Armagh County: 1843 Registration Act .

The Irish Registration Act of 1843

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

                                         County Armagh.

The following entries have been collected over a number years by myself, fellow collectors
and dealers. In total over 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 Armagh between
1843-1846. Listed are the county prefix, licence number, description of weapon/s and where
possible the maker/retailer.

             

AR 56	Flk Brownbess Musket	M&J Pattison
AR 74	Flk Shotgun. 10 bore . Converted Drum & Nipple.	Gilroy
AR 939	Flk Rifled Carbine	Pepper
AR 945	Percussion Boxlock Side Hammer Pistol	M&J Pattison
AR 1285	Flk Brownbess Musket
AR 1630	Flk Blunderbuss.
AR 1660	Flk Steel Barrelled Coaching Carbine
AR 1998	Flk Musketoon	Trulock
AR 2309/2310	22 Bore Pair of Duelling Pistols.	Nicholas Clarke
AR 2526	Brownbess
AR 2563	India Pattern Brownbess.
AR 2715/2716	Pair Flk Duelling Pistols. 10" Barrels. Fullerd (WF).	John Blanch
AR 2721	Flk India Pattern Brownbess.
AR 3000	Brownbess. 42"	R.Wilson
AR 3183	India Pattern Brownbess. Butt Plate Only.
AR 3963	Description Withheld by Owner.	Siddons
AR 3963	Flk India Pattern Brownbess. 38.5" Barrel
AR 4178	Flk Pocket Pistol	W.Cole
AR 4582	Pair Flk Four Barrel Pistols Cased.	Knubley
AR 4655	Flk Large Bore Steel Barrelled Blunderbuss.
AR 5416	Pair Flk Duelling Pistols.	Rigby
AR 5431	Flk India Pattern Musket. Rare .750.  4oth Reg Foot
AR 5458	Converted Brownbess.
AR 5825	Military Style Musket . Converted
AR 5895	Converted Blunderbuss.	Staples ?
AR 5950	Converted Long Barrelled Sporting Gun. C.1770.
AR 6216	Brownbess. India Pattern. "JA15"
AR 6279	Flk Brownbess Musket
AR 6348	Brownbess Musket. Converted
AR 6337	Flk India Pattern Brownbess. East Devon Militia.	Tower
AR 6559	New Land Pattern Brownbess.Converted.	Samuel Hoy
AR 6654	India Pattern Brownbess.
AR 6677	Brownbess India Pattern. Converted
AR 7154	India Pattern Brownbess..
AR 7237	Percussion. 3 Barrelled Pistol	W & J Rigby
AR 7306	Brownbess India Pattern. Seago C8.
AR 7316	Brownbess. India Pattern Seago Volunteer.
AR 7884	Flk Boxlock Pocket Pistol. 50 bore	Spencer
AR 8043	Flk Brass Barrelled Blunderbuss. "RT" Rectangle MakersMark.	Robert Tomlinson.
AR 8986	16 Bore Brass Barrelled Travelling Pistol
AR 9161	India Pattern Brownbess.

Of note in this selection of weaponry are the India Pattern Brownbess Muskets. These being
held by volunteer/militia regiments. All regular army issue weapons being exempt from the Act. 

Another interesting fact from this whole survey is the average volumes of weaponry for each area.
The six counties averaging 10668* weapons per county whereas across the other 33
counties/boroughs the average volumes drop to a meager 3808.* 

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

* Based on existing data.

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We are always pleased to know of weapons registered in                      County Armagh or any of the other 39 areas.                             Dave Stroud. ramrodantiques.co.uk