In the British Isles the weapon was first recorded as being used by the Welsh in AD 633 , when Offrid , the son of Edwin , king of Northumbria , was killed by an arrow shot from a Welsh longbow during a battle between the Welsh and the Mercians-more than five centuries before any record of its military use in England .
In AD 633 Offrid , son of Edwin , king of Northumbria , was killed by an arrow shot from a Welsh longbow .