Friday, 26 February 2016

County Down. Irish Registration Act 1843



The Irish Registration Act of 1843

  Schedule B.,6&7 Vic.,Cap.74,Sec 3.

Licence to Keep Arms.

                                          County Down

                                                       



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 Down between 1843-1846.

Listed are the county prefix, licence number, description of weapon/s and where possible the maker/retailer.


              Flintlock brass barrelled blunderbuss registered in County Down (D-N 7324)

DN 28
Flk Wall Gun. 6 Bore. 55" Barrel Weight 20lbs. Merz

DN 261
14 bore Flk Travelling Pistol
N. Booth?
DN 310
Converted Musket
Brander & Potts
DN 675
Flk pistol converted to percussion.
William Pattison
DN 775
Flk Brass Barrelled Blunderbuss.
Patrick
DN 776/777
Pair Flk Pistols
H.Nock
DN 805
Flk Fully Stocked Dueller. Muley to Lock. Wheeler to Barrel

DN 9608
Flk India Pattern Brownbess. 79th 2. Batt..
Tower
DN 1126/1127
Flk Queen Anne Boxlock Holster Pistol
F. Trulock ?
DN 1142
Flk Brass Barrelled Blunderbuss.
James Eames
DN 1143/1144
Pair Flk Duelling Pistols 10" Swamped Barrels.
Eames.
DN 1628
Flk Elliott Carbine.
Simmonds
DN 1667/1668

Flk Silver Mounted Holster Pistols. 10" barrels (RT)? C 1775.
Lewis Alley

DN 2621
Perc' Pistol.
W. Cole
DN 2911
Flk Sporting Gun. S/B.
Ketland
DN 2947
Converted S/B Sporting Gun.

DN 3001
Flk Brass Barrelled Blunderbuss
W Ketland
DN 3050/3051
Pair Perc' Pkt Pistols.

DN 3231/3232
Pair Flk Duelling Pistols. Fully Stocked Late 18thc.
Wheeler
DN 3378
India Pattern Brownbess 39" Barrel

DN 3548
Percussion Fowling Piece. Single Barrelled.
Peters
DN 3549
Percussion Fowling Piece. Single Barrelled.

DN 3700
Short Land Pattern Brownbess 40" Barrel

DN 4485
Light small bore perc'shotgun.silver mounts.

DN 4586
Flk 10 Bore Manstopper/Overcoat Pistol. 3" Sighting Channel barrel
Holland
DN 5131
Converted Brass Barrelled Blunderbuss
Robert Tomlinson
DN 5397/98

Pair of Flk 4 Barrelled Brass Tap Action Pistols. Silver Mounts 1782
Durs Egg

DN 5669
India Pattern BrownBess.

DN 6433/6434
Pair Perc'duelling pistols.saw handled grips
Cole
DN 6787
Brown Bess

DN 6971
Flk Holster Pistol. Brass Mounts.

DN 7210
Flk Brass Barrelled Blunderbuss
McCormick
DN 7217
Flk Pkt Pistol.
D.Egg
DN 7289
Converted. Manstopper
Fowler
DN 7324
Flk Brass Barrelled Blunderbuss.
Cole
DN 7797
16 Bore Flk Carbine
W & J Rigby
DN 7801
Flk 16 Bore Service Pistol
W & J Rigby
DN 8390/8391
FLk Cannon Barrelled Pistol
Walsingham
DN 8757
Percussion Pistol with spring bayonet

DN 8892
Flk Duelling Pistol
Robert Wogdon
DN 8993
Flk Pistol
Twigg
DN 9335
Flk Brass Barrelled Blunderbuss

DN 9915
Flk D/B Coaching Pistol
Fowler
DN 10040
Queen Anne Pistol
Dylaney
DN 10079
Converted Queen Anne/coaching pistol
De… Devine?
DN 10715
Flk Boxlock Blunderbuss Pistol with Bayonet.
Doidge
DN 11114
Perc' Carbine.Side Swung Bayonet.
W & J Rigby
DN 11591
Flk post 1809 India Pattern Brownbess
Tower

DN 11828/11829
Cased Pair of Percussion ( converted ) Duelling Pistols 40 Bore.
H.W. Mortimer

DN 11910
Flk India Pattern Brownbess.. Sligo Militia.

DN 11933
Brownbess Musket 42" Barrel

DN 12071
Percussion Holster Pistol
Barton
DN 12372
Flk O/U Pistol. "Fecit" Dublin,Clarke.
Clarke
DN 12921
Flk or Percussion Pocket Pistol?
W Cole
DN 13161
Flk India Pattern.
Tower
DN 13325
India Pattern Brown Bess. Seago F49.

DN 13408
P Lederer Article No other details

DN 13621
Flk Pocket pistol
Ashford & Co
DN 13789
Converted Brass Barrelled Blunderbuss
Alley
DN 14053
Flk Duelling pistol. Saw Handled
Murphy
DN 14120
Flk Brass Barrelled Blunderbuss with under bayonet.
Rigby
DN 15074
India Pattern Brownbess. Butt plate only. 









County Down currently holds the accolade of having the highest number of licences issued (15074). County Tyrone being a respectable second with (12284).

As previously stated the "6 counties" averaged over (10.000) licences
per county whereas the other 34 counties/boroughs averaged a mere (3800).
  
                                                Official House of Commons Returns 8th May 1846.





                  We are always interested in any weapons registered in this county.

                                         Dave Stroud. ramrodantiques.co.uk




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