carry in the medieval ages?

Question

what is the most amount of arrows a bowmen could carry in the medieval ages?

Answer 1

"Quivers were not always employed by archers in warfare, as a large number of arrows would often be supplied to groups of archers and stuck in the ground for more rapid shooting."

"Quiver" : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiver

The arrows used were very heavy, 1 ounce (28 grams) or more, with narrow heavy bodkin pointed heads and thick arrows often made of ash.

"Bow (weapon)" : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_%28weapon%29#Longbow

Answer 2

Bowmen rarely carried their own arrows. They'd carry their bow, and a quiver (holding 1-2 dozen), but most of the arrows for an army or chevauchee would reside in the pack train. When deploying for battle (a relatively formal and laborious process) archers would receive extra arrows for the coming fight. During lulls in the fighting, or between volleys, the archers would run out onto the field and recover expended arrows. This sort of work was also done by servants, boys, and camp followers.

Answer 3

Longbows and archers. In the British Isles, bows have been known from ancient times, but it was among the tribal Welsh that proficiency in use and construction became highly developed. Using their bows, the Welsh forces took a heavy toll on the English invaders of their lands. Adapted by the English, the longbow was nevertheless a difficult weapon to master, requiring long years of use and practice. Even bow construction was extended, sometimes taking as much as 4 years for seasoned staves to be prepared and shaped for final deployment. A skilled longbowman could shoot 12 arrows a minute, a rate of fire superior to competing weapons like the crossbow or early gunpowder weapons. The nearest competitor to the longbow was the much more expensive crossbow, used often by urban militias and mercenary forces. The crossbow lacked the range of the longbow, but packed a bolt of greater penetrating power, and did not require the extended years of training and use demanded by the longbow. A cheap "low class" weapon, considered "unchivalrous" by those unlucky enough to face it, the longbow outperformed the crossbow in the hands of skilled archers, and was to transform several battlefields in Europe.

Taken together, the mass of the pike and the firepower of the bow put an end to the dominance of cavalry on the European scene, and restored the balance in favor of the once-despised foot soldier. Gunpowder eventually was to provoke even more significant changes. The heavy cavalry still remained an important battlefield arm of European armies, however, something that was to continue until the 19th century, when new and more accurate weapons made the mounted soldier too easy a target.

Longbowmen were used to deadly effect on the continent of Europe, as assorted kings and leaders clashed with their enemies on the battlefields of France. The most famous of these battles were Crécy and Agincourt. Against mounted enemies, as at Crécy, the bowmen dug a defensive position defended with staves, and unleashed clouds of arrows into the ranks of knights. The result was utter defeat as the arrows pierced armor, felled horses and shattered the knights' charge, decimating an entire generation of the French nobility.

By Agincourt, most of the French knights actually advanced on foot, and better armour enabled them to engage the English lines. Mud and the terrain helped the English overcome unfavourable odds however. Difficult to deploy in a thrusting mobile offensive, the longbow was best used in a defensive configuration. Against mounted opponents or other infantry the ranks of the bowmen were extended in thin lines and protected and screened by pits (as at Bannockburn), staves (as at Crécy) or trenches elsewhere. Sometimes the bowmen were deployed in a shallow "W", enabling them to trap and enfilade their foes.

Answer 4

Bout a hundred a military archer had people that carried them for him usualy a pikeman