There was a law requiring people to practice archery
But 3 H.8.c.3 was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act (26 & 27 Vict.c.125) [this was a law to tidy up and remove a whole range of obsolete laws].
I presume, but am not certain, that this also repealed sections 1 to 4 and 7 to 10 of 33 H.8.c.9. The whole of the latter was repealed by the Betting and Gaming Act (1960 c.60). So: The law requires all Englishmen to practice archery.
It did so once upon a time. It stopped doing so in 1863.
It definitely stopped doing so in 1960.
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It WAS the law in the later Middle Ages. If the law is still in force, it certainly has not been enforced for many centuries.