Antrim County 1843 Registration Numbers.

The Irish Registration Act of 1843

                          Schedule B.,6&7 Vic.,Cap.74,Sec 3.
                                    Licence to Keep Arms.

                                         County Antrim

     

                           



The following entries have been collected over a number years by myself, fellow collectors
and dealers. In total 1100 registrations from the 40 areas have been collated which is a very small sample of the 300.000 weapons the authorities had calculated were in circulation in private hands
at this time.

The list below gives all those weapons found registered in County Antrim between 1843-1846.
Listed are the county prefix, licence number, description of weapon/s and where possible the maker/retailer.


AN 172 Pair Double Barrelled Flk Pistols. Cased. W.Parker
AN 325 India Pattern Brownbess.
AN 424 Flk Volunteer Musket. "GL over 56"  8 Bore.
AN 620 Percussion Pocket Pistol. Captive Ramrod. W & J Rigby
AN 623 14 bore Flk military fusil 37" E.I.C..
AN 630 Flk Blunderbuss                                           Neill
AN 812  Flk Brownbess India.  McLean
AN 919 Converted. India Pattern Brownbess.
AN 920 Pair D/B perc' overcoat pistols J.Braddell
AN 1301 Pair Flk Holster Pistols S.Brunn
AN 1301 Composite Percussion Blunderbuss Ketland/ Fowler
AN 1320 Converted India Pattern Brownbess
AN 1341 Composite Shotgun. Conversion
AN 1633 Converted Holster Pistol. Brass Barrel.
AN 1762 Flk Superimposed cannon Barrelled Pistol. Silver Mounts Waters
AN 2129  Flk Fowling Piece                        Nicholl
AN 2660/2661  Pair Flk Holster Pistols        Trulock
AN 2843 Converted India Pattern Brownbess
AN 3570  Flk Blunderbuss. Brass Barrel.           W.Cole
AN 3875 Pocket Pistol. Converted to Cap Lock.
AN 4174  Flk Blunderbuss                              Mc Dermott
AN 4299 18 bore Holster Pistol Twigg
AN 4376  Flk D/B Shotgun 33" Barrel Gardner & Cole
AN 4900  Flk Holster Pistol. Rigby
AN 5144/5145 Flk Duelling Pistols.                Mc Cormick
AN 5334 Percussion Pocket Pistol Busby & Fox
AN 6296  Volunteer Brownbess                    Memory
AN 6789 Flk Steel barrelled Blunderbuss      Fowler
AN 6905 Flk S/B Shotgun 38" Barrel William Pattison
AN 8084/8085  Pair Flk Duelling Pistols           Rigby
AN 8712  Flk Travelling Pistol. Brass Mounts. Anglin
AN 8890  Perc' S/B Shotgun.16 Bore. Smith
AN 9007 Perc' Back Action Travelling Pistol. 16 bore.4" Oct Barrel. D.Egg

                                  Official House of Commons Returns 8th May 1846. 

In future blogs we will look at the other areas, the next being County Armagh.

Please refer to earlier related blogs: 28/11/2015,
                                                    18/11/2015
                                                    21/10/2015
                                                    10/ 9/ 2015

We are always pleased to know of any weapons registered under this act and
the strictest confidentiality is assured.


Dave Stroud. ramrodantiques.co.uk