All males over the age 14 must carry out 2 or so hours of longbow practice a week supervised by the local clergy.
This was on the books until a massive 2012 “cleanup” of archaic laws.
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Royal Navy ships entering the Port of London must provide a barrel of rum to the Constable of the Tower of London.
Although not enforced in modern times, this law is still on the books. In fact, there is an annual ceremony of the Constable’s Dues, where the Royal Navy moors one of its boats alongside the Tower Pier and the captain delivers his “tax”.
It is illegal for a lady to eat chocolates on a public conveyance.
Nineteenth century, the bastion of women’s lib.