Clan of the  Red Clover Archers  series part 2  Richard Merritt was born the bastared  son of a  king. His mother was a member of the red clover clan. Some considered the clover men  to be the best archers in England, others said they were the best archers in all of Europe. This was a talent they would need for like Richard they had been sworn to fight for his father in the coming war with France.They were given the status of freemen and promised that when the war was over they would have a homeland of ther own,somthing they hadn't had since the Welsh had overrun their lands ,some 50 years before richare had been born