The Irish Registration Act of 1843
Schedule B.,6&7 Vic.,Cap.74,Sec 3.
Licence to Keep Arms.
County East Cork.
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 East Cork between 1843-1846.
Listed are the county prefix, licence number, description of weapon/s and where possible the maker/retailer.
EC 72
|
Pair
Duelling Pistols
|
Wogdon
|
EC 91
|
Pocket
pistol. Converted to Perc'
|
|
EC 112
|
Pair Flk
Duelling Pistols
|
Whitney
|
EC 175
|
Converted
Boarding Pistol.Spring Bayonet.
|
Bennett
|
EC 177
|
Flk
Pistol
|
|
EC 184
|
Flk
Blunderbuss. Brass barrel
|
Henry
Nock
|
EC 220
|
Flk
Blunderbuss. 3 stage barrel.
|
T Hughes
|
EC 262
|
Flk Brass
Barrelled Blunderbuss
|
Ketland
& Co
|
EC 286
|
Flk
Blunderbuss. Brass barrel
|
Whitney
|
EC 336
|
Perc' 4
Barrelled. Rotary Hammer Pistol.
|
M & J
Pattison
|
EC 423
|
Flk 16
bore Duelling Pistols
|
P Whitney
|
EC 423
|
Dutch/Irish
Brass Barrelled Blunderbuss
|
|
EC 482
|
Flk
Duelling Pistols. 24 Bore.
|
Blackwell
|
EC 508
|
Percussion
Officers Pistol
|
D.Egg
|
EC 641
|
Perc'
Travelling Pistol. No Lock. PCBassett.
|
|
EC 736
|
40 bore
perc'boxlock sidehammer pistol
|
|
EC 792
|
Percussion
Pistol
|
Bachman
|
EC 884
|
Perc'
Trav' Pistol
|
|
EC 914
|
Converted
Pkt Pistol.
|
|
EC 945
|
Pair
Silver Mounted Holster Pistols
|
Edwards
|
EC 947
|
Flk 18
bore Pocket Pistol.
|
|
EC 1001
|
Cased
Pair Duelling/Holster Pistols
|
Mc
Dermott
|
EC 1069
|
Flk
Duelling /Holster Pistols.Cased
|
Theo
Richards
|
EC 1150
|
Flk
Pistol.
|
Prosser
|
EC 1166/1167
|
Flk
Cannon Barrelled Pistols
|
T Hughes
|
EC 1207
|
Flk
Travelling Pistol
|
Fowler
|
EC 1211
|
Flk
Cannon Barrelled Holster Pistol
|
T. Hughes
|
EC 1216
|
Flk
Duelling Pistol. With shortened barrel.
|
Mills
|
EC 1220
|
Brass
Barrelled Blunderbuss
|
Whitney
|
EC 1225
|
Flk
Duelling Pistol. 10.5/8" barrel. TH on barrel.
|
P.Whitney
|
EC 1225
|
25 Bore
Duelling Pistol. H.Hayes.
|
J
Richards
|
EC 1242
|
Flk Brass
Barrelled Blunderbuss.
|
|
EC 1260
|
Flk
Blunderbuss..
|
Hall
|
EC 1272
|
Flk
Blunderbuss. Brass lock. 2 stage barrel.
|
Westerman
|
EC 1273
|
Flk
Repeating Pistol
|
Lorenzoni
|
EC 1282
|
Flk
Blunderbuss
|
Ketland
|
EC 1282
|
Flk Brass
Barrelled Blunderbuss..
|
Edwards
|
EC 1332
|
Flk Heavy
|
Tower
|
EC 1536
|
Percussion
Pistol.
|
Connel
& Co
|
EC 1621
|
Perc'
Travelling Pistol. ( Conversion). 16 bore. 4.5" Barrel
|
Tyner?
|
EC 1717
|
Pair
Perc' Turnover Pocket Pistols. Birm.Proof.
|
Allport
|
EC 1717
|
Flk Light
Dragoon Pistol. 9" Barrel.
|
|
EC 2057
|
28 Bore
Miquelet Rifle
|
|
EC 2210
|
Flk
Pistol . Silver Mounts.
|
Bourdiec
|
EC 2339
|
Flk
Converted Caplock. D/B Shotgun
|
Manton
|
EC 2344
|
Flk
Converted Caplock. D/B Shotgun
|
J Manton
& Son
|
EC 2399
|
Cased
Pair Perc' Duelling Pistols 1988. Now reconverted
|
Durs Egg
|
EC 2416
|
Pair Flk
Holster Pistols
|
|
EC 2466
|
Flk Light
Dragoon Pistol.
|
Ketland
|
EC 2789
|
Flk
Blunderbuss pistol. Steel Barrel. 10"
|
T.Hughes
|
EC 2925
|
Flk
Silver Mounted Holster Pistol. 1777
|
|
EC 2892
|
Pair Flk
Belt Pistols.
|
Bass
|
EC 3675
|
Perc'Boxlock
Pkt Pistol
|
Westley
Richards
|
  A pair of Bass belt pistols both marked EC- 2892 Authors photography |
As will be seen through these lists the majority of pairs of pistols are consecutively numbered.
There was considerable confusion and many anomalies exist within the marking of weapons but these are normally easily explained. County Louth did appear to have a number of issues and weapons have been found marked "DR" (Drogheda). In another instance four different weapons were issued with the same licence number viz. LH 1257. We will deal with other instances in later blogs.
Official House of Commons Returns 8th May 1846.
Official House of Commons Returns 8th May 1846.
We are always pleased to know of other weapons registered in East Cork or any of the other 39 areas
under this Act.
Dave Stroud. ramrodantiques.co.uk
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