The Registration Act of 1843. Licence to Keep Arms (Ireland).

              A follow-up to our blogs regarding the Registration Act of 1843 

                                    ( Licence to Keep Arms. (Ireland)

We would be pleased to hear from fellow collector's, student's and all those interested in the marking of weapons under this legislation and in particular any registration numbers that are not included in our survey covering the forty areas of this Act.

This is a free global forum and we trust all those interested in this subject have enjoyed the update.

In addition, we would like to take this opportunity to thank all those that have added to this data over the past thirty years.

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County Wicklow. (Update). Licence to Keep Arms. (1843).

 

 Arms (Ireland) Act (1843)

County

Wicklow

WI 167	Flk Brass Barrelled Blunderbuss			Clarke
WI 167	Flk Brass barrelled Blunderbuss			Clarke
WI 167	Brownbess.India Pattern.
WI 233	Flk Holster Pistol.			Fowler
WI 258	Flk Brass Barrelled Blunderbuss. Barrel Mark JS/IS
WI 470	4 Barrelled Duckfoot Pistol			Goodwin
WI 494	Percussion Musket/Fusil/Carbine. .65 Cal. Serial No 8984.			W & J Rigby
WI 503	Perc' Pocket Pistol. Marked on barrel and stock.			Bentley
WI 572	Flk Brass barrelled Pistol. Ashford & Wicklow Post Rider.			Goggin
WI 626	Converted Flk to Percussion. Duellers. Oct Barrels Half Stocked.			Margaret Prince.
WI 684	Flk Brass Barrelled Blunderbuss.
WI 779	Paget Cavalry Carbine. Kings Light Dragoons
WI 832	Flk Pistol. Concealed Trigger.			H Nock
WI 894	Flk Pocket Pistol.			Joyner
WI 897	Percussion Travelling Pistol			Byrne
WI 919	Brass Barrelled Blunderbuss.			Heylin
WI 928	Flk Holster/Duelling Pistol			Clarke
WI 928	Flk Volunteers Carbine
WI 928	Flk Brass Barrelled Blunderbuss.			Hadley
WI 936	Converted Pair Duelling Pistols.Ser No. 6135 (1816) secret rifling			J.Manton & Son
WI 952	Flk Brass barrelled Pistol. Ashford & Wicklow Post Rider.			Goggin
WI 967	Flk Brass Barrelled Blunderbuss.			Rigby
WI 1049	Flk Brass Barrelled Blunderbuss.			Pattison
WI 1090	Cased pair Perc' Duellers. Capt Pakenham			Tatham & Egg
WI 1093	Perc'Turnover Pistol			Rigby
WI 1093	Flk Brass Barrelled Blunderbuss
WI 1187	Flk Pistol, French Cock.			Daniel Muley
WI 1228	Flk. Cased Pair of Duelling Pistols.			Samuel Nock
WI 1269	Perc' Cased Travelling Pistols			Dempsey
WI 1313	Pair Percussion Target Pistols.			M&R Anglin
WI 1314	Flk Light Dragoon Pistol
WI 1680	Flk India Pattern Brownbess.
WI 1745	Perc' Pistol. Butt Magazine. Captive Ramrod			W & J Rigby
WI 2073	Flk Dublin Castle Pistol. "GR"
WI 2084	Flk Brass Barrelled Blunderbuss. Bonhams state "WE"?			Blackwell
WI 2180	Flk India Pattern Brownbess.
WI 2220	Flk 28 Bore Carriage Pistol. S/S D/B. Saw Handled.			Rigby
WI 2411	Pair Flk Duelling Pistols.Saw Grips. French Cocks. Swamp Oct Barrels			George Turner
WI 2623	Cased Pair of 22 bore Duelling Pistols. Marked Barrels and stocks.			Whitney
WI 2652	Flk Brass Barrelled Blunderbuss.			Rigby
WI 2658	Flk D/B Fowling Piece.			T. Fowler+I836

 

Qty 49 Weapons. Including eight pairs of pistols with identical numbers.

Please refer to our older post dated 31/8/2016. Qty 31.

Qty: 4546 Guns, 1953 Pistols & 217 Blunderbusses

NB: Official return shows 6716 weapons were registered.

    David Stroud.  ramrodantiques.co.uk

County Wexford (Update) Licence to Keep Arms. (1843)

 

Arms (Ireland) Act (1843)

County

Wexford.

WX 201	D/B Percussion travelling Pistol.		Wm Jackson
WX 565	Flk Light Dragoon Pistol
WX 1168	Flk Cannon Barrelled Pistol		T. Richards
WX 1203/1204	Pair Holster Pistols. 16 bore. Circa 1800		Wheeler
WX 1230	Converted Brass Barrelled Blunderbuss.		Edwards
WX-1369	Flk 7 Barrelled Revolver. (Hand Rotated). 3.5" Barrels. .36 cal.		G. Turner
WX 1433	54 bore D/B turnover Pistol.		W & J Rigby
WX 1493	details not disclosed
WX 1803	Flk Steel Barrelled Blunderbuss.		Bergin
WX 2088/2089	Pair Percussion Travelling Pistols		Homan
WX 2340/2341	Pair Perc' Pocket Pistols. 2" Barrels. .42 cal.		M & R Anglin
WX 2347	Converted Drum & Nipple Travelling/Overcoat Pistol. Captive Ramrod		G.Pepper
WX 2416	Flk Holster Pistol. Brass Barrel & Lockplate. Sil'Mounts Chas Freeth. 1782		Hadley
WX 2480	Percussion D/B Turnover Pistol		W&J Rigby
WX 2596	Flk Brass Barrelled Blunderbuss		Allen
WX 3261/3262	Pair Flk Holster Pistols		Ketland
WX 3632	Flk Steel Barrelled Blunderbuss.		Duffy
WX 3741/3742	Pair  Pistols. Details to folow John Sullivan.		Robert Wogdon
WX 4095	Flk Brass barrelled Blunderbuss. Cir.1730
WX 4603/4604	Pair Flk Duelling Pistols. Later Case.Reg licence dated 5/1/44		Daniel Muley
WX 4415	Blunderbuss. Steel Barrelled.		Anglin
WX 4416	Converted Drum & Nipple Carbine.		W & J Rigby
WX 4431/4432	Pair Flk Travelling Pistols. French Cocks. Full Rainproof Pans.		Fowler
WX 4670	Flk Travelling Pistol. 16 Bore. 6" Barrel.		Wheeler
WX 4690	16 Bore Flk Duelling Pistol.		Anglin
WX 4890/4891	Pair Flk Duelling Pistols..		Rigby
WX 4943	Butt Trap Percussion Pistol.		W & J Rigby
WX 5122/5123	Flk Duelling Pistols		Clarke
WX 5344	Flk Overcoat Pistol.( French Cock)		McKnight
WX 5589	All Steel 4 Barrelled Pistol.		W&J Rigby
WX 5618	16 Bore Travelling Pistol		Homan
WX 5860	Flk Travelling Pistol. Brass Barrel.		Williams
WX 6520	11 Bore Musket.		Kavanagh
WX 6527	Percussion Musket with Bayonet.		Kavanagh
WX 6732	Percussion Backaction Overcoat Pistol.		M&R Anglin
WX 7125	Percussion D/B Turnover Pistol.		M&R Anglin
WX 7542/7543	Pair Flk Duellers. Both Cocks Broken Original early trade label.		Rigby

 

Qty 47 Weapons.

Please refer to our older post dated 25/8/2016. Qty 35.

Qty: 5255 Guns, 1838 Pistols, 151 Blunderbusses & 16 Cannons.

Official return shows 7260 weapons were registered.

As with previous counties weapons were registered well into 1846.

                   David Stroud. ramrodantiques.co.uk